VLADIVOSTOK, January 7 (Itar-Tass) -- The Krasin icebreaker is
hurrying to help the Admiral Marakov icebreaker in her efforts to rescue

ASTANA, January 7 (Itar-Tass) -- The upper house of Kazakhstan's
parliament, or Senate, on Thursday voted in favour of the initiative to

MOSCOW, January 7 (Itar-Tass) -- As many as 18 people, who were
injured when a Tupolev-154 jet caught fire and burned down in the airport

MOSCOW, January 7 (Itar-Tass) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and
his wife late on Thursday arrived in the Christ the Saviour Cathedral to
attend the Christmas service.

PYONGYANG, January 6 (Itar-Tass) - Public meetings have been held in
all regions of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in support

BEIJING, January 6 (Itar-Tass) - Chinese and US companies have agreed
to co-develop and build the world's major solar power station.

MOSCOW, January 6 (Itar-Tass) -- Russia's regions start local
programmes to modernise healthcare.
The country's government and local budgets will allocate 460 billion

PYONGYANG, January 6 (Itar-Tass) -- The DPRK calls for South Korea to
start without delay a dialogue to normalise the relations between the

SOCHI, January 6 (Itar-Tass) -- Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev
continued on Wednesday to inspect preparations for the 2014 Winter Olympic
Games in Sochi.

MOSCOW, January 5 (Itar-Tass) - Moscow City and Moscow region will be
mostly overcast Wednesday, but occasional appearances of the Sun are
possible.i