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RUSSIA

* An official election campaign in printed media, on radio and television starts in Russia Sunday, 28 days before the parliamentary elections set for December 2, an election official said

* About 500 people gathered in Russia's St. Petersburg to protest against rising food prices in an action called "March of Empty Casseroles"

 

WORLD

* The united opposition in Georgia reached an agreement to demand the president's resignation after several hours of debates on the second of day of massive protests in the capital Tbilisi

* A senior Iranian parliamentarian said that if an international uranium enrichment consortium were to be formed in accordance with Arab countries' proposal, it should be based in Iran

* NASA astronaut Scott Parazynski put a homemade brace on a torn wing of the solar panel, the main electricity generating device on the International Space Station (ISS), a NASA spokeswoman said

* Pakistan's president declared a state of emergency in the country, the state television said

BUSINESS

* The Russian anti-monopoly authorities said they inquired leading Russian oil refineries about reasons that recently led to reduced production of oil derivatives and higher prices

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