| June 2008 |
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The presidents of Russia and the United States issued a joint address on Tuesday to participants of the fourth meeting of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism, underway in Madrid. 
Georgia's Interior Ministry said on Tuesday that four Russian peacekeepers have been arrested for trying to smuggle guided missiles accross Georgia's border with its breakaway province of Abkhazia. 
Prosecutors in Georgia's breakaway province of South Ossetia said on Tuesday they would launch a criminal case against Tbilisi over the shelling of regional capital Tskhinvali last Saturday. 
A NATO delegation visiting Ukraine was met on Tuesday in Kharkov, a major industrial center in eastern Ukraine, by anti-NATO slogans and a burning American flag. 
A total of 700 villages have been flooded in northwest India and at least 30 people have died since torrential rains began last week, national radio reported on Tuesday. 
Iranian officials denied on Tuesday reports that the government had withdrawn about $75 billion from European banks amid fears the funds could be frozen under planned new sanctions over the Iranian nuclear program.
At least six Palestinians were killed in the Gaza Strip in two Israeli air strikes on vehicles amid fraught attempts to reach a truce, local security forces said on Tuesday. 
RIA Novosti opened a multimedia press center in the Indian capital New Delhi on Tuesday as part of the agency's Russian Information Center in India. 
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev met former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in the Kremlin on Tuesday. 
Pakistan's nuclear arsenal poses a greater threat to security in the region than Iran's uranium enrichment, due to the volatile political situation in the country, a Russian expert said on Tuesday. 
Russian Railways (RZD) is drafting proposals to be submitted to the government on buying a stake in German rail operator Deutsche Bahn AG, the head of the Russian company said on Thursday. 
An outbreak of bird flu has been confirmed in southern China, the Xinhua news agency reported on Tuesday. 
Japan's prime minister said Tuesday an upcoming G8 summit would not solve problems facing the global economy, but would be a step toward tackling soaring energy and food prices. 



