National Guns and Roses By Kirill Bessonov For the first time in the history of the Ryazan Paratroopers Military School, a platoon comprised of female cadets swore their allegiance in a solemn ceremony on Friday.

National The ISS: Who needs it? Andrei Kislyakov As the International Space Station nears its 10th anniversary on November 20, all the members of this unique research program seem to have overwhelmingly come out for it.

National Over 700 Russian scientists part of Large Hadron Collider MOSCOW (RIA Novosti) - The development of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's largest and most powerful particle accelerator, has involved over 700 Russian physicists from 12 research institutes, a project coordinator said Monday.

National Bushehr enters “final stage” MOSCOW (AP) - The Russian state-run company building Iran's first nuclear plant said Monday that preparations for the reactor's launch had entered their final stage.

World 9/11 brought US into age of terrorism, anxiety By Terence Hunt President George W. Bush said he didn't care how terrorism architect Osama bin Laden was brought to justice, dead or alive.

World Turkey, Armenia vow to end enmity after Gul’s visit YEREVAN (AFP) - Armenia and Turkey pledged to overcome decades of enmity over the massacre of Armenians by Ottoman forces after Turkish Pre­sident Abdullah Gul's pathbreaking visit to Yerevan for a football match.

World Probe nears asteroid, camera stops By Katrin Schiefer, George Frey The Euro­pean deep space probe Rosetta successfully completed a flyby of an asteroid millions of miles from earth, but its high resolution camera stopped shortly before the closest pass, space officials said Saturday.

World Tension mounts in Bosnia over gay festival By Aida Cerkez-Robinson Posters condemning homosexuals have appeared in Sarajevo ahead of this month's first-ever gay festival in Bosnia, prompting an international organization to condemn what it called "attempts to incite violence.''

World Bianca Jagger’s ring recovered in Austria VIENNA, Austria (AP) - Bianca got her bling back.

National In the high turbulence flow Maxim Krans To sort out the AirUnion crisis, about which Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said at a meeting in Ulyanovsk on Tuesday, the government will create a state-controlled airline holding company.

Business Consumer rights watchdog sues BAT By Rebeccah Billing Russia's consumer rights agency, Rospotrebnadzor, has begun legal proceedings against British American Tobacco (BAT), claiming that the company has been deliberately misleading consumers.

Business Gazprom assures Germany of stability LEIPZIG, (RIA Novosti) - The head of Gazprom assured German consumers Wednesday that they could continue to count on the Russian energy giant for stable natural gas supplies.

Columnists Testing old proverbs By Marina Pustilnik There is a saying in Russia that one old friend is worth two new ones any day of the year.

Business Fannie, Freddie takeover offers recovery hope WASHINGTON (AFP) - The U.S. government seeks to instil some confindence in shaky credit markets and bring down the cost of borrowing

Business Murdoch’s Moscow office searched MOSCOW, (RIA Novosti) - News Outdoor Russia, a billboard advertising company controlled by media mogul Rupert Murdoch, confirmed on Monday that police have searched its office in central Moscow and two production facilities.