Russian economy was saved from total collapse by heavy infusions of capital in the banking sector and industries that were hurt the most.

The announcement comes 60 years since the publication of Ian Fleming's first James Bond novel “Casino Royale.”

In the series, a likeable Miami police forensics expert moonlights as a serial killer of criminals who he believes have escaped justice.

The project centers on a man and a woman who get trapped at a family resort with their kids from previous marriages in tow.

William Hague warned the regime it faced fresh sanctions if it went ahead with a predicted missile test.

Some Western analysts say Iran may be close to exhausting its reserves of raw uranium crucial to its nuclear activity.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but co-ordinated attacks are a favourite tactic of al-Qaida's Iraq branch.

The blogging website was struck by a botnet comprising "tens of thousands" of computers just one week after the service amped up its security.