| October 2009 |
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Russian officials have held "secret meetings" with Arab states, China and France on ending the use of the U.S. dollar in international oil trading, Britain's Independent newspaper reported on Tuesday.
North Korea's leader has said his country is willing to return to the six-nation talks on ending its nuclear weapons program, the North's official news agency said.
The radical Islamic Taliban group has advantage in Afghanistan as the United States and its allies need more troops to be sent there.
A pullout of the United States troops from Afghanistan is 'not a decision that's on the table to make'.
A reconciliation pact between the rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas will be signed on October 26 in Cairo.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy will pay an official visit to Kazakhstan on Tuesday to meet with the country's president and to take part in a business forum.
U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration will travel to Moscow to take part in an international conference on Sudan, hosted by the Russian capital on October 6-7.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will meet in Kiev on Tuesday with Ukrainian acting Foreign Minister Volodymyr Khandohiy to discuss bilateral relations between the two countries.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will meet with his Belarusian counterpart Sergei Sidorsky in Moscow on Tuesday to discuss trade and economic issues.
Russia has been ranked 71st in the world for living standards, three spots below Belarus.



