Moscow  -

Moscow/Kiev - A worker at Ukraine's embassy in Germany was arrested on charges of attempted smuggling of radioactive materials, the Interfax news agency reported on Monday.

The man and the security manager of a local bank were detained near the central Ukrainian city Cherkassy with radioactive metals in their possession worth 4.9 million dollars, police said.

According to people reports, the two suspects had been transporting uranium and cesium in an automobile.

Moscow - A deserter from the Russian army shot dead three fellow soldiers who were attempting to capture him before shooting himself, local media reported, citing the country's Defence Ministry on

Tbilisi/Moscow - Two people were killed and 10 injured in clashes in the Georgia breakaway province of South Ossetia, the South Ossetian leadership reported Friday from the capital Tskhinvali. 

Minsk/Moscow - A bomb injured up to 50 people in Belarus' capital Minsk a little after midnight (2100 GMT) on Friday during a concert celebrating Independence Day, officials said.

Moscow- Gas prices in Europe could hit 500 dollars per 1,000