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A new Russian-U.S. arms reduction deal to replace the START-1 treaty that expires in December should also cover delivery systems, the Russian president said Monday. 
Live broadcast of Russian Ambassador to the U.S. Sergei Kislyak's address to the Carnegie Council in New York on prospects for U.S.-Russia relations.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday that the recent shift in Washington's stance toward Tehran was necessary, but that the Islamic Republic was waiting for "concrete changes." 
Moscow expects a response from NATO to Russian troop cuts in its Kaliningrad exclave, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday. 
Finland hopes environmental concerns around the Nord Stream gas pipeline will be tackled by June, the Baltic state's president said on Monday. 
Russia has not supplied new shoulder-fired surface-to-air missile systems to Venezuela, a Russian defense industry expert said on Monday. 
Armenia has reached an agreement with Iran on a $400 million loan for the construction of a railway between the two countries, the Armenian transport minister, Gurgen Sargsyan, said on Monday. 
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has hailed U.S. President Barack Obama's offer to build relations with Caracas and Havana on an equal basis as a "great victory." 
The international humanitarian aid group Doctors Without Borders (Medecines Sans Frontieres, MSF) confirmed on Monday that two of its employees had been abducted in Somalia. 
Russian Technology Corp. and Airbus signed on Monday a long-term contract for titanium supplies, worth $4 billion, the Russian prime minister said. 
Iran's top judge has ordered a "quick and fair" appeal for U.S.-Iranian reporter Roxana Saberi, jailed last week to eight years for espionage, the Iranian Students News Agency reported on Monday. 
India will remain the main purchaser of Russian-made combat aircraft for the next 15 years under existing and prospective contracts, a respected Russian think tank has said. 
An armed man believed to be mentally ill took six crew members hostage on a plane in Jamaica on Monday, and has demanded to be flown to Cuba. 



