Moscow - Russia opened a new centre Tuesday to speed the dismantling of its chemical weapons arsenal in an effort to abolish its massive stockpiles by 2012.

Thousands on Saturday attended the state funeral of Chingiz Aitmatov, 79, Kyrgyzstan's best-known author, who died of pneumonia on Thursday.

Moscow - Former French President

Moscow  - The head of embattled British-Russian oil firm TNK- BP was questioned by prosecutors for o

Moscow  - French carmaker Peugeot Citroen and Japan's Mitsubishi Motors laid the foundation stone Tuesday for a 470- million-euro (728 million dollars) plant to produce sports utility vehicles and