- 21:59 12/09/2008
Russia's budget spending on state defense orders will amount to 1.2 trillion rubles ($46.8 billion) in 2009, a first deputy prime minister said on Friday. 
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Russia may sign friendship and cooperation agreements with Georgia's rebel provinces of Abkhazia and South Ossetia early next week, a spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Friday.
- 20:14 12/09/2008
A Russian envoy to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe dismissed a report by a western news agency, that OSCE talks on sending military observers to Abkhazia and South Ossetia were deadlocked.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, whose illness has sparked speculation of a possible leadership change, has recovered enough to brush his teeth, Seoul's Yonhap agency said on Friday, citing an official.
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India is preparing for an official visit by the Russian defense minister to New Delhi on September 28-30, an Indian defense official told RIA Novosti on Friday.
- 18:31 12/09/2008
The UN nuclear watchdog will present a new report on Iran's controversial nuclear program on September 15 in Vienna, the country's official IRNA news agency said Friday, quoting an informed source.
- 18:16 12/09/2008
The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Friday that a German cargo vessel seized by Somali pirates last month, has been released along with the crew, including three Russians, who are reported to be well.
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Belgium has cancelled an official visit by one of its warships to Russia, a source in the Russian Navy said on Friday.
- 17:19 12/09/2008
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said he doubts that any peace agreement can be reached with Israel by the end of 2008.
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Russia may sign friendship and cooperation agreements with Georgia's rebel provinces of Abkhazia and South Ossetia early next week, a spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Friday.
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Poland's former president, Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski, went on trial Friday, along with other ex-communist officials, for imposing martial law in 1981 which resulted in over 90 deaths across the country.
