| October 2008 |
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Ukraine's Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday it was surprised by comments made by German Minister of State Gernot Erler who cast doubt on the Ukrainian bid to join NATO and the European Union. 
Russia welcomes Washington's decision to host an international summit on the global financial crisis on November 15, the Kremlin press service said on Wednesday. 
Italy will provide 3 million euros ($3.8 million) worth of humanitarian aid to Georgia this year to help rebuild the country following its armed conflict with Russia, the country's deputy foreign minister said on Wednesday. 
The Somali pirates holding the MV Faina Ukrainian vessel have threatened to kill the crew tomorrow, Ukraine's Segodnya newspaper said on Wednesday.

Moscow will be ready to discuss the extension of its naval presence in Sevastopol, Ukraine 'at a later stage,' the Russian foreign minister said on Wednesday. 
A new-generation RS-24 multiple-warhead missile system will enter service with Russia's Strategic Missile Forces (SMF) in 2009, the force commander said on Wednesday. 
Russian TV channels broadcasting news in Georgia are still blocked, although restrictions on Russian-domain websites have been lifted, the Civil Georgia information portal reported on Wednesday. 
NATO will continue patrolling Baltic airspace until at least 2011, the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff has told the Latvian president. 
Tokyo Mayor Shintaro Ishihara opened on Wednesday a two-day conference on climate change with criticism of Russian and U.S. Arctic policies. 
A Ukrainian opposition party leader demanded on Wednesday the dismissal of Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's government over its handling of the global economic crisis, the UNIAN news agency said. 
Azerbaijan's reelected president, Ilham Aliyev, will be inaugurated on October 24, Azerbaijani media reported on Wednesday. 



