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Main news of May 29

22:00 29/05/2009

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* Belarus's president told his Cabinet ministers on Friday to stop bowing down to Russia and seek partners in other countries after a dispute over a $500 million loan

* The Russian Embassy in Cairo is attempting to meet with 34 Russian students detained by Egyptian authorities, Russian Vice-Consul Yusup Abakarov told RIA Novosti

* Turkmenistan has been forced to halt gas production at 195 wells following an accident along a stretch of pipeline leading to Russia, a Turkmen expert said

* Six people are now known to have died in Honduras when a powerful earthquake occurred in the Caribbean Sea, rescue workers said

* The U.S. president reiterated his support for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at a meeting with the Palestinian leader, and urged Israel to end settlement expansion in the West Bank

* Iranian authorities said on Friday that 19 people lost their lives in a suicide bomb attack on a mosque in the southeast of the country, the IRNA state news agency reported

* The head of the United Nations has dismissed a claim by Georgia that he was forced to amend a report on the UN Caucasus mission due to Russian "blackmail", and called the allegation "unfortunate."

RUSSIA

* Russia's prime minister said on Friday that it was unlikely that Moscow would be able to grant Ukraine $5 billion in advance payments for natural gas transits over 5-7 years and warned of rising risks of Russian gas transit disruptions

* The head of the Russian Orthodox Church answered questions and talked about matrimony at a meeting with over 8,000 students and teachers from St. Petersburg and other cities

* A plane carrying Italy's parliamentary speaker was forced to make an emergency landing at Moscow's Vnukovo Airport, Corriere della Serra said

* A Soyuz TMA-15 spacecraft with members of the 20th Expedition on board has docked with the International Space Station in an automated mode, mission control said

* The Russian government has approved the 49-year term of its lease of an airbase in Kyrgyzstan, with an automatic prolongation every 25 years

BUSINESS

* NASA has signed a $306 million deal with Russia's Federal Space Agency Roscosmos extending the current contract for transporting crew to the International Space Station

SPORT

* Russia's Nikolai Davydenko and Dinara Safina both won their third round matches at the French Open on Friday

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