St PETERSBURG, November 23 (Itar-Tass) - St Petersburg is playing host
to the 4 International Competition of Operatic Singers.

MOSCOW, November 23 (Itar-Tass) - Russia's Supreme Court is expected
to hear a cassation over a sentence to 18 years in jail that the city

St PETERSBURG, November 23 (Itar-Tass) - More than fifty delegates are
expected to take part in the 2nd St Petersburg International Forum of

PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, November 23 (Itar-Tass) - School vacations
that were extended due to high incidence of flu and ARVI have finally come

MOSCOW, November 23 (Itar-Tass) - Speaker of the upper house of
Russian parliament, Sergei Mironov, leaves for an official visit to the

Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said on Sunday that the Islamic countries, especially those in the Persian Gulf should further deepen cooperation to influence

SONGKHLA, Nov 23 (TNA) - Thailand's southern provinces have been hit heavily by flash floods which have so far left two residents dead, and on Monday forced the closure of over 60 schools.

Medan, North Sumatra, Nov. 22 (ANTARA) - A landslide buried a number of houses in Silalahi III village, Silahisabungan sub district, Dairi District, North Sumatra province, on Sunday.

Soreang, Nov. 22 (ANTARA) - Majalaya village, a main textile producer in Bandung District, West Java, was inundated on Sunday as Citarum River overflowed.

Timika, Nov 22 (ANTARA) - Residents of Mimika, Papua, hoped the security situation in the area of PT Freeport Indonesia would soon be restored to normal, so that there will be no more employee buse