18:32
DOCTORS DESCRIBE MILOSEVIC'S CONDITION AS SATISFACTORY
Doctors describe as "satisfactory" the current condition of former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic, who was last night transferred from jail to hospital after being diagnosed as having acute cardiac insufficiency, says Justice Minister Vladan Batic. More in detail...

18:08
PAVEL BORODIN WILL FLY TO MOSCOW ON FRIDAY
Pavel Borodin's press secretary Ivan Makushok expressed confidence that the State Secretary of the Union State of Russia and Byelorussia would fly to Moscow on Friday, April 13. More in detail...

17:32
GAGARIN WAS NOT THE FIRST COSMONAUT
As 40 years have passed since Gagarin’s flight, new sensational details of this event were disclosed: Gagarin was not the first to fly to space. More in detail...

16:32
3.5 MILLION DOLLAR BAIL TO BE PAID FOR BORODIN'S RELEASE
A decision to transfer five million Swiss francs (3.5 million dollars) as a bail for Pavel Borodin's release will be taken "in the shortest time possible", Ivan Makushok, Borodin's press-secretary, said in a RIA Novosti interview. More in detail...

10:20
RUSSIAN NATIONALS, DETAINED IN LATVIA, FACE 20 YEARS IN PRISON
A court in Riga, capital of Latvia, has started hearings in connection with the case of 3 Russian nationals accused of terrorism. They call themselves “national Bolsheviks.” On November 17th last year, they illegally entered Latvia and occupied the inspection gallery of the Saint Peter’s Cathedral in Riga. They hanged out a red flag and shouted out anti-NATO slogans, threatening to blow themselves up More in detail...

19:53
OLD WOMAN’S BAG BLOWS UP
A blast sounded in the Russian city of Novorossiesk this morning. The accident took place not far from one of the biggest schools of the city. A self-made blasting device (presumably containing powder) blew up in a bag of an elderly woman. More in detail...

14:10
SCHOOLCHILDREN IN MORDOVIA POISONED WITH HALLUCINOGEN
7 schoolchildren aged 11-15 from one of the country towns in the republic of Mordovia in central Russia. They have been diagnosed as being poisoned with the substance analogous to a hallucinogen of the BZ type More in detail...

20:09
OPERATION TO SEPARATE SIAMESE TWINS IS COMPLETE IN SINGAPORE
Surgeons have succeeded in a marathon operation to separate conjoined twin girls from Nepal, a hospital spokeswoman in Singapore has announced. The operation lasted more than 80 hours and was carried out by teams of surgeons working in shifts. More in detail...

19:01
US SPY PLANE CREW PERMITTED TO DO SPORTS, GET E-MAIL
Tuesday, a fifth meeting was held in Haikou, the seat of the Hainan island province administration, between US diplomats and the 24 members of the US spy plane crew, who have been held for 10 days now. The crew of the US spy plane that was forced to perform an unauthorized, emergency landing on the Lingshui Aerodrome, have been granted permission to do sports and get e-mail messages. More in detail...

17:17
TAJIKISTAN HAS BECOME MAIN ROUTE FOR SMUGGLING DRUGS TO RUSSIA
Tajikistan has become the main route for smuggling drugs, mainly heroin, to Russia, said Andrei Fedorov, director of the political programs of the inter-state council for foreign and defence policy. The report compiled by the council "Drug-Addiction in Russia: A Threat to the Nation" was presented to the press. More in detail...

16:51
U.S. SPY PLANE: OPINIONS FROM TAIWAN
The current stand off between the United States and China over the spy plane attracted comments from an unexpected source: Taiwan. In an unprecedented move, the Chinese media started quoting their Taiwanese colleagues. More in detail...

16:31
DUST STORMS CAUSE MULTICOLOURED SNOW
In spite of gloomy predictions, recent dust storms, which came to the territory of Russia from China and Mongolia, have not raised the radiation level. However they caused unusual phenomenon: snow of different colours. More in detail...

15:59
BRITISH HELICOPTER CRASHES IN KOSOVO
British military helicopter with 7 persons aboard, crashed in a mountainous area of Kosovo, not far from its border with Macedonia. At least two persons died. A few injured men were delivered to an American military hospital, situated not far from the place of the accident. More in detail...

14:34
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION TV AND RADIO BROADCASTERS READY TO HELP SOLVE CONFLICT AROUND NTV
The national association of TV and radio broadcasters (NAT) is going to work out recommendations for solving the conflict around the NTV. More in detail...

12:47
THREE ACTS OF TERRORISM PREVENTED IN CHECHNYA
During the past 24 hours three acts of terrorism were prevented in Chechnya. More in detail...

11:54
IN THE WAKE OF ANTI-CHINESE PROPAGANDA 58 PER CENT OF AMERICANS LOOK ON CHINA AS "UNFRIENDLY COUNTRY"
After the incident with the American spy plane and the anti-Chinese propaganda, unleashed by Washington, 58 per cent of the Americans believe that China is "unfriendly" to the USA. The results were confirmed by the public opinion poll carried out in the USA to order of the A.B.C. TV company, which were published in Washington. More in detail...

11:39
PENTAGON CLAIMS THAT CHINESE AUTHORITIES CONTINUE DISMANTLING EQUIPMENT OF SPY PLANE
Chinese authorities continue dismantling the equipment of the US spy plane, sources in Pentagon told CNN. As a proof they show a photo of the Lingshui aerodrome on the Hainan island, taken by a commercial ICONOS satellite of the Space Imaging company on Monday morning. The photo distinctly shows seven trucks near the US plane which made a crash landing at this aerodrome. More in detail...

11:12
SWISS MAGISTRATE OF GENEVA TO CONSIDER PAVEL BORODIN'S CASE
At its open meeting on Tuesday the Swiss magistrate of Geneva /an appeal-supervisory judicial body/ will consider the application of the Pavel Borodin lawyers for his release from the pre-trial detention centre. More in detail...

10:23
CHINESE SPOKESMAN: UNITED STATES' REFUSAL TO APOLOGIZE TO BEIJING IS "OUTRAGEOUS"
US announcements about the American spy plane, which landed on China's Hainan Island, are "outrageous," said spokesman to Chinese President Jiang Zemin Zhu Bangzao, currently on an official visit to Argentina. More in detail...

20:58
FIRE IN DEPARTMENT STORE ON RED SQUARE EXTINGUISHED
For half an hour firemen were putting out a fire Monday in the central department store, or GUM, on Red Square, right opposite the Kremlin. As RIA Novosti knows from Moscow's lawenforcements, engaged in the extinguishing of the fire were about 30 teams of firemen. More in detail...