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G20 pledges to maintain support for economic recovery

21:58 07/11/2009

The G20 finance ministers and central bank governors agreed on Saturday to pursue anti-crisis measures to support what they described as 'uneven recovery.'

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Russia ships Soyuz carrier rockets to Kourou spaceport
21:00 07/11/2009
A special cargo ship carrying parts of two Russian Soyuz-ST rockets on Saturday left the port of St. Petersburg, heading to the Kourou space site, the Russian space agency said.
Medvedev to make state-of-the-nation address November 12
20:23 07/11/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will make his annual address to the Russian parliament on November 12, a Kremlin spokesperson said on Saturday.
Russia, Slovenia could sign deal on South Stream next Sat - media
20:06 07/11/2009
Ljubljana and Moscow have finalized an agreement to take the South Stream gas pipeline through Slovenia and could sign it in Moscow next week, a Slovenian paper reported on Saturday.
Armenian president to visit to Russia's Kaliningrad
16:53 07/11/2009
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan will pay a brief working visit to Kaliningrad, Russia's exclave on the Baltic Sea, on November 11, an Armenian presidential spokesman said on Saturday.
Six dead as car plunges off bridge in north Russia
16:01 07/11/2009
Six people died on Saturday when their vehicle crashed off a bridge in north Russia, an emergency services spokesman said.
Iran sanctions likely if no progress on nuclear issue - Medvedev
15:10 07/11/2009
Further sanctions against Tehran cannot be ruled out if no progress is made on Iran's nuclear issue, the Russian president said on Saturday.
Russian soldiers to get free cigarettes for next two years
14:51 07/11/2009
Russian soldiers will continue to receive free cigarettes from military warehouses for two more years, a Defense Ministry official said on Saturday.
Ukraine gas problems linked to presidential polls - Medvedev
14:36 07/11/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has linked Ukrainian problems with payment for Russian gas deliveries to the country's presidential polls, due to take place in January.
Medvedev says not all hopes realized after fall of Berlin Wall
13:36 07/11/2009
The fall of the Berlin Wall was a positive event, but not all the hopes that arose after it came down were realized, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told German media.
Bus drivers cause over 200 deaths in Russia between Jan.-Sept.
13:05 07/11/2009
Over 200 people died in the first 9 months of 2009 in accidents caused by bus drivers across Russia, the head of the country's traffic police said on Saturday.
Two dead in fire in northwest Moscow
12:21 07/11/2009
Two people died in a fire in a residential building in northwest Moscow on Saturday, an emergency services spokesman said.
Crew of crashed Russian Tu-142 did not use life raft - source
12:01 07/11/2009
There is no indication that the crew of a Russian military Tu-142 plane that crashed late on Friday made use of emergency equipment, a highly-placed Air Force source told RIA Novosti on Saturday.
Moscow golden youth bombers were 'fed up with everything'
09:30 07/11/2009
Two young Muscovites from well-off families who detonated a small explosive device in a cafe in the Russian capital in late October have told investigators they were "fed up with everything."
Russian WWII tanks to take part in march on Moscow's Red Square
07:27 07/11/2009
Two famed WWII T-34 tanks will take part in a march on Moscow's Red Square on Saturday to commemorate the legendary military parade of 1941 and in honor of the country's World War II effort.
Russia's Pacific Fleet suspends flights of its naval planes
04:33 07/11/2009
The Russian Pacific Fleet suspended on Saturday all flights of its naval aviation following the crash of a Tu-142 maritime reconnaissance plane in Russia's Far East.
Eleven people missing in Russian military plane crash
03:45 07/11/2009
There were 11 people on board the Pacific Fleet's Tu-142 plane that has crashed off Russia's Pacific coast.
Russian military plane crashes in Far East
00:43 07/11/2009
A Tu-142M3 reconnaissance plane from Russia's Pacific Fleet has crashed in the Tatar Strait in Russia's Far East.

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