UN is concerned about the worsening situation in Nepal

ROMIR: V. Putin's rating since May 2004. decreased from 84 to 65%

Oil prices fell by more than a dollar

A militant suspected of seizing a school in Beslan was detained

Pope John Paul II admitted to hospital

Philippine police officers armed with teeth

Government loosens control over Gazprom

Chinese man grows chairs

Militants scare Americans with toy hostages

Attempted assassination Head of the Khasavyurt region of Dagestan

In 2004 "gray" drugs worth $100 million were imported into Russia

The US Federal Reserve raises the discount rate to 2.5% per annum

The CIA admitted that there have been no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq for a long time

B. Gryzlov: Students should not join the army

The old lady tried her hand at mountaineering