- 22:15 30/01/2009
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier called on the U.S. and Russian presidents to take the initiative on nuclear disarmament during a meeting in Germany's parliament on Friday. 
- 21:01 30/01/2009
Galina Glukhov, the mother of a Russian deserter, who left his unit in South Ossetia and fled to Georgia, believes her son has been pressured into talking to the press, she told RIA Novosti on Friday.
- 20:29 30/01/2009
Russian-Belarusian trade exceeded an estimated $34 billion in 2008, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Friday.
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Russia's Black Sea Fleet flagship the guided-missile cruiser Moskva and Italy's destroyer the Andrea Doria held one-day drills in the Ionian Sea in the Strait of Messina on Friday, the Black Sea Fleet said.
- 19:48 30/01/2009
A Georgian association announced its establishment on Friday in Tbilisi to call for a restoration in friendly ties between Russia and Georgia, marred over the five-day August war.
- 18:45 30/01/2009
The Ukrainian government has pledged to take control of the situation regarding the cash-strapped International Children's Center Artek in the Crimea, the prime minister said Friday.
- 18:27 30/01/2009
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Cold War allies Russia and Cuba signed a host of agreements on Friday in a bid to revive ties and improve economic cooperation.
- 15:41 30/01/2009
- 15:27 30/01/2009
Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro has demanded the United States unconditionally return the Guantanamo Bay military base to Cuba in an article published on the CubaDebate website.
- 15:26 30/01/2009
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As the global financial crisis grows, China plans to mark its 60th anniversary of communist rule with a frugal military parade, national media said on Friday.
- 14:01 30/01/2009
Israeli troops will continue pinpoint strikes on militant groups and their infrastructure in Gaza despite truce, the Haaretz newspaper said on Friday.
- 13:19 30/01/2009
North Korea said on Friday it would scrap all political and military agreements with South Korea, including a non-aggression pact, over its neighbor's "hostile intent."
