GENEVA, October 12 (Itar-Tass) - The national soccer teams of Germany,
Russia, Italy, France, the Netherlands, Greece, Britain, Denmark, Spain,

BEIJING, October 11 (Itar-Tass) - The Russian Direct Investment Fund,
China Investment Corporation and Vnesheconombank will create an investment

VIENNA, October 11 (Itar-Tass) -- Opium output is growing in
Afghanistan, and its price is going up, says a report of the U.N. Office

YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, October 11 (Itar-Tass) -- The international
scientific conference "Russian-Chinese cooperation in North-Eastern Asia:

BEIJING, October 11 (Itar-Tass) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir
Putin has arrived in the Chinese capital for a two-day working visit.

BEIJING, October 11 (Itar-Tass) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir
Putin begins a two-day official visit to China Tuesday.

WARSAW, October 11 (Itar-Tass) - Office for Democratic Institutions
and Human Rights /ODIHR/ that reports to the Organization for Security and

MAGADAN, October 11 (Itar-Tass) - A total of 15.2 tons of gold and 527
tons of silver have been produced in Russia's Far-Eastern Magadan region

MAGADAN, October 11 (Itar-Tass) - A heavy cyclone with snow and rain
has descended on Russia's huge Far-Eastern Magadan region, colloquially

NEW YORK, October 11 (Itar-Tass) - Trial of Russian businessman Viktor
Bout, whom the U.S. authorities accuse of arms contraband, begins at 10:00