| October 2009 |
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India's state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation is considering the purchase of Russian oil fields and companies, Indian oil minister Murli Deora said.
About 3,000 employees of the German mail-order retailer Quelle are to lose their jobs as the result of the company's bankruptcy, a spokesman for the firm's parent company said.
U.S. President Barack Obama said on Tuesday that relations between the U.S. and Iraq were developing rapidly and were no longer exclusively security-related.
Russian state-controlled nuclear fuel supplier TVEL plans to control 25% of the world's nuclear fuel market by 2030, the company's vice president said on Tuesday.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev reiterated on Tuesday that Moscow was looking to reset relations with the U.S. and other Western partners, including NATO.
France will not pull out of uranium enrichment talks with Iran, despite the Islamic Republic's insistence that Paris's participation is unnecessary, a French Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Tuesday.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin inspected on Tuesday a Volkswagen plant in the Kaluga Region southwest of Moscow.
The Danish Energy Authority on Tuesday issued permission for the construction of the Russian-German Nord Stream gas pipeline on its seabed.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai gave in to international pressure on Tuesday and agreed to take part in a second round of elections on November 7, election authorities said.
The United States will not establish military bases in Georgia but will help the country to modernize its defense system and integrate into NATO, a senior U.S. defense official said on Tuesday.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will meet on October 20 with the Indian foreign minister, during the diplomat's visit to Moscow, the Kremlin said on Tuesday.
At least five people died and dozens were wounded on Tuesday when two suicide bombers blew themselves up in the Islamic University in Pakistan's capital, Islamabad.
Israel and the United States will start large-scale joint air defense drills on Wednesday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reported Tuesday.
Russia and Serbia signed on Tuesday agreements on the Serbian leg of the South Stream natural gas pipeline and an underground gas storage facility.
Russia will not sign a deal on providing a 1 billion euro ($1.5 bln) loan to Serbia during President Dmitry Medvedev's current visit to Belgrade, a source in the Russian delegation said.
Russia's gross domestic product (GDP) increased 0.6% quarter-on-quarter in July-September 2009, showing growth for the first time since the second quarter of 2008, the Economics Ministry said on Tuesday.
Russia's top prosecutors have contacted Spanish authorities on the request of tycoon Oleg Deripaska, seeking clarification over the mention of his name in a money laundering investigation, a spokeswoman for the prosecutors said.
Armenia is expected to import Russian natural gas at $180 per 1,000 cubic meters from April 2010 instead of the projected $200 following a preliminary agreement, Armenian gas pipeline operator ArmRosgazprom said on Tuesday.
Thailand's police force is searching for a separatist militant suspected over yesterday's fatal explosion in a market in the country's south, the Bangkok Post said on Tuesday.



