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New round of crisis settlement talks to be held in Honduras

22:39 12/10/2009

Talks to settle the ongoing political crisis in Honduras will continue on Tuesday, Honduran media said Monday.

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Russia could open trade mission in Abkhazia in early 2010
19:09 12/10/2009
Russia could open a trade mission in Abkhazia in early 2010, a senior Russian Economic Development Ministry official said Monday.
India, U.S. start large-scale military exercises
18:34 12/10/2009
India and the United States launched on Monday large-scale military exercises, India's Defense Ministry said.
Yanukovych leads polls ahead of Ukraine's presidential election
18:29 12/10/2009
The leader of the opposition Party of Regions is leading public opinion polls in Ukraine ahead of presidential election scheduled for January 17, 2010, the UNIAN news agency reported on Monday.
Four Sudanese Islamists to hang for murder
17:48 12/10/2009
A Sudanese court on Monday upheld death sentences for four Islamists convicted of murdering a U.S. diplomat and his driver in January 2008.
Russian, foreign investigators join forces in Arctic Sea ship case
17:39 12/10/2009
Russian and foreign investigators have agreed on a unified approach to probing the July seizure of the Arctic Sea dry cargo ship and its crew, a spokesman for Russian investigators said on Monday.
Two U.S. professors share Nobel Prize for economics
17:34 12/10/2009
Americans Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson have jointly won the 2009 Nobel prize for economics, the Nobel Committee announced Monday.
N.Korea launches short-range missiles off east coast - agency
16:54 12/10/2009
North Korea has launched five short-range missiles into the East Sea, South Korea's news agency Yonhap reported on Monday, citing a government source.
Russia APEC summit to bring $100 bln in investment by 2015
16:40 12/10/2009
The APEC summit to be held in Russia's Far East in 2012 will help the region attract 3 trillion rubles ($100 billion) in investment by 2015, the governor of the Primorye Territory said on Monday.
'Cheated' by the West, Turkey looks to Armenia - analyst
16:28 12/10/2009
An important reason for Turkey's decision to sign a deal on restoring diplomatic ties with Armenia is that it feels cheated by the West and wants to secure its economic interests, a Russian analyst said on Monday.
French paper reports open-air storage of nuclear waste in Russia
16:14 12/10/2009
France's Liberation newspaper has published the findings of a report claiming that spent fuel from French power plants is being stored at an open-air site in Russia.
Suicide bomb attack claims 28 lives in northwest Pakistan
15:34 12/10/2009
At least 28 people were killed and more than 40 injured in a suicide bomb attack in northwest Pakistan's Malakand region on Monday, the Press Trust of India reported.
Chinese court sentences 6 to death over Xinjiang riots
15:16 12/10/2009
A court in China's northwestern Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region on Monday sentenced to death six people convicted of violent crimes in July riots in the regional capital, Xinhua reported.
Kyrgyzstan withdraws Boeing planes over engine failures
15:10 12/10/2009
Kyrgyzstan has suspended the operations of Boeing passenger planes by national airlines due to a series of recent engine failures, the country's Civil Aviation Department said on Monday.
Iraq to triple oil output to 7 mln bpd in six years - minister
14:24 12/10/2009
Oil output at Iraq's three giant oil fields will be tripled in the next six years to 7 million barrels per day, Iraqi Oil Minister Hussein al-Shahristani said on Monday.
Armenian president to visit Turkey for football match
14:20 12/10/2009
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan will visit Turkey on Wednesday to watch a qualifier for the 2010 football World Cup between the two countries.
Russian car giant AvtoVAZ half-year net loss swells by 10 times
13:22 12/10/2009
Russia's largest automaker AvtoVAZ said on Monday its net loss under International Accounting Standards increased almost 900% to 19.6 billion rubles ($653 million) in January-June from 2 billion rubles (67 million) a year earlier.
Russian arbitration court upholds $7.4 mln tax bill on Lufthansa
12:30 12/10/2009
Russia's arbitration court upheld on Monday tax claims worth 230 million rubles ($7.4 million) against Lufthansa, rejecting the German airline's appeal of an earlier ruling.
India tests nuclear-capable Prithvi-II missiles
12:24 12/10/2009
India on Monday successfully test fired two nuclear-capable Prithvi-II missiles, state television reported, citing defense officials.
Russia may lower oil export duty to $229 per ton from November 1
11:52 12/10/2009
Russia may lower oil export duty on its benchmark Urals blend from $240.7 per metric ton to $229-231 from November 1, following trends on global oil markets, a Finance Ministry official said on Monday.

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