| April 2008 |
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Joint Georgian-U.S. military exercises Immediate Response 2008 will be held near Georgia's capital Tbilisi in July, the Georgian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday. 
A pair of 1892 paintings by Russian artist Ivan Aivazovsky, known for his seascapes, were sold for $2.393 million on Tuesday at a Sotheby's auction in New York. 
Israel's military performed the first successful test of an imitation Iranian missile on Tuesday, a national radio station said. 
Russia's top diplomat gave assurances on Tuesday that in a recent speech to NATO leaders, President Vladimir Putin did not seek to undermine the sovereignty of Ukraine. 
"We must defend our state borders, and should Israel take any hostile action, we are ready to eliminate Israel from the world scene," Deputy Commander-in-Chief Mohammad Reza Ashtiani said. 
Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with Silvio Berlusconi, newly re-elected as Italian premier, in Sardinia on April 17 and 18, a Kremlin spokesman said on Tuesday. 
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization's decision on whether to admit Iran will depend on general plans for expansion that could see other states join, the head of the group said on Tuesday. 



