UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon condemned...

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon condemned on Monday the deadly terrorist attacks on the Moscow subway that claimed dozens of lives, his official spokesman said.

MOSCOW, May 7 (RIA Novosti) - Chelsea FC...

MOSCOW, May 7 (RIA Novosti) - Chelsea FC coach Guus Hiddink has reacted furiously to a series of controversial refereeing decisions that saw Barcelona escape several penalty appeals, to edge past Chelsea in the Champions League semifinals. Michael Essien"s 9th minute goal looked enough to put Chelsea, who dominated most of Wednesday"s game, through to their second Champions League final in a row, but in the dying moments of extra time Andres Iniesta scored a stunner to level the score at 1-1 and put the home side out on the away-goals rule. In a post-match interview, Hiddink said: "Players make many mistakes, coaches make mistakes, referees make mistakes. But if you have seen three or four situations waved away, then his was the worst I have seen." He said that Norwegian referee Tom Henning Ovrebo"s failure to call any of the penalty decisions in Chelsea"s favor left him with a feeling "of being robbed and one of injustice." Barcelona, who were reduced to 10 men, barely challenged Chelsea throughout the game, and Hiddink admitted that the west London side had been punished for their failure to take advantage of the possession. "We had two or three open chances and we should have taken them and then we wouldn"t have this fuss about not just one penalty, but three or four," he said. Hiddink has transformed Chelsea since taking over at the club on February 11. As well as reaching the semifinal of Europe"s most prestigious club competition, the side, owned by Russian tycoon Roman Abramovich, have already booked a place in the FA Cup final on May 30. Barcelona will now face Manchester United, who are attempting to become the first football club to retain the Champions League title, in Rome on May 27.

Acting Polish president, parliamentary speaker...

Acting Polish president, parliamentary speaker Bronislaw Komorowski will attend Victory Day celebrations in Moscow in an effort to strengthen relations with Russia.

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Somali pirates have taken the U.K.-flagged...

of the Seychelles on May 2. The cargo ship was hijacked en route to the Middle East from Brazil and was carrying 35,000 metric tons of soya. The ransom was paid on December 10.

The pirates say they received a ransom of $2.5 million, with Ukrainian media saying the ransom was $2.8 million.

Somali pirates have scored a record number of attacks and hijackings for 2009.

The number of attacks by Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden and the east coast of Somalia stood at 174, with 35 vessels hijacked and 587 crew taken hostage as of December 22, 2009.

KIEV / MOSCOW, January 5 (RIA Novosti)

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