| October 2008 |
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The situation in Abkhazia may again deteriorate, as the OSCE mission in the region is not coping with its tasks following the withdrawal of Russian troops, a senior Russian lawmaker said on Monday. 
A Russian heavy nuclear-powered missile cruiser will visit a French naval base for the first time in November, an aide to the Navy commander said on Monday. 
A special delegation of the European Parliament has started a three-day visit to Georgia to meet government officials, international organizations, UN observers, and locals, the delegation head said on Monday. 
A missile frigate from Russia's Baltic Fleet is to start patrolling waters in the Gulf of Aden on October 28 to protect Russian ships and crews from pirate attacks, a Navy spokesman said on Monday. 
The top Polish representative on a bilateral commission on Russia and Poland's joint history urged Moscow on Monday to open up archives on the World War II Katyn massacre. 
The eldest son of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il traveled to Paris to recruit a top brain surgeon and bring him home to treat his father, Japanese TV channel Fuji reported on Monday. 
Russian billionaire Alexander Mamut has bought 100% of Russia's largest mobile handset retailer Euroset and then sold 49.9% of its shares to mobile operator VimpelCom, a business daily reported on Monday. 
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas will discuss with Egypt's president on Monday arrangements for a new round of dialogue between rival Palestinian groups and the results of Egyptian talks with Israel. 
Russia is continuing talks with Iceland on a stabilization loan to the Nordic country left on the verge of bankruptcy by the global financial crisis, Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said on Monday. 
The center-right conservative party has won Sunday's parliamentary elections in Lithuania, according to preliminary results, the Baltic state's top election authority said on Monday. 
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will meet with his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Minh Triet on Monday to discuss bilateral trade and energy, a Kremlin source said.



