- 21:44 25/09/2008
The Ukrainian prime minister's bloc hopes for a deal with pro-presidential political forces on a new "orange" coalition to prevent early parliamentary elections, a senior bloc member said on Thursday. 
- 21:03 25/09/2008
The Russian Federal Air Transportation Agency ordered on Thursday six air companies to impose a temporary ban on the flights of Boeing-737-500, modification VP-BKT, aircraft.
- 20:50 25/09/2008
- 20:46 25/09/2008
China's Shenzhou-7 spacecraft, carrying three astronauts, lifted off on Thursday from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the country's northwestern Gansu Province.
- 20:27 25/09/2008
Russia may have to pay $1.5-2 billion a year to Ukraine for the lease of the Sevastopol naval base, if the Black Sea Fleet stays there after 2017, a Russian expert close to talks said on Thursday.
- 20:23 25/09/2008
Russia now has enough evidence to try in international courts those people guilty of war crimes during Georgia's assault on South Ossetia in August, the country's top investigation body said on Thursday.
- 20:23 25/09/2008
- 20:21 25/09/2008
Belgium should veto Georgia's bid to join NATO after its attack on breakaway South Ossetia last month, senior Belgian lawmakers said on Thursday.
- 19:38 25/09/2008
- 18:59 25/09/2008
Border controls between Russia and South Ossetia could cease to exist under provisions included in a recently- signed bilateral friendship and cooperation agreement, the Russian premier said on Thursday.
- 18:58 25/09/2008
- 18:50 25/09/2008
The group of 11 foreign tourists and eight Egyptians kidnapped in southwest Egypt last week has been taken to Libya, the Al Arabiya news channel reported Thursday, citing the Sudanese government.
- 17:46 25/09/2008
A 13-year-old boy was killed on Thursday in an explosion on the outskirts of Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia, a spokesman for the disputed Georgian republic's information and press committee said.
- 17:42 25/09/2008
Russia will provide Venezuela with a $1 billion loan to buy Russian weapons, a Kremlin source said Thursday.
- 17:26 25/09/2008
- 17:04 25/09/2008
Russia may have to pay $1.5-2 billion a year to Ukraine for the lease of the Sevastopol naval base, if the Black Sea Fleet stays there after 2017, a Russian expert close to talks said on Thursday.
- 16:31 25/09/2008
Russia's Central Bank made a profit from investing a part of the country's international reserves in U.S. mortgage bonds, despite the subprime mortgage crisis, the president's economic adviser said on Thursday.
- 15:48 25/09/2008
- 15:41 25/09/2008
India, Iran, France and South Korea are the latest countries to ban dairy products from China, where four children have died and thousands have been affected by melamine-tainted milk since early September.
