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MOSCOW, January 23 (RIA Novosti) - The death...

MOSCOW, January 23 (RIA Novosti) - The death toll in Russia from alcohol poisoning in the first eleven months of 2007 totaled 19,031, a 28.1 % decrease from 2006, the National Alcohol Association (NAA) said on Wednesday.


MOSCOW, February 11 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s...

MOSCOW, February 11 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s anti-trust regulator will make a decision February 17 on a bid by the country"s second-largest bank, VTB, to buy a 30% stake in Polyus Gold, Russia"s leading gold producer, a spokesperson said on Wednesday. The Federal Antimonopoly Service warned, however, that it would have to reject the deal altogether unless the two parties provided information on final beneficiaries. Under anti-trust laws, the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) is required to consider approvals within a month, but can postpone decisions for another two months if additional information is required. The FAS has been considering the VTB deal for three months already. "The application expires next Tuesday, on February 17. Unless we obtain the necessary information by that time, we will be forced to refuse them," Irina Kashunina said. Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov, owner of the Onexim Group investment vehicle, and his former business partner Vladimir Potanin, who heads the Interros holding company, hold 30% each in Polyus Gold. Neither Onexim nor Interros has provided comment.


MOSCOW, September 24 (RIA Novosti) - A U.S...

MOSCOW, September 24 (RIA Novosti) - A U.S. Congressman has asked the National Basketball Association to look into a $200-million deal involving Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov buying a 80% stake in the New Jersey Nets, PolitickerNJ news website said.

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Rescue workers have pulled out a survivor...

p>A team of French rescue workers located the 24-year-old man on Saturday, and he was pulled out of the rubble several hours later. The lucky survivor was apparently trapped under a piece of concrete in a food shop and probably had access to food and water.

Earlier on Saturday the Haitian government declared an end to a search-and-rescue operation in the devastated capital Port-au-Prince. The majority of search-and-rescue teams would soon leave the disaster-hit area, although some heavy machinery might stay to help in post-quake reconstruction and distribution of humanitarian aid.

On Friday a 69-year-old woman, Ena Zizi, was rescued from the rubble the Port-au-Prince Catholic cathedral where she spent 10 days without food or water. Reports on her condition are confused, with some sources suggesting she may not survive.

Media also reported of two more survivors found that day – an 84-year-old woman and a 21-year-old man.

MOSCOW, January 24 (RIA Novosti)



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