The latest: 15 Killed in Uzbekistan Military Plane Crash

19.10.2006
15 Killed in Uzbekistan Military Plane Crash
A small plane being used for military flight training crashed in the Central Asian state of Uzbekistan on Thursday, killing 15 people on board.

19.10.2006
Four Ukrainian Ministers from President’s Party Resign
Four ministers from President Viktor Yushchenko’s Our Ukraine party resigned on after the collapse of talks to create a broad ruling coalition in the ex-Soviet state.

19.10.2006
City Mayoral Candidate Assassinated in Russia’s Far East
A mayoral candidate in the Russian city of Dalnegorsk has died after being shot with an assault rifle near his electoral headquarters.

19.10.2006
Foreign NGOs Suspend Work in Russia as New Law Comes Into Force
Dozens of foreign non-governmental organizations in Russia, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, faced suspension Wednesday after failing to obtain necessary permits required under a tough new law.

19.10.2006
Experts Predict U.S. Rice Will Have Hard Time Winning Russia’s Support Against Iran, N.Korea
Rocky U.S.-Russian relations will complicate U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s bid to win Moscow’s support to contain Iran and North Korea over their nuclear ambitions, analysts say.

19.10.2006
King of Spain Kills Drunk Pet Bear at Russian Hunt — Report
Authorities are probing a violation of hunting regulations in the Central Russian region of Vologda where Juan Carlos I, King of Spain, allegedly shot a harmless pet bear this August.

19.10.2006
Foreign NGOs’ Work in Russia Should Be Transparent — PACE President
Foreign non-governmental organizations operating in Russia should be transparent and open in their tasks and funding, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe President Rene van der Linden has said.

19.10.2006
Spielberg’s New Movie Dedicated to Holocaust Survivors in Ukraine
A documentary film based on the accounts of Holocaust survivors in Ukraine can help undermine activists who try to deny the attempt to eliminate European Jewry, U.S. filmmaker Steven Spielberg says.

19.10.2006
Russia Able to Control North Korean Airspace — AF Chief
Russia’s Air Force is capable of objectively monitoring North Korea’s airspace, the Air Force commander said Thursday during Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) command-post exercises.

19.10.2006
Lokomotiv Moscow Fire Serbian Coach
Lokomotiv Moscow have sacked coach Slavoljub Muslin following a string of poor results.

19.10.2006
Putin’s Remarks of President Katsav’s Might Puzzle Israeli Delegation
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and other political figures received by Russian President Vladimir Putin in Kremlin were puzzled when Putin said that everyone in Russia envied President Moshe Katsav’s might which allowed the latter to rape ten women.

19.10.2006
U.S. Officials Deny Trading Georgia for Russia’s Support of N Korea Sanctions
A top State Department official has denied that the Bush administration supported a Russian-backed UN resolution critical of Georgia last week in order to win Moscow’s support for a package of sanctions against North Korea over its nuclear missile test.

19.10.2006
Russian Authorities Launch Massive PR Campaign in World Press
The Kremlin’s campaign to improve Russia’s image on the international stage is to move up a gear with the multimillion-pound placing of upbeat “informational” Russian supplements in national newspapers around the globe.

19.10.2006
Environmental Group Names Russian City World’s Most Polluted Place
The Russian city of Dzerzhinsk where chemical weapons were once manufactured is among the 10 most polluted places on Earth, a U.S. environmental group said.

19.10.2006
NASA, Russian Space Agency Name 4 Members of Next ISS Crew
NASA and the Russian Federal Space Agency have named two astronauts and two cosmonauts to the next International Space Station crew.

19.10.2006
Visa, MasterCard Stop Accepting Payments for Russian “Pirate” MP3 Files
Visa International and MasterCard Inc. have stopped accepting credit card transactions for purchases of online music made on a Russian Web site accused of selling music illegally, officials for both payment systems said.