| September 2006 |
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Russia's foreign minister said Wednesday there was every chance for a resumption of talks on the Iranian nuclear problem to be held on terms acceptable for all parties. 
The death toll in a coal mine fire that erupted Wednesday morning in central Kazakhstan may rise to 41 people, the local governor's press secretary said. 
Tehran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani, and the European Union foreign policy chief, Javier Solana, will hold talks on Iran's controversial nuclear program next week, Iran's National Security Council said Wednesday. 
The manufacturer of the Pantsir air defense system has an export portfolio worth a total of $2.6 billion, the company CEO said Wednesday. 
Russia's envoy to Japan sought to defuse Thursday a potential conflict with Tokyo over the fate of the Sakhalin II energy project, saying Moscow had no intention of closing it down over claims of environmental damage. 
Russia is open to proposals for Venezuela to buy a new batch of helicopters, a defense ministry spokesperson said Wednesday. 
The number of people killed Wednesday in a coal mine blast in eastern Ukraine has reached 13 as rescue operations continue, the Ukrainian television Channel Five reported. 
"At the moment, 18 bodies have been found and 25 people still remain below ground, and presumably they are also dead," Grigory Present, the director of the coal department with the Mittal Steel Temirtau company, said. 



