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International donors have pledged $5.2 billion to help rebuild the Gaza Strip, Egypt's foreign minister said on Monday. "This is significantly more than we expected," Ahmed Aboul Gheit said.

Russia has invited Iran to sell crude oil on the St. Petersburg Commodity Exchange, the Russian energy minister said on Monday. 
Russia will donate food, medication, armored vehicles and civilian helicopters to the Palestinian National Authority to help rebuild the Gaza Strip, Russia's foreign minister said on Monday. 
Russia has invited Iran to sell crude oil on the St. Petersburg Commodity Exchange, the Russian energy minister said on Monday. 
The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) acknowledged on Monday that despite numerous efforts there had been no progress in a probe into Iran's nuclear activity.
The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) plans to establish several different types of regional integration military systems, the post-Soviet security grouping's general secretary said Monday. 
Russian arms export monopoly Rosoboronexport has a portfolio of orders worth a total of $27 billion, the head of the state-run Russian Technology Corporation said on Monday. 
The Swiss embassy in Georgia will start issuing Russian entry visas to Georgian nationals from March 5, the Georgian Foreign Ministry said on Monday. 
The majority of the multi-million dollar ransom handed over to Somali pirates for the release of a Ukrainian cargo ship was paid by a Ukrainian billionaire, the Kiev presidential press service said on Monday. 
Washington has told Moscow that Russian help in resolving Iran's nuclear program would make its missile shield plans for Europe unnecessary, a Russian daily said on Monday, citing White House sources. 
Russia will donate food, medication, armored vehicles and civilian helicopters to the Palestinian National Authority to help rebuild the Gaza Strip, Russia's foreign minister said on Monday. 
The second and final group of service personnel from Russia's aviation group will head for Sudan on Monday as part of a UN operation in the region, an Air Force spokesman said. 
Israeli authorities plan to build over 73,300 housing units in the Palestinian territories which will see the number of settlers double there, an Israeli left-wing NGO said on Monday. 
The Admiral Panteleyev destroyer will replace the Admiral Vinogradov destroyer on an anti-piracy mission off the Somali coast, a spokesman for Russia's Pacific Fleet said on Monday. 



