| April 2007 |
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Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko endorsed Friday the decision of the National Security and Defense Council that ordered the government to allocate funds for early parliamentary elections, the president's press service said. 
British sailors and marines released from Iranian captivity Wednesday insisted Friday they had been detained in Iraqi territorial waters, saying they had been put under "constant psychological pressure." 
Ukraine's parliament, the Supreme Rada, has adjourned until April 17, but the deputies are ready to meet at any moment if required, a senior MP said Friday.
Ukraine needs no outside mediation to resolve its political crisis, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement Friday. 
A Russian delegation will leave for Tehran next week to continue talks on completing the Bushehr NPP in Iran, Atomstroyexport, a Russian contractor for the NPP's construction, said Friday. 
Russia's energy minister said no gas cartel agreement should be expected at a forum of gas exporters in Doha Monday, and called for cooperation between all energy market participants. 
U.S. policy in the Middle East has failed dismally, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Friday. 
Ukraine's ruling coalition, in the center of a political brawl with the president and opposition over its expansion, will return to its original lineup, a member of the largest party in parliament said Friday. 
Russia's Foreign Ministry hopes Poland will cancel its veto on talks to forge a new EU-Russian strategic partnership agreement by a May Russia-EU summit, a ministry official said Friday. 



