International News Archive - October 31, 2008

The Bank of Japan Friday cut its key interest rate to 0.3 percent from 0.5 percent, the first such cut in seven years, to boost Japan's sluggish economy.

The Russian Foreign Ministry Friday said an allegation that a large number of the country's nuclear weapons have been stolen or gone missing is untrue. The press and information department of the Russian ministry said in a statement that concern expressed by U.S.

The rebel forces of Gen. Laurent Nkunda sat outside Goma as a cease-fire remained in place Friday in the Democratic Republic of Congo. His troops were camped about 10 miles from the city, the capital of East Kivu province, while government soldiers remained in Goma, The Daily Telegraph reported.