| November 2009 |
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French group Renault welcomed on Wednesday the Russian government's latest plan to bail out the ailing AvtoVAZ automaker. 
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov and U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Beyrle have discussed a new arms control agreement, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
The Russian government said Wednesday GM's decision not to sell Germany's Opel to the Magna-Sberbank consortium was "surprising."
Thousands of Iranians took to the streets in Tehran on Wednesday to mark the 30th anniversary of the U.S. embassy takeover, Iranian and Western media reported.
Israeli naval forces on Wednesday took control of a vessel bound for Syria, the Israel Defense Forces press service said. 
The EU's Lisbon Treaty, now ratified by all 27 member states, will come into force on December 1, the prime minister of Sweden, which holds the rotating EU presidency, has said.
The U.S. House of Representatives has adopted a non-binding resolution condemning a controversial report on Israeli and Palestinian war crimes in Gaza, the Jerusalem Post said on Wednesday.
Iran "must choose" whether it wants to open the door for opportunity and prosperity, U.S. President Barack Obama said in a statement on the 30th anniversary of the takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran.
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev will pay an official visit to Italy and the Vatican between November 4 and 6, a spokesman for the Kazakh Foreign Ministry said.
Incumbent mayor of New York, billionaire Michael Bloomberg, has been reelected for a third term, local media reported.
The United States and the European Union have agreed to continue their cooperation on Afghanistan after the recent presidential election.
U.S. President Barack Obama believes that the conclusion of the Lisbon Treaty would make the United States and Europe much stronger partners.
The United States welcomes the naming of Hamid Karzai as the president of Afghanistan and hopes it will help open 'a new chapter for partnership' between the countries, a spokesman for the U.S. Department of State said.
British Foreign Secretary David Miliband appraised his recent visit to Moscow and the meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, saying that Russia and Britain 'today are a step forward from yesterday.'
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will pay an official one-day visit to Cyprus on Wednesday to discuss bilateral relations as well as key international issues, a spokesman for the ministry said.
U.S. General Motors (GM) board of directors decided against selling Germany's Opel to the Magna-Sberbank consortium and to retain its big European car division, Germany's DPA news agency reported.



