21:19
ANDREY KRUSHINSKY: THE TREATY HAS BEEN RATIFIED, THE BOOK HAS BEEN APPROVED
The session of the constant committee of the All-Chinese assembly of people’s representatives has just ratified the treaty about the neighborly relations, friendship and cooperation between China and Russia More details...

21:18
BUSH THANKS ALIYEV FOR BACKING
US President George W. Bush has thanked Azeri counterpart Geidar Aliyev by telephone for close cooperation and backing for the ongoing US anti-terror campaign in Afghanistan, Azeri presidential press service announced Tuesday More details...

20:28
U.S., RUSSIA TO INK A NEW ABM TREATY?
The ambassador of the United States to Russia Alexander Vershbow does not rule out that during an upcoming meeting between George W.Bush and Vladimir Putin in the United States a document on a range of matters, including the ABM problem, can be signed More details...

20:05
AL QAEDA IN SOUTH AMERICA
The FBI and CIA suspect Al Qaeda of having links with areas in South America where there is a high incidence of Islamic population. More details...

19:37
RUSSIA HELPS USA MORE THAN NATO COUNTRIES: AMBASSADOR
The USA is having greater assistance from Russia on its anti-terror crusade than from NATO countries, with Britain's exception, Alexander Vershbow, US Ambassador to Russia, said to a plenum of the Davos economic forum, which is having session in Moscow More details...

19:28
STRUGGLE AGAINST TERRORISM MAY HERALD FULL-SCALE COOPERATION BETWEEN RUSSIA AND NATO
The fight against terrorism may herald the start of full-scale cooperation between Russia and NATO, thinks Alexander Vershbow, US ambassador to Russia More details...

19:28
TURKISH NATIONAL ATTACKED BY DUTCH SOLDIERS
Thirty-one-year-old Mustafa Chitak was deliberately run over by a vehicle driven by the Dutch soldiers. He was seriously injured. There were two people in the car More details...

18:30
BRITISH PEOPLE DO NOT SUPPORT AFGHAN WAR THAT MUCH
The opinion poll, carried out by the Guardian newspaper (UK) shows that the support of the British people towards the war in Afghanistan dropped More details...

18:16
RUSSIA ATTACHES PARTICULAR IMPORTANCE TO RED CROSS WORK IN NORTH CAUCASUS
In Russia particular importance will be attached to the work of the International Committee of the Red Cross Committee (ICRC) in the North Caucasus More details...

17:34
US AMBASSADOR: RUSSIA AND USA SHOULD START SPECIFIC CO-OPERATION
US Ambassador to Russia Alexander Vershbow today expressed the opinion at a plenary session of the World Economic Forum in Moscow that it was time for the USA and Russia to start specific co-operation to counter real threats, rather than bargaining over individual issues More details...

17:30
BOTH AFGHAN SIDES INVOLVED IN NARCOTIC SMUGGLING ACROSS TADJIK-AFGHAN BORDER
The Federal Frontier Service (FPS) has information that narcotics are being transported across the Tadjik-Afghan border by both the Taliban movement and Northern Alliance forces, Alexei Kozhevnikov, the deputy director of the Russian FPS, said on Tuesday More details...

16:58
PALESTINIAN POLICE ARRESTED MEMBERS OF ISLAMIC JIHAD
Palestinian police arrested several members of the Islamic Jihad, a Palestinian fundamentalist organisation on Tuesday, Muhammed al-Hindi, one of the leaders of the organisation in the Gaza Strip, was quoted as saying More details...

16:30
LONDON AND MADRID IN SECRET TALKS ON GIBRALTAR
The question of Gibraltar has been a thorn in the side of Anglo-Spanish relations for the last 300 years. Now there is a new will to solve the question by 2004. More details...

16:12
RUSSIA, LIBYA STATE THEIR DISAPPROVAL OF ANY FORMS OF TERRORISM
Russia and Libya have confirmed their disapproval of any forms of terrorism during the Tuesday negotiations between Igor Ivanov and Abd al-Rahman Mahamed Shalgam, the Foreign Ministers of the two states More details...

16:02
BRITAIN IS INTERESTED IN STRENGTHENING PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN RUSSIA AND NATO
Britain is interested in strengthening partnership between Russia and NATO, said Sir Roderic Lyne, Britain's ambassador to Russia, at a press-conference in Moscow More details...

15:28
BLOCKADE STRENGTHENED ON PALESTINE TOWN OF QALGILYA
Israeli troops have strengthened the blockade of the Palestinian town of Qalgilya, on the river Jordan's western bank. Israeli soldiers took control of all entries and exits into and out of the town. On the approaches to the town checkpoints have been set up or concrete and barbed wire barricades erected. More details...

15:08
MOSCOW AND TRIPOLI ARE PREPARING A RUSSIAN-LYBIAN SUMMIT
Russia's foreign minister Igor Ivanov said that Moscow and Tripoli were busy preparing a meeting between Vladimir Putin and Muammar Qadhafi, the leaders of Russia and Lybia. Ivanov said this after his talks in Moscow with his Lybian counterpart Abd Al-Rahman Shalgam held Tuesday. He noted, however, that the timeframe and the place for holding this summit "will be agreed upon later." More details...

15:00
CIA TO BE GIVING BLANK CHECK FOR WORLDWIDE CAMPAIGN AGAINST PERSONS “DISAGREEABLE TO AMERICA”
The CIA intends to carry out the liquidation of “individual terrorists” all over the world. According to the mass media, George Bush’s government, has already given a blank check to these “killer missions," regarded as “legal form of self-defence." Officially, such a liquidation policy was forbidden in the US in 1976. More details...

14:50
BUSINESS CO-OPERATION BETWEEN RUSSIA AND VIETNAM DISCUSSED IN HANOI
During a seminar in Hanoi held on Tuesday, representatives of Russian and Vietnamese business circles stated that the present level of the trade-turnover between the two countries did not meet the potential or desires of both nations. More details...

14:50
SAUDI MINISTER OF PETROLEUM INTENDS TO VISIT MOSCOW
Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources of Saudi Arabia Ali Ibrahim Naimi intends to visit Moscow shortly for talks on Russia's support for the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) which is going to reduce quotas for oil extraction and export deliveries of raw oil. More details...

14:48
RUSSIA, NORTH KOREA AGREE ON RUSSIAN POWER SUPPLIES TO THE KOREAN PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
According to the press centre of the Vostokenergo Far Eastern energy system, a principal agreement on Russian power supplies to the Korean People's Democratic Republic has been reached at the Russian-North Korean talks which were completed in Khabarovsk Tuesday. More details...

14:40
RUSSIAN VICE PREMIER VALENTINA MATVIYENKO TO PARTICIPATE IN MEETING OF JOINT RUSSIAN-AUSTRIAN INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMISSION
Russian Vice Premier Valentina Matviyenko is to participate in the sixth meeting of the joint Russian-Austrian intergovernmental commission on trade and economic cooperation on Wednesday. Matviyenko is the Russian co-chairman of the commission. Economics and Labour Minister Martin Bartenstein is the Austrian co-chairman. More details...

14:08
RECORD NUMBER OF RUSSIAN REPRESENTATIVES TO PARTICIPATE IN DUBAI-2001 INTERNATIONAL AIR SHOW
As many as twelve Russian aviation enterprises and design offices will take part in the Dubai-2001 air show which will be held in the United Arab Emirates from November 4-8. More details...

13:53
AFGHAN WAR APPROACHING TAJIK-AFGHAN BORDER
Clashes between the Northern Alliance and Taliban units were continuing throughout Monday in the immediate proximity of the Tajik-Afghan border. More details...

13:20
LEBANON TO PROPOSE TO RUSSIA TWO MAJOR IRRIGATION PROJECTS DURING PRIME MINISTER RAFIQ AL-HARIRI'S MOSCOW VISIT
Lebanon is going to propose to Russia the implementation of two major irrigation projects during the Moscow visit by prime minister Rafiq Al-Hariri. The visit begins on Wednesday. More details...

13:20
IRINA MALENKO: AMERICANS DECIDED BEFOREHAND THAT THERE WOULD NOT BE ANY COMMUNISTS IN THE FUTURE AFGHAN GOVERNMENT
According to Hidustan Times, the US and Pakistan are already gathering a mixed group for a “good” future Afghan government, a real assorti of ex-loyalists, spiritual leaders, commanders of Mojahed, fundamentalists, and nationalists. However, the Afghan communists who ruled Kabul during 1978-1992 and who seem to be the only group with administrative work experience are being ignored. More details...

12:54
ABDUL HAQ BECOMES VICTIM OF PAKISTANI SECRET SERVICE TALIBAN INTRIGUE
Afghan sources have confirmed that the distinguished Afghan opposition field Commander Abdul Haq became a victim of collusion between the Pakistan military intelligence and the Taliban. The UAE newspaper "Al Khalidj" has published allegations from Mustafa Itimadi, a Northern Alliance leader, that the ISI informed the Taliban of Abdul Haq's movements. More details...

12:44
MEETING OF THE GOVERNMENTAL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ISLAMIC STATE OF AFGHANISTAN AND FORMER KING ZAHIR SHAH TO BE POSTPONED FOR AN UNCERTAIN PERIOD
The meeting of the governmental representatives of the Islamic State of Afghanistan and former King Zahir Shah is to be postponed for an uncertain period, informed sources in the Afghan government said. More details...

12:36
300 KG OF DRUGS CONFISCATED AT TAJIK-AFGHAN BORDER IN OCTOBER
Over 300 kg of drugs were confiscated by Russian frontier guards at the Tajik-Afghan border in October, reports the press service of the frontier group of the Federal Frontier Service (FPS) of Russia in Tajikistan. More details...

12:34
PAKISTANI VOLUNTEERS WANT TO TAKE TALIBAN SIDE
The leader of the radical Islamic party Tehrik-Nafaz-Shariat-Muhammadi, Sufi Mohammad, and a group of his supporters have arrived in Jalalabad, the main city of the Afghan province of Nangahar which borders on Pakistan. He is trying to convince the Taliban to accept thousands of the volunteers who have gathered at the border near Bajaur. More details...