| October 2008 |
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Russia is ready to guarantee any agreement between Azerbaijan and Armenia on a settlement for the Nagorny Karabakh dispute, a Kremlin source said on Friday. 
Azerbaijan's new government was formed on Friday by President Ilham Aliyev, following his reelection for a second term earlier in the month. 
A Greek woman who passed herself off as a daughter of former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev gained an invitation to the royal palace in Monaco, the Point newspaper reported on Friday. 
Iran will buy 50 An-148 medium-haul airliners from Ukraine, Kiev's Unian news agency reported on Friday. 
Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi arrived in Moscow on Friday on a three-day official visit at the invitation of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. 
The Russian parliament's leading authority on foreign relations said on Friday that a victory for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama would give him hope for better Russian-U.S. relations. 
Russia's WBA Heavyweight World Champion Nikolai Valuev may hold a bout with former U.S. heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield on December 20, Valuev's manager said on Friday. 
At least 23 miners were killed and another six unaccounted for after an explosion at a coal mine in northwest China, the Xinhua news agency said on Friday. 
Russia's Admiralty Shipyard moved on Friday the new enhanced ice-class tanker Mikhail Ulyanov from a dry dock to a wet dock for the final stages of construction work. 
Specialists have brought a malfunctioning Kazakh satellite, KazSat-1, back into geostationary orbit, the satellite's Russian manufacturer said on Friday. 
Serbia could obtain EU candidate status in 2009 but it must tackle corruption and create an independent judiciary, the draft of a European Commission report says. 
Russian space technicians have started preparations for the launch of a Zenit carrier rocket with a U.S. Telstar telecom satellite on board, Russia's space agency said on Friday. 
Ukraine made an official request on Friday for an explanation of a statement made by Poland's soccer chief suggesting that Germany could replace the former Soviet republic as joint-host of Euro 2012.
Russia has offered Brazil modern methods for the production of uranium, new nuclear power plants and superconducting technologies, the CEO of the Rosatom state nuclear corporation said Friday. 
Russia may sell up to 15 Ka-52 attack/reconnaissance helicopters to foreign customers annually, the chief designer of the Kamov design bureau said on Friday. 



