PPONYRI, Kursk region, July 19 (Itar-Tass) - A festive march-past in the town Ponyri in Russia's southwest Kursk region will open the Saturday festivities dedicated to the 65th anniversary of a sig

BAKU, July 19 (Itar-Tass) - Supreme hierarchs representing different religious denominations will have an international conference in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, in 2009, officials at the Isla

By Itar-Tass World Service writer Lyudmila Alexandrova

MOSCOW, July 19 (Itar-Tass) -- Russia believes the search for settling
the territorial problem with Japan should be based on stronger trust and mutual understanding.

PRAGUE, July 19 (Itar-Tass) -- Turkmenistan has denied entry to an
Airbus A319 carrying Czech servicemen to Afghanistan, the Czech Defense Ministry said on Friday.

VIENNA, July 19 (Itar-Tass) -- The Organization for Cooperation and

KEMEROVO, July 19 (Itar-Tass) - The Siberian "Fairy Tale" Children's
Center in the Kemerovo region has held a special welcoming ceremony on

VLADIVOSTOK, July 19 (Itar-Tass) - Four hundred Chinese children from the earthquake-hit province of Sichuan are received in the Russian children's health centre Okean.

TOKYO, July 19 (Itar-Tass) - The Japanese police announced Friday

ISLAMABAD, July 19 (Itar-Tass) - Pakistan attaches importance to