Medvedev first time meets Bush in presidential capacity
TOYAKO (Japan), July 7 (Itar-Tass) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and US President George W. Bush on Monday started a series of their personal meeting in the presidential capacity.
Kyrgyzstan to supply 18,000 t of cotton to Russia
BISHKEK, July 7 (Itar-Tass) -- Kyrgyzstan will supply 18,000 tonnes of cotton to Russia in 2008.
Eight earthquakes occur on Kurils over weekend
YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, July 7 (Itar-Tass) - Eight earthquakes took place on the Kuril Islands over the past weekend.
G-8 leaders to begin three-day summit in Hokkaido
TOYAKO, Japan, July 7 (Itar-Tass) - The G-8 summit will kick off in the fashionable Windsor Hotel on the bank of Lake Toya on Hokkaido Island on Monday.
Africa to be in the focus of attention on the summit's first day
TOYAKO, Japan, July 7 (Itar-Tass) - Africa and its problems will be
Death toll from cafe blast in Abkhazia reaches 4
SUKHUMI, July 7 (Itar-Tass) - Two more victims of a cafe bomb
explosion in the town of Gal in Abkhazia have died of wounds in hospital.
Medvedev, Bush begin bilateral meeting in Toyako
TOYAKO, Japan, July 7 (Itar-Tass) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and U.S. President George W. Bush have begun a bilaterl meeting on the sidelines of the G-8 summit.
All leaders gather for the G-8 summit
TOYAKO, Japan, July 7 (Itar-Tass) - France's President Nicolas Sarkozy was the last G-8 leader to arrive Hokkaido on Monday morning.
Russian Air Company begins regular flights to Alaska
PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, July 7 (Itar-Tass) - The Vladivostok Avia air company is launching regular flights from Vladivostok to Anchorage (Alaska, USA) via Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.
Russian pseudo healer awaits verdict
MOSCOW, July 7 (Itar-Tass) - A Moscow district court is expected to pass a verdict on pseudo healer Grigory Grabovoi on charges of fraud and embezzlement in huge amounts.
