- 21:43 17/10/2008
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Japan, Turkey, Austria, Mexico and Uganda will join the UN Security Council as non-permanent members on January 1, 2009, the head of the UN General Assembly announced on Friday.
- 21:01 17/10/2008
President George Bush announced on Friday that the United States would soon cancel visa requirements for six European countries and South Korea for visits lasting up to 90 days.
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Russia's main military base in Abkhazia will be in Gudauta, and no new bases will be built, the Abkhazian foreign minister said Friday.
- 18:02 17/10/2008
- 17:41 17/10/2008
Russia's lower house of parliament urged the world community on Friday to denounce Washington's economic blockade of Cuba and called for aid to be given to the island, which has been badly hit by recent hurricanes.
- 16:59 17/10/2008
Russia will soon ship around 1,000 tons of equipment necessary to complete the construction of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, a top Iranian nuclear official said on Friday.
- 16:33 17/10/2008
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Russia's foreign minister will travel to India late on Sunday to discuss arrangements for a bilateral summit, the Russian Embassy in New Dehli said on Friday.
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Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday Russia would set out specific security proposals at international talks on the Georgian conflict in Geneva on November 18.
- 14:40 17/10/2008
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The Iranian Air Force started on Friday large scale combat drills in the northwest of the country with simulated dogfights, the IAF press service said in a statement.
- 13:33 17/10/2008
Moscow's arbitration court ruled on Friday that the majority of tax claims filed against the British Council in Russia for 2004-2006 were unlawful.
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Chinese submarines have recently increased their activity near Japan's maritime borders in the East China Sea, a Japanese military source said on Friday.
