- 22:08 11/09/2008
- 22:02 11/09/2008
The United Nations secretary general said on Thursday he is considering the possibility of sending peacekeepers to Abkhazia and South Ossetia, along with a fact-finding team.
- 21:59 11/09/2008
Russia is not considering the possibility of letting South Ossetia, recently recognized as an independent state by Moscow, become a part of the country, the prime minister said Thursday.
- 21:59 11/09/2008
Ukraine's prime minister urged the president on Thursday to restore the ruling coalition, which split last week amid a dispute over the Russia-Georgia conflict and parliament's move to cut presidential powers.
- 21:50 11/09/2008
- 21:34 11/09/2008
Russia's foreign minister said on Thursday he will soon visit the two Georgian breakaway regions recently recognized by Russia to discuss the opening of diplomatic missions there.
- 21:08 11/09/2008
Two Russian Tu-160 Blackjack strategic bombers that landed in Venezuela on Wednesday are scheduled to return home on September 15 but will stay on if Venezuela gives its approval, Russia's Air Force said on Thursday.
- 20:42 11/09/2008
The U.S. ambassador to Russia rejected on Thursday claims by the Russian leadership that U.S. warships recently delivered arms to Georgia under the guise of humanitarian aid.
- 19:41 11/09/2008
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- 19:00 11/09/2008
The death toll from a landslide that engulfed a mining village in northern China has risen to 151, the Xinhua news agency said on Thursday.
- 18:33 11/09/2008
Russia respects the sovereignty of its neighbors and has no intention of annexing any territories, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Thursday, amid criticism over Russia's actions in Georgia.
- 18:19 11/09/2008
The United States is ready to restart missile-defense talks with Russia later this month, the U.S. ambassador to Russia said on Thursday.
- 17:57 11/09/2008
Russian peacekeepers said on Thursday Georgia has failed to provide proof that a police officer was shot dead on Wednesday near a Russian checkpoint in northern Georgia's Gori region.
- 17:18 11/09/2008
- 16:55 11/09/2008
Russia will continue talks with Warsaw on the deployment of elements of a U.S. missile shield in Poland, the Russian foreign minister said on Thursday.
- 16:29 11/09/2008
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov denied Thursday that South Ossetia was planning to join Russia.
- 16:13 11/09/2008
An Orthodox church in Moscow held a service on Thursday attended by the U.S. ambassador and senior Russian officials to mark the seventh anniversary of the terrorist attacks in the U.S.
- 15:51 11/09/2008
A draft security deal between Baghdad and Washington will not see the long-term deployment of U.S. troops in Iraq, the Iraqi foreign minister said on Thursday.
