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Israel says no major Gaza operations planned

14:58 02/02/2009

Israel is not planning any large-scale operations in the Gaza Strip despite rocket attacks in the south and will have to "wait and see" if the ceasefire holds, the country's defense minister has said.

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Russia's Vozrozhdenie Bank posts 250% net profit growth in 2008
14:52 02/02/2009
N. Korea calls for checks of S. Korea amid stalled nuclear talks
14:25 02/02/2009
North Korea called for verification checks of South Korea on Monday to try and resolve issues and restart stalled negotiations on the communist state's atomic weapons program.
At least 21 police killed in suicide attack in Afghanistan
13:59 02/02/2009
At least 21 police officers were killed in a suicide attack on a police compound in the southern Afghan city of Tarin Kot, a source in the country's Interior Ministry told RIA Novosti on Monday.
Chavez gives Venezuela new holiday to mark 10 years as president
13:28 02/02/2009
Venezuela declared a new national holiday for Monday to mark 10 years since Hugo Chavez first became president, but with Venezuelans - and Latin America - increasingly divided over his policies.
Alrosa to step up diamond sales as saving instrument - paper
13:27 02/02/2009
Russia hopes ties with U.S. at UN improve under Obama-interview
12:18 02/02/2009
Russia hopes its contacts with the U.S. at the United Nations will improve under Barack Obama's administration, Russia's ambassador to the UN said in an interview published on Monday.
Estonian man stopped with over 60 knives on Moscow train
12:16 02/02/2009
Police have arrested an Estonian national traveling on a train from Tallinn to Moscow in possession of 62 knives and bayonets, a police spokeswoman said on Monday.
Kazakhstan's state debt up $3.4 bln to $11 bln in 2008
11:37 02/02/2009
Kazakhstan's state debt increased by 412.4 billion tenge ($3.4 billion) to 1.33 trillion tenge ($11 billion) in 2008, Kazakh Finance Minister Bolat Zhamishev said on Monday.
Some 20 mln Chinese workers lose jobs amid global crisis
11:18 02/02/2009
Around 20 million rural workers in China were forced to return home after losing their jobs as a consequence of the global financial crisis, the Xinhua news agency said on Monday.
Russia formally hands over 3 multi-role fighters to Indonesia
10:01 02/02/2009
Russia and Indonesia finalized on Monday the handover of three Russian-made Su-30MK2 Flanker multi-role fighters.
Israeli planes attack Gaza Strip
09:36 02/02/2009
Israel carried out airstrikes on the Gaza Strip overnight after Palestinian militants launched rockets on southern Israel, local media said.

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Israel says no major Gaza operations planned

Russia's Vozrozhdenie Bank posts 250% net profit growth in 2008

N. Korea calls for checks of S. Korea amid stalled nuclear talks

At least 21 police killed in suicide attack in Afghanistan

Chavez gives Venezuela new holiday to mark 10 years as president

Alrosa to step up diamond sales as saving instrument - paper

Russia hopes ties with U.S. at UN improve under Obama-interview

Estonian man stopped with over 60 knives on Moscow train

Kazakhstan's state debt up $3.4 bln to $11 bln in 2008

Some 20 mln Chinese workers lose jobs amid global crisis

Russia formally hands over 3 multi-role fighters to Indonesia

Israeli planes attack Gaza Strip

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