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The European Union and Ukraine must work with Russia in modernizing the Ukrainian natural gas pipeline network, the German chancellor said on Tuesday. 
The murder of Sulim Yamadayev, the former military commander of Chechnya's Vostok battalion, was organized by a criminal group, the Dubai police chief said on Tuesday. 
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday that his country intends to build new dialogue with NATO. 
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday that global financial institutions need to be reformed to meet modern challenges, and that a new international currency system should be developed. 
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said on Tuesday she wants to cooperate with President Viktor Yushchenko, and denied she was in conflict with him. 
Russia's consolidated budget surplus rose 3.9% year-on-year in January 2009 to 582.9 billion rubles ($17 billion), the state statistics service said on Tuesday, citing Federal Treasury data. 
Russia is to supply Iraq with 22 Mi-171 Hip transport helicopters, a spokesman for the Helicopters of Russia holding said on Tuesday. 
A U.S. missile frigate arrived in Georgia on Tuesday for an official visit that will include exercises with the Georgian navy and a number of cultural events, the Novosti-Georgia news agency said. 
At least seven people have been arrested in Dubai in connection with the murder of Sulim Yamadayev, Russia's Consulate General told RIA Novosti on Tuesday. 
A 105-day experiment to simulate a flight to Mars started on Tuesday at the Institute of Medical and Biological Studies in Moscow. 
The special envoy for the leader of Sudan will arrive in Moscow on a two-day visit on April 2 to discuss President Omar al-Bashir's arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court, as well as Sudanese-Russian relations.
Gazprom has asked the European Union to delve into the causes of January's gas dispute between Russia and Ukraine that left millions of EU consumers short of gas, a company executive said Tuesday. 
The world's tallest building will be opened to the public in the United Arab Emirates in September 2009, a construction company spokeswoman told RIA Novosti on Tuesday. 
A planned round of negotiations on a new Russia-EU bilateral cooperation agreement will be held in Moscow on April 3, European Commission Moscow office chief Marc Franco said on Tuesday. 
Gazprom has lowered its 2009 gas export forecast from 170 billion to 140 billion cubic meters with an average price of $260 per 1,000 cubic meters, the company's deputy chairman said on Tuesday. 



