MOSCOW, October 1 (RIA Novosti) - A second powerful quake, measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale has been registered near the Indonesian island of Sumatra, the U.S. Geological Survey said on its website on Thursday.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is heading to the U.S. city of New York to participate in a conference on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Voice of America reported.
Russia"s Ambassador to Ukraine, Mikhail Zurabov, who was appointed last August but remained in Russia in protest against Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko"s anti-Russian policies, will arrive in Kiev on January 25, Russia"s charge d"affaires in Kiev said on Friday.