ALMA-ATA, May 14 (Itar-Tass) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov
will take part in a session of the Council of Foreign Ministers under the

KIEV, May 14 (Itar-Tass) - Ukraine is expelling two Czech diplomats
for espionage, the Foreign Ministry reported.

TOKYO, May 14 (Itar-Tass) - A magnitude 5.7 earthquake rocked
northeastern Japan on Saturday. The national meteorological agency

VORONEZH, May 14 (Itar-Tass) - The Sovetsky district court, Voronezh
region, sentenced a resident to six months in jail for hate attack of a

ALMATY (Itar-Tass) - A document on the criteria of accession
of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is practically ready,

ALMATY, May 13 (Itar-Tass) - Moscow highly appreciates strategic
partnership relations with Astana, visiting Russian Foreign Minister

KUWAIT CITY, May 13 (Itar-Tass) -- Qatar withdrew from a plan brokered
by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) that aimed at resolving the crisis

UNITED NATIONS, May 13 (Itar-Tass) -- Russia supports territorial
integrity and sovereignty of Serbia and does not recognize

TOKYO, May 13 (Itar-Tass) -- To avoid another potential nuclear
disaster caused by a devastating quake and tsunami Japan is temporarily

ASHKHABAD, May 13 (Itar-Tass) -- Romania lured Turkmenia into a gas
pipeline project which is to deliver natural gas from Azerbaijan to
Romania via the Black Sea.