21:36
COLLATERAL DAMAGE VII – AC-130S BLAST CIVILIANS IN KANDAHAR
Eye witnesses inform western journalists about AC-130 Spectre aircraft deliberately strafing civilian targets in Kandahar. More details...

20:13
LEBANESE PREMIER INVITES RUSSIAN COUNTERPART
Rafiq Hariri, Prime Minister of Lebanon, invited Mikhail Kasyanov, his Russian counterpart, for a visit. "We'll be meeting in Lebanon," he said, without specifying a day, to a joint news conference which summed up negotiations on the Russian government premises. More details...

19:58
PM SAYS RUSSIA WILLING TO EXPAND COOPERATION WITH LEBANON
Russia is willing to expand friendly ties and strengthen coordination with Lebanon in every sphere, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov said in opening remarks to talks with visiting Lebanese counterpart Rafiq al-Hariri on Friday. More details...

19:36
COLD SPELL IN RUSSO-MONGOLIAN CONTACTS OVER, SAYS RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER AS HE GETS MONGOLIAN AWARD
Luvsangiyn Erdenechuluun, Mongolia's Minister of Foreign Affairs, gave the Order of North Star, one of his country's supreme awards, to Igor Ivanov, his Russian counterpart on the Mongolian president's behalf for honourable contribution to bilateral relations and partnership. More details...

17:55
LEBANESE PREMIER VIEWS CHECHEN SETTLEMENT AS RUSSIA'S INTERNAL AFFAIR
The Chechen settlement is Russia's internal affair, Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri told journalists in Moscow on Friday. According to Hariri, he discussed the situation in Chechnya with Russian President Vladimir Putin. More details...

16:32
BIN LADEN: ATTACK AMERICA!
Coded Al Qaeda messages to militant Islamists in Saudi Arabia intercepted by US authorities and Saudi opposition reveal an order from Osama Bin Laden to attack the USA. More details...

16:27
MONGOLIA'S FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS MOSCOW
We in Moscow are sure that this visit to Russia by Mongolian Foreign Minister Luvsangiyn Erdenechuluun will promote the strengthening of emerging positive trends in relations between the two countries, said Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov, opening up negotiations with his Mongolian opposite number. More details...

16:16
RUSSIAN PARLIAMENTARIAN MEETS ICELANDIC FOREIGN MINISTER
Dmitry Rogozin, Chairman of the Russian State Duma (lower house of parliament) Committee for International Affairs, and Halldor Asgrimsson, Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade, discussed cooperation between European countries and Russia in the struggle against international terrorism on Friday. More details...

14:14
THE RUSSIAN DEFENCE MINISTER AND THE US SECRETARY OF STATE FOR DEFENCE WILL DISCUSS INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ISSUES
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov will meet in Moscow on November 3 with US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, RIA Novosti was told on Friday in the Russian Defence Ministry. More details...

13:38
VLADIMIR PUTIN, RAFIQ HARIRI DISCUSS SITUATION IN MIDDLE EAST
President Vladimir Putin of Russia and Prime Minister of Lebanon Rafiq Hariri are discussing the situation in the Middle East, Palestine and around Iraq. Their talks have started several minutes ago in the Kremlin's representation cabinet. More details...

13:36
RUSSIA BELIEVES LEBANON IS FRIENDLY COUNTRY
Russia regards Lebanon as a friendly country with which it has been long maintaining good relations, said Russian president Vladimir Putin when opening negotiations with Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri in the Kremlin on Friday. More details...

13:07
VLADIMIR PUTIN AND LEBANESE PRIME MINISTER DISCUSS SITUATION IN MIDDLE EAST
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri are discussing the situation in the Middle East, in Palestine and around Iraq. Their talks have started in the Kremlin's Reception office some minutes ago. More details...

10:43
A GROUP OF RUSSIAN DIPLOMATS WERE AWARDED STATE ORDERS AND MEDALS OF MONGOLIA
On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Mongolia and Russia on November 5, 1921 the head of the Mongolian state, Natsagiyn Bagabandi, issued a decree on decorating a group of Russian diplomats with state awards of the country. More details...

09:59
PRIME MINISTER OF LEBANON RAFIQ HARIRI TO MEET RUSSIAN LEADERS FRIDAY
Prime minister of Lebanon Rafiq Hariri, who is now in Russia on a working visit, will meet on Friday with Russian leaders. More details...

09:26
VLADIMIR PUTIN TO MEET GERMAN CHANCELLOR GERHARD SCHROEDER FRIDAY
Russian president Vladimir Putin will meet on Friday with German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, who will make a short stop in Moscow on the way to Germany from his Asian tour. More details...

21:40
EU DEBATING ARMS SALES TO NORTHERN ALLIANCE
A request by the United Kingdom for the European Union to raise sanctions on Afghanistan to allow arms supplies to reach the Northern Alliance opposition forces has been accepted by the 15 member states. More details...

17:14
MOSCOW AND OSLO PREPARE FOR PRESIDENTS PUTINS VISIT TO NORWAY.
A considerable task faces Moscow and Oslo in preparations for the visit of President Vladimir Putin to Norway. This was disclosed by Igor Ivanov, the Head of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, speaking in Norway en route to Washington. More details...

17:00
COMMUNISTS WERE DEVELOPING AFGHANISTAN
Opposition General Homayun Baha declares that if the Soviet Union did not conquer Afghanistan because it was not interested, and claims that the Communists were developing the country well before the Mujaheddin began the process which culminated in the Taleban. More details...

16:58
TALKS UNDERWAY IN US STATE DEPT BETWEEN IVANOV AND POWELL
Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov and US Secretary of State Colin Powell are now negotiating in the US State Department in Washington, D.C. More details...

13:00
RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER IGOR IVANOV MEETS PALESTINIAN LEADER YASSER ARAFAT IN OSLO
At a Wednesday meeting in Oslo with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov called on both sides to fulfil their commitments on resumption of high-level direct contacts. More details...

12:53
DELEGATION OF RUSSIAN PARLIAMENTARIANS ARRIVES IN SLOVAKIA
A delegation of Russian parliamentarians headed by State Duma Speaker Gennady Seleznyov arrived on an official visit in the Slovak republic on Thursday. More details...

12:47
FOREIGN MINISTER OF RUSSIA MEETS HIS NORWEGIAN COUNTERPART IN OSLO
Foreign Minister of Norway Jan Petersen stressed at a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov the continuity of the policy course by his country's new Cabinet of Ministers country for priority development of relations with Russia. More details...

11:12
COLLATERAL DAMAGE VI
Wednesday October 31st – United States military aircraft have destroyed another hospital in Afghanistan. More details...

10:45
RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER CALLS FOR "SERIOUS ANALYSIS" OF ABM ISSUES
Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov called for serious analysis of 1972 ABM Treaty issues being discussed as part of preparations for the summit of Russian and US Presidents Vladimir Putin and George Bush. More details...

19:37
RUSSIA'S DEFENCE MINISTER, BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY ON RUSSIAN-BRITISH CONTACTS
Russia's Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov and Britain's Foreign Secretary Jack Straw have given a high assessment of the intensity of Russian-British contacts at all levels in the current complicated international situation. More details...

18:30
PREPARATIONS FOR RUSSIA-RUMANIA BASIC TREATY DISCUSSED IN MOSCOW
Preparations for a Russian-Rumanian treaty of friendship and cooperation were discussed at consultations in Moscow between Alexander Avdeyev, Russian First Deputy Foreign Minister, and Christian Djakonescu, State Secretary of the Rumanian Foreign Ministry. More details...

18:14
RUSSIA'S MUFTI COUNCIL CHAIRMAN MEETS WITH LEBANON'S PRIME MINISTER
On Wednesday a meeting was held in Moscow between Sheikh Ravil Gainutdin, Chairman of the Russian Mufti Council, and Rafiq Hariri, Prime Minister of the Lebanese Republic. More details...

17:39
TOP AMERICAN DIPLOMAT CAME TO MOSCOW FOR CONSULTATIONS
US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage arrived Wednesday in Moscow to take part in the regular meeting of the Russian-American working group for countering the threats from Afghanistan. More details...

16:52
VISIT OF RAFIQ HARIRI IS THE HIGHEST RANKING IN HISTORY OF INDEPENDENT LEBANON
The status of the present visit of Lebanese Premier Rafiq Hariri to Russia and the talks in Moscow are "the highest in the history of Lebanon since the proclamation of independence in 1943," the Lebanese Ad-Diyar daily reported on Wednesday. More details...

16:46
BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY TO MEET RUSSIAN DEFENCE MINISTER ON WEDNESDAY
Jack Straw, the British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, who is currently in Moscow on a short visit, will meet on Wednesday Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov, the British embassy in Moscow reported. More details...