| November 2009 |
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will start a two-day visit to France on Thursday, during which the two countries may finally agree on the purchase of a French Mistral-class amphibious assault ship.
Russia and Estonia agreed on Wednesday to strengthen joint efforts to fight drug trafficking.
Russia has yet to receive a reply from NATO to its proposal to sign an agreement on the prevention of "dangerous" military activities in border areas, Russia's envoy to the alliance said on Wednesday.
Geneva prosecutor's office opened on Wednesday an investigation into a drunken high-speed car race which involved four Russians and left a pensioner severely injured, the Swiss ATS news agency said.
Iran on Wednesday completed the first day of the third stage of an air-defense exercise, which saw the test firing of modern missile systems, the ISNA news agency said.
Hermitage Capital lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who recently died in a Moscow prison, aided the company's owner in a scheme to illegally buy and sell Gazprom stock, Russian investigators said Wednesday.
The son of a Russian businessman has been expelled from his university in Geneva after being involved in a high-speed drunken race in which a pensioner was severely injured.
U.S. space shuttle Atlantis undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday and is set to return to earth on Friday, NASA said.
Chinese police and animal rights activists rescued more than 800 cats scheduled to be listed on restaurant menus in the country.
A Russian military expert questioned on Wednesday Tehran's claims that it could build its own S-300 surface-to-air missile systems.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will pay a working visit to Italy on the invitation of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on December 3, the Kremlin said.
Philippine President Gloria Arroyo has declared Wednesday to be a national day of mourning for victims of Monday's politically-motivated massacre, Philippine News Agency reported.
A Moscow court on Wednesday ruled against an appeal submitted by a suspect in the Arctic Sea ship seizure case, upholding a lower court ruling not to hand the case to investigators in Malta or Sweden.
Human rights activists have noted a large-scale growth in violence toward Afghan women, hundreds of whom are beaten, intimidated or sexually assaulted by men daily.
Kazakhstan moved to play down a spat with Russia over a delay in a rocket launch from the Russian-leased space center in the Central Asian republic earlier this week, saying it was a result of a misunderstanding.
Indian President Pratibha Patil on Wednesday became the first woman leader in history to fly in an Air Force fighter jet. 
The U.S. has begun preparations to send an additional military contingent of 34,000 troops to Afghanistan, CNN has said citing defense ministry sources.
Authorities in Geneva might seek extradition of Russian nationals over a drunken high-speed car race, which left a German man severely injured, the Tribune de Geneve paper said on Wednesday.



