| October 2009 |
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Three frigates being built at the Yantar shipyard in Russia's Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad for the Indian navy have been named by the Indian president, a shipyard spokesman said on Wednesday.
A Libyan Air Force MiG-23 Flogger fighter crashed on Wednesday during a demonstration flight at the Third Libyan Aviation Exhibition.
Russia has reached an agreement with Turkmenistan on resuming natural gas supplies from the Central Asian country, the press secretary of the Russian president said on Wednesday.
Turkey is ready to sign a pact on October 10 on reopening its border with Armenia and reestablishing relations, if Armenia does not insist on last-minute changes to the draft, the Turkish prime minister told The Wall Street Journal.
Czech President Vaclav Klaus will visit Russia on October 14 for talks with his Russian counterpart focusing on energy and trade, the Kremlin said on Wednesday.
Finland, which earlier raised environmental concerns over the construction of the Nord Stream gas pipeline across the Baltic Sea, is set to give its approval to the project, a Belgian radio station reported on Wednesday.
Gazprom confirmed on Wednesday that Ukraine had paid for Russian natural gas deliveries to the country for September.
Georgia has resumed transit of Russian natural gas to Armenia after a break for pipeline repairs, a spokesman for the Armenian gas pipeline operator ArmRosgazprom said on Wednesday.
The U.S. Senate approved a bill on Tuesday to allocate $626 billion on defense spending in 2010, down from $653.7 billion in 2009.
The UN Security Council will on Wednesday discuss holding an official session to examine the Goldstone report on the Israeli military incursion into Gaza at the turn of the year, Russian diplomats said.
Ugandan authorities have confirmed the Somali state minister for defense was held in the country's capital Kampala
British Airways said it is cutting 1,700 cabin crew positions in the United Kingdom out of a total of 14,000 people.
Egyptian police have detained nine illegal immigrants from Africa who tried to illegally enter Israel
A U.S. court has expunged Mel Gibson's conviction for drunk driving in Malibu, California in 2006 when the Oscar-winning actor made anti-Semitic statements speaking to a sheriff's deputy
Pope Benedict XVI will receive on Thursday Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to discuss Middle East settlement



