1.   Baturin tells of coming across a report of Russian family that loved pears, despite living in a remote Siberian town where pears were uncommon.

2.   In a remote Siberian town, Mayor Gregori Nowek is ordered to investigate the murders of two militiamen and a wealthy oil entrepreneur.

3.   A five-ton container holding radioactive waste went missing from the central hospital in a Siberian town, officials said Wednesday.

4.   Five people, including two children, were killed in a remote Siberian town when their wooden house went up in flames, an emergency situations official said Wednesday.

5.   He stopped in the Siberian town Tuesday on his way home after attending the Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

6.   Russian court bans Pentecostalists from Siberian town.

7.   The acting mayor of a Siberian town was shot dead by unidentified assailants as he left his home for work on Wednesday, a news report said.

8.   Three children were killed by lightning when a fierce thunderstorm struck their Siberian town, a report said Friday.