| April 2008 |
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said that the Russian-led peacekeeping contingent in Georgia's breakaway republic of Abkhazia should secure the support of all parties involved in the "frozen" conflict. 
A Russian Soyuz-FG carrier rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan on Tuesday carrying South Korea's first astronaut, on the 17th expedition to the International Space Station. 
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called on Serbia and Kosovo on Tuesday to refrain from unilateral steps that could spark violence in the region. 
Retired Cuban leader Fidel Castro said U.S. plans for a global anti-missile shield were a menace to Russia, and advised Moscow to seek its main allies in Asia. 
International terrorists carry out recruiting activities in Russia's regions with the support of some foreign non-governmental organizations, the Russian Federal Security Service chief said on Tuesday. 
A third IL-76 cargo plane of the Russian Emergencies Ministry carrying 40 tons of humanitarian aid, mostly rice, to ethnic Serbs in Kosovo landed at a Belgrade airport on Tuesday. 
Russian Air Force antiaircraft units are to conduct a live-fire tactical exercise in East Siberia, an aide to the Air Force commander said on Tuesday. 



