| October 2009 |
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The signing of historic accords between Armenia and Turkey provides a chance to have confidence in the future, the Armenian Foreign Ministry said Sunday.
Russia and China have confirmed readiness to boost cooperation in energy industry, including gas and coal mining, a source in the Russian delegation said Sunday.
The Russian and Armenian presidents will discuss trade and military cooperation, prospects of energy projects and interaction in regional organizations in Moscow on Monday, a Kremlin source said Sunday.
Egyptian police have seized 750 kilograms of explosives, which they believe were intended to be smuggled to Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip, sources in the Egyptian Interior Ministry said on Sunday.
Turkey wants to establish good neighborly relations with Armenia following the signing of an historic deal between Ankara and Yerevan to normalize bilateral relations, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Sunday identified priorities for the domestic economy's modernization, with energy efficiency, information technology, civilian nuclear energy and pharmaceuticals outlined as target areas.
The administration of the Dubai international airport has returned 10 kilograms of gold to an Iraqi trader who left behind his precious parcel while leaving for home, a UAE-based newspaper reported on Sunday.
Greek Prime Minister and Foreign Minister George Papandreou whose country currently presides over Europe's top security and rights organization welcomed on Sunday the signing of an 'historic' deal between Armenia and Turkey to normalize bilateral relations.
Polls open on Sunday for about 30 million Russians to vote in regional elections. 
The launch of a Progress space freighter to the International Space Station planned for late 2009 has been postponed until 2010, the Russian rocket and space corporation Energia said on Sunday.
The number of people injured in a railway accident in western Russia has risen to 88 cases, the regional emergencies ministry said on Sunday.
The Russian Soyuz spacecraft's reentry capsule with Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, NASA astronaut Michael Barratt and space tourist Guy Laliberte aboard safely landed in Kazakhstan on Sunday.
The New York City Wine and Food Festival is being held in the U.S. capital at the weekend, with its motto calling for people to eat more to help the starving.
The Russian manned Soyuz spacecraft carrying Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, NASA astronaut Michael Barratt and space tourist Guy Laliberte undocked from the International Space Station in the early hours of Sunday and headed for Earth.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon hailed the signing of two protocols aimed at normalizing the relations between Armenia and Turkey and expressed hope that both protocols will be swiftly ratified.
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin will take part in the fifth round of Russian-Chinese energy talks in China's capital Beijing on Sunday.
Historic accords between Turkey and Armenia were signed on Saturday with the three-hour delay because the Armenians intended to mention the 1915 genocide of Armenians, and the Turkish were going to refer to the Nagorny Karabakh conflict in their final speeches.
The signing of Turkish-Armenian accords should be considered a political event of the century, Turkish political analysts said
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will take part in a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Council of heads of government in China's capital, Beijing, on October 14.



