21:10
MACEDONIAN PRESIDENT FOR GIVING LEGAL DEFINITION OF TERRORISM
Macedonia wants the UN or EU to adopt a document which would give a legal definition to terrorism, Macedonian President Boris Trajkovski said in Moscow before talks with Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov More details...

20:43
DMITRY LITVINOVICH: SADDAM HUSSEIN IS SCARIER THAN BIN LADEN
Iraq's army is preparing to repulse an attack from the US and Great Britain. The statements from George W. Bush about Iraq’s connection to the acts of terror of September 11 and the spread of the anthrax virus could not help being noticed in Baghdad More details...

19:53
RUSSIAN MP: OSAMA BIN LADEN MAY TAKE POSSESSION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS
At present, Osama bin Laden, international terrorist No 1, has no opportunity to get nuclear weapons, but there is a danger that he may get possession of them one day More details...

19:50
RUSSIA BIDS FAREWELL TO CUBA
History repeats itself over and over again about Russia. “Russians, get out!”, - yelled the people of the Baltic countries in 1990. “Russians, go home,” - yelled the people in the Asian republics in 1991. “Russians, get out of Cuba!”, - were the screams in the capital of Cuba yesterday More details...

19:37
COUNCIL OF EUROPE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONER NOTES PROGRESS ON CHECHNYA HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD
Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Alvaro Gil-Robles, has noted progress in Russia's human rights record in Chechnya in opening remarks to talks with Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov More details...

18:49
MOSCOW GRATEFUL TO UN FOR HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO NORTH CAUCASUS
Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov has expressed gratitude to the United Nations for "considerable humanitarian assistance" to Russia's North Caucasus. The minister said this at a Moscow meeting with UN Under-Secretary General Kenzo Oshima on Monday More details...

18:10
HERNAN ETCHALECO: CRISIS MADE IN ARGENTINA
Argentina is facing today winds of change on his economical and political structure and shocking announcements are expected in no time. Daylong cabinet meetings are being held at the moment to discuss new economical policies, which oscillate between dollarization and devaluation of its peso. More details...

18:08
PAKISTAN IS CROSSING THE LINE. AFGHAN WAR IS SPREADING TO OTHER COUNTRIES
The situation in Pakistan is becoming very tense. Such development of the situation was being expected actually; the strange thing is that nothing like that had happened before More details...

16:34
PRESIDENT OF HUNGARY FERENC MADL: RUSSIA IS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR OF WORLD STABILITY
Russia is an important factor of the world stability, President of Hungary Ferenc Madl told the delegation of the Russian parliamentarians headed by State Duma Speaker Gennady Seleznev Monday. The Hungarian leader also paid attention to the sufficient basis for the development of trade relations in the Russian legislation.

15:30
DMITRY LITVINOVICH: HUNTING SEASON FOR ARABS OPENED
US special services are very active in the search for terrorists. While trying to rehabilitate themselves in public opinion for the events of September 11, they send triumphal reports about catching new terrorists on US soil. A “witch hunt” has started in the country. More details...

15:28
COMMITTEE FOR PREPARING APEC FORUM SET UP IN VLADIVOSTOK
The organisational committee for preparing and conducting an APEC international investment forum has been set up in Vladivostok, a major port and industrial centre in the Russian Far East. The forum is due to be held here next September. More details...

15:26
U.S. AVIATION BOMBS KANDAHAR
On Monday U.S. aviation delivered bomb strikes at the city of Kahdahar in the south of Afghanistan. Kandahar which is considered the unofficial capital is the residence of the spiritual leader of the Taleban movement. More details...

14:51
COUNCIL OF EUROPE COMMISSIONER TO DISCUSS HUMAN RIGHTS OBSERVATION IN CHECHNYA
Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Alvaro Gil-Robles is to meet in Moscow Monday Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov and the president's special representative for human rights in Chechnya Vladimir Kalamanov. The Council of Europe Bureau reported that the chief topic of Gil-Robles' meetings in Moscow would be the human rights situation in Chechnya. More details...

14:44
RUSSIAN AND MACEDONIAN PRESIDENTS MEET
In his opening remarks at the meeting with Macedonian President Boris Trajkovski on Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his support for the efforts of the Macedonian leadership and the international community to normalise the situation in Macedonia and the Balkans as a whole. Mr. Trajkovski is in Moscow with a working visit. More details...

14:26
RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TO MEET UN UNDERSECRETARY-GENERAL
Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov is to meet Monday UN Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian affairs - humanitarian aid coordinator Kenzo Oshima, the main aim of whose visit is discussion of the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan after the beginning of the US military operation. More details...

14:03
PRESIDENT OF PORTUGAL VISITS ST-PETERSBURG UNIVERSITY
President of Portugal Jorge Sampaio met students and teachers of the St.-Petersburg University on Monday. Jorge Sampaio is in Russia on a five-day official visit. More details...

13:41
RUSSIAN JOINT VENTURE EXTRACTS 2,200 KG OF GOLD IN MONGOLIA
The company Gold East Mongolia, part of the international company Itera, has extracted 2,200 kilograms of gold in Mongolia from the start of 2001. This is 100 kilograms more than the company planned to mine in the entire year, said the press service of the ITERA Holding company. The extraction is underway at three gold deposits. More details...

13:37
PAKISTANI NUCLEAR ENGINEERING SCIENTIST SET FREE
Accusations of giving secret information to the Taliban have been remitted from Pakistani nuclear engineering scientist Sultan Bashiruddin Mahmud. After four days of interrogations in the counter-intelligence office the scientist was set free. More details...

13:34
HEAD OF OSCE PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY URGES ACTIVE SETTLEMENT OF NAGORNY KARABAKH CONFLICT
Settlement of the conflict in Nagorny Karabakh calls for more energetic actions, Adrian Severin, the president of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, told journalists on Sunday. More details...

13:30
JUSTIN RAIMONDO: THE ANTHRAX CONUNDRUM. TRAIL OF TERROR LEADS BACK TO – THE US
As news of the first anthrax cases began to come out of Florida, most were too horrified and numbed by the specter of bio-terrorism to draw out the implications all that clearly. But it didn't take long for the ghouls of war to start speculating – and, yes, hoping – that it would give them the opening they sorely need. More details...

13:27
PAKISTANI PROTESTERS SEIZE LOCAL AIRPORT
Local tribes have seized the airport, prison and petrol stations in the town of Chilas in the Northern Territories of Pakistan (part of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, which has been under the control of Islamabad since 1947). The demonstrators were protesting the US operation in Afghanistan. More details...

13:12
AMERICAN GENERAL TO DISCUSS IN TASHKENT ISSUES OF MILITARY COOPERATION BETWEEN UZBEKISTAN AND THE USA
Issues of military cooperation between Uzbekistan and the United States and also problems of regional security will be discussed in Tashkent by General Tommy Franks, Commander-in-Chief, US Central Command, who arrived on Monday in the Uzbek capital. More details...

12:55
BULGARIAN TANKER WHICH SURVIVED FIRE IS READY FOR VOYAGE
The Bulgarian tanker Khan Asparuh which caught fire last Saturday is lying out at Novorossiysk port and is preparing to put to sea. More details...

12:45
GERMAN CHANCELLOR GERHARD SCHROEDER EXPECTED IN MOSCOW FRIDAY EVENING
Germany's federal chancellor Gerhard Schroeder is expected in Moscow on Friday evening, the German embassy reported. According to the source, the German leader will stay in the Russian capital for a few hours and return to his country already on the same night. More details...

12:34
RUSSIAN-CHILEAN SPACE SEMINAR
Participants in the first Russian-Chilean Space Seminar, taking place in the Chilean capital Santiago, are discussing issues regarding scientific and technological research. More details...

12:30
LEW ROCKWELL: EVEN CONSERVATIVES NEED THE ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT
American citizens who have doubts – any doubts – about the war have been subjected to an amazing barrage of hate and threats in recent days. But if you believe the polls that show 90 percent-plus support for this war, it seems oddly disproportionate to whip up hysteria against a handful of doubters. More details...

12:16
PROMINENT LEADER OF AFGHAN OPPOSITION ABDUL HAQ, EXECUTED BY TALIBAN, BURIED
Prominent leader of the Afghan opposition Abdul Haq, executed by the Taliban, was buried in his native land, the Surkhrod district, on Sunday. More details...

11:42
VISITING SESSION OF DAVOS FORUM TO BE HELD IN MOSCOW ON OCTOBER 29-30
A special visiting session of the Davos Economic Forum devoted to Russia is opening on Monday in Moscow. The Forum's session which has been called "A Meeting in Russia - 2001" will be held on October 29-30 in the Marriott Grand Hotel in Moscow. More details...

11:29
RUSSIAN MINERS AWARDED GOLD PRIZE OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE LEADERS' CLUB
The quality of the coal extracted by the Kuzbassrazrezugol holding company (Kemerovo Region, Southern Siberia) has been internationally recognised - the miners of the Bachatsky opencast colliery, which is part of the holding company, have become members of the international Trade Leaders' Club. More details...

10:01
RUSSIAN BORDERGUARDS IN TAJIKISTAN REPORT POWERFUL EXPLOSIONS NEAR TALIBAN STRONG POINTS
On Sunday, Russian border guards, serving on the Tajik border, stated a series of powerful explosions on Afghan territory near the strong points of the Taliban movement. More details...