World

Main news of January 9

Topic: Top stories of the day

Main news

Main news

© RIA Novosti.

23:59 09/01/2012

WORLD

* An Iranian court sentenced a former U.S. soldier, who also holds Iranian citizenship, to death for spying for the CIA

* A Polish military prosecutor shot himself shortly after a press conference on the April 2010 Smolensk air disaster, Polish Radio External Service said

RUSSIA

* Two people were killed and up to 39 injured as a result of a gas explosion at an Italian restaurant in southwestern Moscow, city healthcare department chief Leonid Pechatnikov said

* Four soldiers and four militants have been killed in a shootout in Russia’s troubled North Caucasus republic of Chechnya

BUSINESS

* Iran's oil exports to South Korea rose 48 percent in November 2011, making the Islamic Republic the second largest crude supplier to the South Asian country, Korea National Oil Corporation (KNOC) said

* Kazakhstan’s gross domestic product increased 7.5 percent in 2011, Prime Minister Karim Masimov said

Add to blog
Send to friend
Share

Add to blog

You may place this material on your blog by copying the link.

Publication code:

<div style="border:1px solid #d3d3d3; padding:17px 0 0px 17px; background:#ffffff; width:510px;"><div style="width:100%; overflow:hidden;"><a target="_blank" href="http://en.rian.ru/world/20120109/170686143.html" style="text-decoration:none;"><img src="http://en.rian.ru/i/eng/logo_sml.gif" alt="RIA Novosti" title="RIA Novosti" style="float:left; margin-right:10px;" border="0" /></a><a target="_blank" href="http://en.rian.ru/world/20120109/170686143.html"><img src="http://en.rian.ru/images/15931/19/159311947.jpg" width="120" height="83" border="0" alt="Main news" style="float:right;padding:0px 15px 5px 0px;" /></a><a target="_blank" href="http://en.rian.ru/world/20120109/170686143.html" style="color:#000000;text-decoration:none;display: block; margin: 0 10px 0 0 ;"><strong style="font:19px Georgia,Arial,sans-serif; line-height:16px; font-weight:bold;">Main news of January 9</strong></a><p style="font:13px Georgia,Arial,sans-serif; padding:5px 153px 0px 0;"><span style="color:#5590bf;">23:59</span> <span style="color:#5590bf; padding-right:7px;">09/01/2012</span> <span style="font-size:12px;">A roundup of what has happened during the last 24 hours<a target="_blank" style="color:#335f86; padding-left:10px; text-decoration:underline;" href="http://en.rian.ru/world/20120109/170686143.html" title="Main news of January 9">>></a></span></p><div style="padding:6px 0 15px 30px; font:10px Verdana,sans-serif;"><a target="_blank" style="color:#114472; text-decoration:underline;" href="http://en.rian.ru" title="RIA Novosti">Other news of the day</a></div></div></div>

Preview:

RIA Novosti

Main news

Main news of January 9

23:59 09/01/2012 A roundup of what has happened during the last 24 hours>>

Other news of the day

Send by e-mail

News is sent to e-mail

Close

/world/20120109/170686143-comment.json

Add comments

Leave a comment

Comment posted and will be opened after the pre-moderation.

Leave a comment

Password recovery |

Stories »

Benjamin Netanyahu

Israel Warns 'Iran Six' Against Concessions to Tehran

Iran continues to pose a nuclear threat to Israel and world powers should not make any concessions to Tehran at the upcoming talks in Baghdad

A 6.0-magnitude quake north of Bologna on Sunday killed seven people, injured over 50, and destroyed dozens of old buildings

6,000 Displaced as Tremors Continue to Rattle Italy

Small aftershocks continue to shake northern Italy causing evacuation of at least 6,000 residents of the Emilia-Romagna region

ISAF Allies Pledge to Support Afghanistan Beyond 2014

ISAF Allies Pledge Support to Afghanistan Beyond 2014

Members of a U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan reaffirmed on Monday their commitment to help rebuild Afghanistan into a viable, peaceful, and functional state during a decade following the withdrawal of foreign troops in 2014.

NATO summit in Chicago

NATO Regrets Russia’s Stance on European Missile Shield

NATO member states voiced their regret over Russia’s stance on the military alliance’s mooted missile shield in Europe, reiterating that the shield is not threatening the Russian national security.

free web tracker

© 2012 RIA Novosti