Recasts, adds Tusk quotes in paras 3, 4, 6, 8, Kosachyov quote in para 10) WARSAW, July 4 (RIA Novosti) - Poland's prime minister said on Friday his country is not satisfied with the terms offered by the U.S. for
RUSSIA * Russia's Foreign Ministry said after mortar fire hit Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia overnight that Georgia's actions amount to "open aggression" * Russian policemen in the north of the Moscow Region stopped a car carrying 11 kg
MOSCOW, July 4 (RIA Novosti) - Russian opposition youth group Pora announced on Friday that its leader has been granted political asylum in the United Kingdom, and called the decision an acknowledgement of Russia's democratic failings. According to Russian media
The upcoming annual Group of Eight (G8) summit will meet on Hokkaido, Japan, on July 7-9, 2008. The main issue it will focus on will be the environment.
ASHGABAT, July 4 (RIA Novosti) - Turkmenistan's president told his Russian counterpart on Friday that his country will honor the commitments it has made on natural gas supplies to Russia up to 2025. Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov met with Dmitry Medvedev in
KIEV, July 4 (RIA Novosti) - Somali pirates who have taken over a German dry cargo vessel have threatened to kill the crew unless they receive a ransom for the sailors' release, a Ukrainian TV channel reported Friday. The Lehmann
BAKU, July 4 (RIA Novosti) - The United States will sign a deal with the Czech Republic to place a missile defense radar in the country in late July, the Czech foreign minister said on Friday. "To finalize the European
BRUSSELS, July 4 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's envoy to the European Union hailed as constructive the start of talks Friday on the long overdue strategic cooperation agreement between Russia and the bloc. Russia and the EU held the first round
BRUSSELS, July 4 (RIA Novosti) - Russia and the European Union will begin the first round of talks on a new wide-ranging cooperation agreement in Brussels on Friday. The new pact is set to replace the current 1997 Partnership and
Recasts headline and lead, updates casualties, adds quote in para 5) MINSK, July 4 (RIA Novosti) - About 50 people were hospitalized after an explosion at an open air concert in downtown Minsk as Belarus celebrated its Independence Day, the
WARSAW, July 4 (RIA Novosti) - Poland's prime minister held a telephone conversation with U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney on Thursday night to discuss Washington's plans to deploy a missile base on Polish soil, the Polish government's press service said.
MINSK, July 4 (RIA Novosti) - At least 37 people were hospitalized after an explosion at an open air concert in downtown Minsk as Belarus celebrated its Independence Day, health officials said on Friday. There were no fatalities in the
TBILISI, July 4 (RIA Novosti) - Three people were shot dead and 11 injured after Georgia allegedly attacked the capital of South Ossetia late on Thursday, the state information and press website of Georgia's breakaway republic said on Friday. The
