The latest: Belarus KGB Says Opposition Planned School Bombings on Election Day

16.03.2006
Belarus KGB Says Opposition Planned School Bombings on Election Day
The KGB, Belarusian State Security Committee, has accused the opposition of conspiring to stage a coup. Belarus opposition, backed by the U.S. and Georgia, planned four explosions at polling stations on the elections day, KGB said.

16.03.2006
Ukraine Defense Minister Says U.S. Will Not Be Allowed at Russian Radar Stations
Ukraine will not rent two radar station in the Crimea, currently used by Russia, to the U.S., the country’s Defense Minister Anatoly Gritsenko has said. Rumors about possible cooperation between Ukraine and the U.S. emerged after President Viktor Yushchenko handed the State Secretary Condoleezza Rice a number of proposals on space cooperation.

16.03.2006
Russian Man Donates Skin to Make New Penis for Cousin
A man from Moscow region has become a skin donor for his cousin who lost his penis after he was bitten by a dog. Russian doctors have never made such an operation before, but they say the patient will soon be able to lead a normal sexual life with a new genital organ.

16.03.2006
Latvian Police Stops Unauthorized SS March
Police in the Latvian capital of Riga has stopped the unsanctioned demonstration of SS veterans.

16.03.2006
EU Warns to Strengthening Sanctions on Belarus for Lack of Democracy
European Union has condemned arrests of Belarus opposition leaders and warned of strengthening sanctions against Minsk.

16.03.2006
Rissian HIV-Positive Prisoner Gets 5 Extra Years for Biting Inspector
A court in Russia’s Kaliningrad has added five extra years to the term of an HIV-positive prisoner who bit a prison inspector’s finger.

16.03.2006
Russian Police Tried for Criminal Negligence After Beslan School Siege
A trial has started in south Russia over three policemen who are accused of criminal negligence that resulted in 2004 crisis when Chechen terrorists took hundreds of hostages, many of them children, in the town of Beslan.

16.03.2006
PACE Urges Democratic Reforms in Moldova
There are positive changes in Moldova regarding democracy, but reforms are not being implemented very quickly, PACE says.

16.03.2006
Russia, CIS World’s Second Biggest Human Trafficking Market — UNICEF
The number of international human trafficking victims in both industrialized and developing countries is estimated at 600,000 to 800,000, UNICEF says.

16.03.2006
Hiddink Ready to Head Russian Soccer Team, Abramovich Rumored to Pay — Paper
Dutch soccer coach Guus Hiddink is ready to take over eight million dollar offer from Roman Abramovich to become the new manager of the Russian team.

16.03.2006
Sharapova Advances in Pacific Life Open
Third seed Maria Sharapova has overpowered Germany’s Anna-Lena Groenefeld 6-1 6-3 to reach a mouth-watering semi-final with Martina Hingis at the Pacific Life Open.

16.03.2006
Milosevic’s Brother Operated in Moscow Hospital
The elder brother of the late former Yugoslav president, Borislav, has undergone an operation, equal to the one that was supposed to be performed on Slobodan Milosevic. It was even made by the same Moscow doctors who waiting for him jailed ex-president to arrive for treatment.

16.03.2006
Russia, China Urge Diplomatic Solution to Iran Crisis
Russia and China, veto-wielding permanent members of the U.N. Security Council, are urging a diplomatic solution to the crisis over Iran’s nuclear ambitions, Russia’s ambassador to China said on Thursday.

16.03.2006
Moscow Demands Release of Russian Researcher Held on Spying Charges in Sweden
Russia’s Foreign Ministry summoned Sweden’s envoy on Wednesday to request a release of the Russian scientist Andrei Zamyatnin detained in Sweden. Zamyatnin was detained last month in Uppsala he worked as a visiting researcher at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.

16.03.2006
5 Killed, 44 Injured in Bus Collision in Central Russia
At least five people were killed and 44 injured in a road accident in a road accident in central Russia on Wednesday, as a passenger bus ran into a bulky transformer that had fallen of a truck traveling ahead.