| April 2009 |
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday that Washington was ready to resume nuclear talks with North Korea but urged countries "not to give in" to Pyongyang's "unpredictable behavior." 
Moldova's Constitutional Court approved at a meeting on Wednesday the results of the parliamentary election recount, confirming victory for the Communist Party. 
Washington is ready to adopt "very tough sanctions" against Iran if Tehran refuses to abandon its controversial nuclear program, the U.S. secretary of state said on Wednesday. 
Talks between the Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders on the island's reunification on Wednesday made no progress, Cyprus President Demetris Christofias said. 
A prominent Russian lawyer and a member of the Russian Public Chamber, Anatoly Kucherena, will try to reach an amicable agreement over a custody dispute between the parents of a three-year-old French-Russian girl. 
Popular German pop singer Thomas Anders, who is in Moscow to promote his new solo album Good Karma, will give a concert at the Kremlin Palace on April 23. 
The Russian-backed former Georgian republic of South Ossetia accused the OSCE on Wednesday of trying to provoke tensions, following an alleged border violation by observers from the Vienna-based group. 
The missile cruiser Varyag, the flagship of Russia's Pacific Fleet, will lead a fleet of foreign warships participating in a parade to mark the 60th anniversary of China's Navy. 
A new international rail transport corridor linking Russia and China via North Korea could open in 2009, a regional issue of the popular Russian business daily Kommersant said on Wednesday. 
Russia's state arms exporter Rosoboronexport is expecting $7 billion in foreign sales in 2009 despite the ongoing global economic crisis, a defense industry official said on Wednesday. 
The amount of gas transited through Ukraine to Europe dropped 50% year-on-year, in January-March to 17.6 billion cubic meters, the country's fuel and energy ministry said on Wednesday. 
The Georgian opposition is beefing up its protests in the country's capital as supporters began arriving on Wednesday in Tbilisi from other Georgian regions. 



