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Russia’s ambassador, Vitaly Churkin, said on Friday: “We believe it would be a disservice to the memories of hundreds of thousands of people who died of hunger in other countries and regions of the former Soviet Union to raise this issue at the UN, in relation to only one of the regions that suffered.”

Enemies of Iran attempted to kill President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with high-intensity X-ray radiation during his recent trip to Italy, Iran’s former ambassador in Rome said on Monday.

Russia’s former World No. 1 Marat Safin advanced on late Friday to the fourth round of the Wimbledon tennis tournament after defeating 7-6 (7-5), 3-6, 7-6 (7-3), 6-4 Italy’s Andreas Seppi (seeded 29).

Russia’s envoy to the UN, Vitaly Churkin, said on Wednesday Georgia’s breakaway republic of Abkhazia should attend the UN Security Council session, requested by Tbilisi.

At least nine people died and some 28 were injured after a bus carrying tourists from Russia, Ukraine, Italy and Canada overturned and burst into flames in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula on Thursday, a police source said.

At least nine people died and some 28 were injured after a bus carrying tourists from Russia, Ukraine, Italy and Canada overturned and burst into flames in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula on Thursday, a police source said.

At least nine people died and some 28 were injured after a bus carrying tourists from Russia, Ukraine, Italy and Canada overturned and burst into flames in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula on Thursday, a police source said.

Italy’s outgoing premier, Romano Prodi, has formally turned down an offer to head South Stream, a natural gas project by Gazprom and Italy’s Eni, an Italian government spokesperson said on Monday.

Italy’s outgoing prime minister, Romano Prodi, will not head South Stream, a natural gas project by Gazprom and the Italian Eni company, the ANSA news agency said on Monday, quoting his press secretary.

Russian weightlifter Dmitry Berestov won the gold medal at the 2008 European Weightlifting Championship in Lignano, Italy, on Sunday.

Billionaire and twice former premier Silvio Berlusconi is narrowly ahead in exit polls following Italy’s weekend election for both houses of parliament.

Center-right former prime minister and media magnate, Silvio Berlusconi, and center-left former Rome mayor, Walter Veltroni, are seen as the main contenders for Italy’s premiership.

“We think this is a mistake, which results from disrespect for international law,” Vitaly Churkin said urging only weapons to be supplied for peacekeeping purposes.

A man surrendered on Wednesday after holding a group of children and their teachers hostage at a day-care centre in southern Italy.