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20:11 27/06/2009

Russians protest in Gaza, demanding exit visas
19:59 27/06/2009
A group of about 50 Russian women protested on Saturday outside the government building in Gaza about the difficulties in obtaining exit visas to leave the territory
NATO counts on resumed military cooperation with Russia
19:05 27/06/2009
NATO hopes that military cooperation with Russia will be resumed after Saturday's Russia-NATO Council session on the Greek island of Corfu, the alliance said
Michael Jackson's body handed over to relatives
16:25 27/06/2009
Los Angeles police handed over the body of Michael Jackson to relatives on Saturday following an autopsy that has not yet confirmed what caused the King of Pop's death
Medvedev says first African tour came just in time
15:37 27/06/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev returned from his trip to Africa on Saturday, declaring that such a visit should have been made sooner but it was not too late for Russia to play a role on the continent
Brazil ends search for bodies from Air France plane crash
11:08 27/06/2009
The Brazilian Navy and Air Force has ended efforts to find more bodies or debris from the Air France plane that crashed into the Atlantic almost four weeks ago.

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A brawl broke out in the Ukrainian Parliament on Thursday ahead of the consideration of a bill designed to expand the use of Russian language in the country, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported.

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Russia has denied a NATO request to allocate $10 million for the support of the Afghan Army, the Russian presidential envoy to Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, said on Thursday following the alliance’s summit in Chicago.

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