VLADIVOSTOK, March 5 (Itar-Tass) -- Two earthquakes force 4.8-4.9 hit
Kurile Islands in the past 24 hours, according to the Far Eastern regional
emergency center.

TBILISI, March 5 (Itar-Tass) -- Georgian opposition politicians
praised former parliament speaker Nino Burdjanadze for meeting Russian
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in Moscow.

KIEV, March 4 (Itar-Tass) -- Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia
Timoshenko has decided to take a vacation.

LVOV, March 4 (Itar-Tass) -- A nationwide protest titled "Stepan
Bandera Is Not a Hero of Ukraine" has begun in Zhitomir western Ukraine on
Wednesday.

MOSCOW, March 4 (Itar-Tass) -- Vice Prime Minister and presidential
representative to the North Caucasus Federal District Alexander Khloponin

WASHINGTON, March 4 (Itar-Tass) -- A new strategic offensive arms
reduction treaty that should replace START-1 may be adopted within weeks,

GORKI, March 4 (Itar-Tass) -- President Dmitry Medvedev will chair a
meeting of the commission on the modernisation of the fuel and energy
sector shortly.

MOSCOW, March 4 (Itar-Tass) --The Foundation for the Preservation and
Restoration of Monuments to Great Patriotic War Heroes "Historical

DONETSK, March 4 (Itar-Tass) -- The Lugansk Regional Council on
Wednesday urged Party of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovich to return

BEIJING, March 4 (Itar-Tass) - China sent a new group of its naval
ships to the Gulf of Aden on Thursday for them to escort merchant vessels.