| January 2009 |
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The Russian Foreign Ministry expressed on Tuesday disappointment over its "Ukrainian colleagues'" reaction to recently-signed contracts on gas supplies and transit. 
Bulgaria has started receiving Russian natural gas, Bulgaria's economics and energy ministry said Tuesday. 
Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th president of the U.S. on Tuesday in Washington, becoming the country's first African-American head of state. 
A record two million visitors arrived in Washington on Tuesday to watch the inauguration of the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama. 
Russia hopes that the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip will be observed, and Israeli troops withdrawn from the Hamas-controlled enclave, the Russian foreign minister said on Tuesday. 
A baby with four arms and four legs has been born in southeastern Nepal's Ramechhap district, local media reported on Tuesday. 
The recent dispute between Russia and Ukraine that resulted in the disruption of gas supplies to Europe proved that Moscow and Kiev are unreliable gas suppliers, the Czech Foreign Minister said on Tuesday. 
The heads of 22 Arab nations demanded on Tuesday the immediate withdrawal of Israeli troops from the Gaza Strip, Kuwait's KUNA news agency reported. 
North Korea has about 14,800 unused fuel rods, the equivalent of just over 100 tons of uranium, a South Korean news agency reported on Tuesday. 
Hungary has started receiving Russian natural gas via Ukraine on Tuesday, following the resolution of a gas conflict between Moscow and Kiev, Hungary's gas transit company FGSz said. 
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev could talk by telephone with Barack Obama soon after his inauguration as the 44th U.S. president, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday. 
The Israeli prime minister said on Tuesday that Hamas should not be allowed to lead reconstruction work in the Gaza Strip, devastated by more than three weeks of Israeli air and ground operations. 



