THE HAGUE, July 26 (Itar-Tass) - Former political leader of the Bosnian Serbs, Dr Radovan Karadzic, who is charged with crimes committed in the 1990's in the course of a bloody civil war in Bosnia

PETROZAVODSK, July 26 (Itar-Tass) - Sofya Larina, a student from the Kemerovo region in southern Siberia has won the Beauty of Russia pageant.

VLADIVOSTOK, July 26 (Itar-Tass) - Second Pacific Economic Congressopens in Vladivostok Saturday.

MOSCOW, July 26 (Itar-Tass) - Russian Armed Forces begin a strategiccommand post exercise codenamed Vostok'2008 in Siberia Saturday.

GROZNY, July 26 (Itar-Tass) - An ideological campaign against the spread of ideas of terrorism and extremism will be stepped up in themosques and educational institutions in Chechnya's capital Groz

DONETSK, July 26 (Itar-Tass) - Clerics and the lay from the Donetskdiocese of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church reporting to Moscow Patriarchate are not taking part in the festivities in Kiev dedicated

ANADYR, Chukotka, July 26 (Itar-Tass) - A total of four clerics loyal to the ostracized bishop Diomedes of Chukotka have been barred from service by a decision of the Archbishop Marc of Khabarovsk

MOSCOW, July 26 (By Itar-Tass World Service writer Lyumidla Alexandrova) - Common history is not the only thing that Ukraine andRussia turn out unable to share and divide today.

MOSCOW, July 24 (Itar-Tass) - Russian Vice Premier Igor Sechin will visit China on July 26-27, the Russian governmental press service said on Friday.

DUSHANBE, July 25 (Itar-Tass) - Foreign ministers of the ShanghaiCooperation Organization'scontries have drafted documents and agenda of the upcoming SCO summit due in Dushanbe on August 28, Russia