TEHRAN, July 14 (RIA Novosti) - Iran's Shahab-3 missiles have a range greater than the reported 2,000 km (1,240 miles), Iran's Fars news agency said on Monday, quoting the country's deputy defense minister. Iran successfully launched last week an upgraded
MINSK, July 14 (RIA Novosti) - Police in the capital of Belarus broke up on Monday evening an unauthorized protest rally against the detention of opposition members alleged to have been involved in a recent Independence Day bomb attack. Several
CAIRO, July 14 (RIA Novosti) - Egypt's proven oil and natural gas reserves have risen to record levels of over 4 billion barrels of crude and 2 trillion cubic meters of gas, national media reported on Monday. Active mainland and
FARNBOROUGH, July 14 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's Irkut corporation, the manufacturer of the famed Sukhoi fighters, has 80 solid orders for Yak-130 combat trainers, the company director said on Monday during the Farnborough air show currently being held near London.
GENEVA, July 14 (RIA Novosti) - A Swiss court ordered Monday the aid group Medecines Sans Frontieres (MSF) to pay 270,000 euros ($428,000) to the Dutch government over the release of an aid worker in Russia's North Caucasus six years
SEOUL, July 14 (RIA Novosti) - South Korea's Foreign Ministry said on Monday it would recall its ambassador from Tokyo after the Japanese government reiterated its claim to a group of islets between the countries. Japan's claim to the islands,
Back in April, MTV, media shop MindShare and its client Unilever co-produced a microseries starring Alicia Keys designed to support the launch of Go Fresh, a new Dove body-wash product. The series, which aired in commercial pods during episodes of
BEIJING, July 14 (RIA Novosti) - Heavy rains in southern China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region have left a three-year-old girl dead and affected 364,700 people in southern China, the Xinhua news agency said on Monday. The rains caused flash floods
MOSCOW, July 14 (RIA Novosti) - An Australian woman, known as the world's oldest Internet blogger, has died at the age of 108, local media reported on Monday. Olive Riley, born in 1899, passed away in a nursing home in
KIEV, July 14 (RIA Novosti) - Ukraine's PM Yulia Tymoshenko will make a one-day working visit to Poland on Monday to discuss preparations for Euro 2012, the Ukrainian government said in a statement. Poland and Ukraine were selected to co-host
HANOI, July 14 (RIA Novosti) - A live TV audience of around one billion saw Venezuelan Dayana Mendoza, 22, crowned Miss Universe 2008 late on Sunday. The Venezuelan beauty was crowned with a $30,000 tiara and has the right to
KIEV, July 14 (RIA Novosti) - Sea Breeze 2008, a NATO military exercise will begin on Monday in Ukraine's Odessa region, the Crimea, and Black Sea coastal regions. This year Ukraine and the United States along with 15 other countries
WASHINGTON, July 14 (RIA Novosti) - U.S. President Georgia W. Bush has ordered the Treasury to immediately launch a plan to strengthen the country's two largest mortgage finance firms, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the White House said. The U.S.
BEIJING, July 14 (RIA Novosti) - Three miners were rescued from a flooded coal mine in north China's Shanxi province early on Monday, with another 10 still trapped underground, the Xinhua news agency said. The flood occurred late on Saturday
BEIJING, July 14 (RIA Novosti) - In a bid to help reduce Beijing's notorious traffic jams during next month's Olympic Games, car companies in the city are encouraging their clients to get on their bikes for the event, a company
