MOSCOW, May 29 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s...

MOSCOW, May 29 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s Nikolai Davydenko and Dinara Safina both won their third round matches at the French Open on Friday. Tenth seed Davydenko, who is the only Russian male player left in the tournament, dispatched Stanislas Wawrinka (17) from Switzerland in four sets 6:3, 4:6, 6:3, 6:2 to set up a fourth round head-to-head with eighth seed Fernando Verdasco from Spain. On form world no 1 Dinara Safina overawed fellow Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, seeded 27, to win in straight sets 6:2, 6:0 and will now face Aravane Rezai from France. Also due to play later are former world no one Maria Sharapova, who recently returned to tennis after 10 months out with a shoulder injury, fourth seed Elena Dementieva and Svetlana Kuznetsova (7). Sharapova will take on another unseeded player, Yaroslava Shvedova from Kazakhstan, while Dementieva faces Australian Samantha Stosur (30) and Kuznetsova has a showdown lined up with Hungary"s Melinda Czin.

Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, who...

Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, who fled the capital Bishkek amid violent opposition protests in which more than 70 people were killed, said on Thursday he had no real power, but refused to resign, local news agency 24.kg reported.

The CHETRA-SPC company will present for...

The CHETRA-SPC company will present for the first time SISU diesel motors assembled with Finnish technology at the AgroWorld Uzbekistan 2010 exhibition.

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The presidents of Russia and the U.S., Dmitry...

The White House also said that the new pact stipulates the reduction of warheads to 1,550 on each side.

The Russian president"s press secretary said that the two leaders announced the date and place of the signing after a telephone conversation on Friday.

"The presidents thanked each other for cooperation. Medvedev said that the deal reflects the balance of interests of both states," Natalya Timakova said.

WASHINGTON/MOSCOW, March 26 (RIA Novosti)

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