- 13:35 23/10/2008
A recent poll said that less than 10% of Ukrainians believe early elections will help Ukraine overcome its current political crisis, the UNIAN news agency said on Thursday. 
- 12:53 23/10/2008
A teacher in Gaza who caught a pupil hanging onto a drainpipe lashed out with a stick, causing the boy to fall three stories and end up in a state of clinical death, local radio reported on Thursday.
- 12:23 23/10/2008
- 12:15 23/10/2008
The majority of Americans believe that the November 4 presidential election will see widespread fraud, according to an opinion poll carried out for Fox News.
- 12:03 23/10/2008
A senior Abkhazian counterintelligence officer was found dead early on Thursday in Abkhazia, a source in the separatist republic's state security service said.
- 11:22 23/10/2008
The population of the People's Republic of China will reach 1.5 billion people not earlier than 2033, a government official said on Thursday.
- 11:05 23/10/2008
At least 18 people, including 10 children, were killed in an explosion at an illegal fireworks factory in western India, the country's largest news agency said on Thursday, citing police.
- 09:53 23/10/2008
Vietnam is seeking to expand cooperation with Russia in all spheres, the country's president has said ahead of a visit to Moscow and St. Petersburg.
