PYONGYANG, July 13 (Itar-Tass) - North Korea turned down a proposal by South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on resuming the inter-Korean negotiations, writes on Sunday the Rodong Sinmun newspaper,
MOSCOW, July 13 (Itar-Tass) - Russia's head gymnastics coach IrinaViner forecasts strong competition at the Summer Olympic Games in Beijing.
PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, July 13 (Itar-Tass) - Kamchatka - Russia's fishing peninsula - celebrates the Fisher's Day on Sunday.
ANADYR, July 13 (Itar-Tass) - The candidacy of Roman Kopin has been unanimously approved as governor of a remote Arctic region to replace Roman Abramovich, who after eight years of governing Chukot
FRANKFURT-ON-MAIN, July 13 (Itar-Tass) - Ukraine's Wladimir Klitschko knocked out U.S.' Tony Thompson in the eleventh round to defend his IBF and WBO heavyweight champion titles late on Saturday.
BAKU, July 13 (Itar-Tass) - Azerbaijan can serve as a good example of peaceful coexistence of different cultures and religions and of an interethnic dialogue, President Ilkham Aliyev said at the in
ST PETERSBURG, July 13 (Itar-Tass) - The 7th International SandSculpture Festival opens in St Petersburg on Sunday.
ASHGABAT, July 13 (Itar-Tass) - Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan have been conducting talks on Turkmen gas exports.
BEIJING, July 12 (Itar-Tass) - Participants in six-way talks on North Korea's nuclear ambitions began coordinating on Saturday a statement of Chinese nuclear envoy, Deputy Foreign Minister Wu Dawei
UNITED NATIONS, July 12 (Itar-Tass) - The U.N. Security Council has failed to pass a resolution to impose sanctions on Zimbabwe. The Russian and Chinese delegations vetoed the resolution.
