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18:03 GMT 31.08.2007

RUSSIA

* Three-way consultations between Russia, Azerbaijan, and the United States on the joint use of the Gabala radar in Azerbaijan are scheduled for September 15, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Naryshkin said

* Russia plans to send cosmonauts to the Moon by 2025 and establish a permanent manned base there in 2027-2032, Anatoly Perminov, the head of the space agency, said

* A Moscow court has ruled that British Airways must pay former NHL star Russian Pavel Bure 67,000 rubles ($2,600) in compensation for financial and moral damages, a court spokesman said

* At least four policemen were killed when a car laden with explosives blew up in downtown Nazran, the largest city in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia, local police said

* Yury Kazmin, a Russian member of a United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS), said the commission could decide on Russia's claim for a large portion of the Arctic shelf in three years

* The murder of an ethinc Russian teacher's family in the North Caucasus Republic of Ingushetia could be a possible revenge killing following the death of a militant, an aide to the republic's prosecutor general said

WORLD

* South Korea's embassy in Moscow denied reports that Seoul paid a ransom to Taliban insurgents to secure the release of Korean Christian volunteers in central Afghanistan

* Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said the country should not lag behind in the nuclear power sector, and should become a full-fledged participant of international trade in reactors and uranium

* More than $270 million has been raised for victims of the forest fires that have devastated Greece and left 63 dead, the Greek state TV said

* Saudi Arabia's religious police are insisting that authorities of Medina, one of Islam's holiest cities, should build separate sidewalks for women, the Kuwaiti Al-Qabas newspaper said

* Former U.S. Representative Charles Vanik, known for his efforts to stop communist countries receiving favorable trade status, has died at the age of 94

BUSINESS

* Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said developing the Russian sector of the Caspian shelf, which holds huge oil and gas reserves, will require around $100 billion

* Russia's Agriculture Ministry called for imposing a state monopoly on valuable black caviar exports, amid rampant poaching and dwindling sturgeon stocks

* Russia's Anti-Monopoly Service said Friday it had allowed Cyprus-based Highstat Ltd., controlled by steel tycoon Alexei Mordashov, to buy up to 100% in heavy machinery manufacturer Power Machines

SPORTS

* Russia's Tatyana Lebedeva won a silver medal in the women's triple jump at the 2007 IAAF World Athletics Championships in Osaka, Japan