MOSCOW, July 18 (RIA Novosti) - A typhoon has killed at least six people in Taiwan, the Xinhua news agency reported on Friday. According to Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau, floods and landslides caused by Typhoon Kalmaegi destroyed homes, roads, and
Adds Medvedev's message in para 6) MOSCOW, July 18 (RIA Novosti) - Nelson Mandela, South Africa's first black president, who gained world renown for leading the country's transition from a race-divided society to majority rule, marks his 90th birthday on
TEHRAN, July 18 (RIA Novosti) - Iranian security council chief Saeed Jalili said on Friday he was hoping for constructive talks on the Islamic Republic's nuclear program with EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana in Geneva on July 19. "If
MOSCOW, July 18 (RIA Novosti) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will arrive in Moscow on July 21 to discuss military and economic ties with the Russian leadership, a Spanish news agency said on Friday, citing Venezuelan officials. Hugo Chavez begins
BELGRADE, July 18 (RIA Novosti) - Bulgaria has returned to Russia a spent nuclear fuel consignment from a research reactor, the Bosnian news agency SRNA said on Friday, citing Bulgaria's nuclear control agency. It said the fuel transportation costs were