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Russian ships head home after anti-piracy duty off Somali coast

16:46 09/06/2009

Russia's Pacific Fleet task force led by the Admiral Panteleyev destroyer is heading back to its base in Vladivostok after an anti-piracy mission in the Gulf of Aden, a Fleet statement said on Tuesday.

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Chinese leader to visit Russia for BRIC, SCO summits next week
16:37 09/06/2009
President Hu Jintao will visit Russia next week for a regional summit as well as the first summit of the world's four largest emerging economies, China's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.
U.S. special Middle East envoy to visit Syria, Lebanon
16:00 09/06/2009
U.S. special envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell will visit Syria and Lebanon this week as part of a trip to the region, according to Lebanese media reports.
Russia's broad monetary base up 5.1% in May- Central Bank
15:31 09/06/2009
Russia's broadly defined monetary base expanded 5.1% to 4.712 trillion rubles ($151 bln) as of June 1 from 4.484 trillion ($143.7 bln) on May 1, the Central Bank reported on Tuesday.
At least 3 killed, 34 wounded in east Afghan blast
15:25 09/06/2009
At least three people were killed and another 34, most of them civilians, wounded in an explosion in east Afghanistan early on Tuesday, a local police chief said.
Ahmadinejad favored in Iran's presidential vote, may need runoff
14:57 09/06/2009
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is likely to win Friday's presidential election, although he may face a runoff against his main challenger to clinch the presidency, polls and Western analysts said.
N.Korea unlikely to quickly release U.S. journalists - analyst
14:54 09/06/2009
North Korea is unlikely to give in to pressure to release the two U.S. journalists detained for border trespass as it will not want to lose face, a U.S. analyst said.
Magna, Sberbank to pay $139 mln upfront for Opel deal - paper
14:41 09/06/2009
Canada's Magna and Russia's Sberbank will pay 100 million euros ($139 million) upfront as part of the deal to buy struggling German auto maker Opel, a Russian business paper said on Tuesday.
Indian chicken lays country's largest egg
14:29 09/06/2009
A chicken in northern India has laid a giant egg weighing 162 grams, setting the national record, the Press Trust of India has reported
Divers discover wreckage of Soviet WWII submarine in Baltic Sea
14:25 09/06/2009
A team of Swedish and Finnish divers have located the wreckage of a Soviet WWII S-type diesel submarine near the Aland islands in the Baltic Sea, a Swedish news agency said
Egypt to deport eight Russian students
13:59 09/06/2009
Egyptian authorities were due on Tuesday to deport eight Russian students held in detention in the northern African country, a spokesman for the Russian Embassy in Cairo said
London stages play about Kursk submarine tragedy
13:52 09/06/2009
Kursk, a play based on Russia's 2000 submarine tragedy, premiered at London's Young Vic Theater last night, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported.
China to resume excavation of Terracotta Army site
13:43 09/06/2009
China is to restart on Saturday excavation of the famous Terracotta Army site, which contains thousands of full-size figures of warriors and horses, Xinhua reported
China urges U.S., S.Korea to adopt diplomatic stance with North
13:28 09/06/2009
China has called on the U.S. and South Korea to use a diplomatic approach to resolve disputes with North Korea, a senior Chinese diplomat said on Tuesday.
Gazprom in talks with Novatek on joint LNG project in Siberia
12:32 09/06/2009
Gazprom is holding talks with independent gas producer Novatek on its possible participation in a liquefied natural gas project in northwest Siberia, a Gazprom deputy CEO said on Tuesday.
Death toll in Thai mosque attack reaches 12
10:10 09/06/2009
The death toll in Monday's attack at a mosque in southern Thailand has reached 12 as two people died in hospitals overnight, the Bangkok Post reported
Tail fin of Air France jet found, total of 24 bodies recovered
10:07 09/06/2009
The Brazilian Navy has recovered a large section of the tail fin of an Air France plane that crashed into the Atlantic last week, and a total of 24 bodies have also been found.
Death toll from Mexican nursery fire rises to 43
09:52 09/06/2009
The death toll from a fire that swept through a nursery in northwest Mexico has risen to 43 after two more children died of their injuries, Mexican prosecutors said.
China's Hu Jintao to visit Russia on June 14-18
09:49 09/06/2009
Chinese President Hu Jintao will pay an official visit to Russia on June 14-18, the Russian Foreign Ministry said
Ukrainian rescuers confirm 6 dead in mine accident, 7 missing
09:25 09/06/2009
The bodies of six miners have been recovered after Monday's coal mine accident in eastern Ukraine, while seven miners are still missing, a spokesman for rescuers working at the scene said on Tuesday.

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