STAR CITY (Moscow Region), April 21 (RIA Novosti) - South Korea's first astronaut Yi So-yeon said Monday she was scared as she saw flames engulfing a re-entry capsule during her return to Earth along with two crewmembers on Saturday. The
TBILISI, April 21 (RIA Novosti) - Nino Burdzhanadze, the speaker of the Georgian parliament, said on Monday she will not take part in the May parliamentary election. "I have decided not to run in the May 21 parliamentary election," she
CAIRO, April 21 (RIA Novosti) - Egypt could become a leading gold producer within the next decade following the discovery of large reserves in the country's Eastern Desert, the Le Progres Egyptian newspaper said Monday. "With annual output of over
DAMASCUS, April 21 (RIA Novosti) - The radical Islamist group Hamas could halt rocket attacks on Israel if an economic blockade of the Gaza Strip is lifted, the movement's political leader Khaled Meshaal said on Monday. Ex-U.S. president Jimmy Carter
TBILISI, April 21 (RIA Novosti) - Georgia's president has accused Russia of aggression saying Tbilisi has video footage proving that Russia downed a Georgian drone. "For the first time in the last few years, after repeated incidents of Russia violating
UN, April 21 (RIA Novosti) - The UN Security Council will address a Georgian request to hold an emergency session on the situation in the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict zone, the Council chairman said on Monday. Dumisani Kumalo said the Security Council
Since the beginning of April, Germany has become a rather less popular country in Ukraine's capital Kyiv and Western provinces. Patriotic Ukrainian elites are mostly right in their evaluation...
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BEIJING, April 21 (RIA Novosti) - Three people were killed and 40 fishermen including 22 Vietnamese went missing after typhoon Neoguri hit south China on the weekend, national media said on Monday. Two of the victims, an 80-year-old woman and
JERUSALEM, April 21 (RIA Novosti) - Ex-U.S. president Jimmy Carter said on Monday the radical Islamist group Hamas was ready to live in peace with Israel if an agreement was supported by a Palestinian referendum. Carter, wildly criticized both by
NEW YORK, April 21 (RIA Novosti) - Pope Benedict XVI has returned to Rome after a six-day visit to the United States during which he addressed thousands of Catholics at a stadium Mass and led prayers at Ground Zero in
TEHRAN, April 21 (RIA Novosti) -- A top official from the international nuclear watchdog, who arrived in Tehran Monday morning on a two-day visit, has started the first round of negotiations on Iran's nuclear program. Olli Heinonen, deputy director general