| November 2008 |
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Moscow has received new U.S. proposals aimed at easing Russia's concerns over a planned European missile shield and replacing a strategic arms reduction treaty, a Foreign Ministry official said on Friday.
Lithuania has reiterated its opposition to the resumption of talks on a new strategic partnership deal with Russia ahead of an EU ministerial meeting, Belgian media reported on Friday. 
Moscow welcomed on Friday a U.S. court ruling that a former Russian UN official, sentenced to four years and three months in prison for money laundering, will serve out his jail term in Russia. 
A U.S. warship left Ukraine's Black Sea port of Sevastopol on Friday morning after a short stay. 
Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip have fired at least three rockets at southern Israel after the third day of renewed hostilities threaten a fragile five-month truce, the Israeli military said on Friday. 
A Russian floating platform will start to drill exploratory test wells for natural gas in the Gulf of Venezuela on Friday, a Gazprom official said. 
Venezuela will continue to buy modern weaponry from Russia and other "friendly countries" in the future to boost its defense capability, a senior military official said. 



