MOSCOW, January 9 (Itar-Tass) --The alpinists trapped under snow in
Kabardino-Balkaria went mountaineering despite avalanche warnings, The

LONDON, January 9 (Itar-Tass) -- For the first time ever unemployment
in the European Union has reached 10 percent of the active population,

MOSCOW, January 9 (Itar-Tass) -- The Federal Service for Supervision
in the Field of Information Technology and Mass Communications

MOSCOW, January 9 (Itar-Tass) - The trial of former Moscow district
police chief Denis Yevsyukov, who opened gunfire in a supermarket, killing

MOSCOW, January 8 (Itar-Tass) - An Airzena Georgian Airways plane will
fly to Russia on Friday, for the first time in the past 18 months, a

TEL AVIV, January 8 (Itar-Tass) - Israeli President Shimon Peres has
pardoned Russian woman Izabella Belfar, 71, convicted for abetting the

MINSK, January 8 (Itar-Tass) - The Orthodox Christians of Belarus, who
account for some 80 percent of the republic's population, celebrated

MOSCOW, January 7 (Itar-Tass) - Russia's natural gas giant Gazprom
confirmed on Thursday that Ukraine's Naftogaz Ukrainy company had fully

MOSCOW, January 8 (Itar-Tass) - Russia celebrated Christmas on
Thursday. Some 5,000 people attended the divine service at the Christ the

PYONGYANG, January 8 (Itar-Tass) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il
continued his tour of industrial facilities on Thursday, reported the