| November 2009 |
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The Iranian Navy has seized a racing yacht in the Persian Gulf with five Britons on board, the British government said on Monday.
The United States on Monday congratulated Jose Mujica on his victory in Uruguay's presidential election.
Russia and the United States will manage to draft a new arms reduction treaty before the expiry of the current pact on December 5, a Russian lawmaker said Monday.
The UN Security Council extended on Monday the mandate of an international anti-piracy mission off the coast of Somalia for another year.
The Oasis of the Seas, the world's largest cruise liner, will start out on its first voyage with passengers on board on December 1.
Despite media claims that the World Health Organization has blown the swine flu threat out of proportion, safety measures should still be taken, a Russian medical specialist said on Monday.
Serbian poet, novelist and historian Milorad Pavic died on Monday of heart failure at the age of 80
An Indian Su-30MKI fighter jet crashed on Monday near Jaisalmer in the northwestern state of Rajasthan, but both pilots survived, an Air Force spokesman said.
Switzerland's decision to ban the construction of mosque minarets has sparked criticism from politicians and religious figures worldwide.
The council of EU interior ministers decided on Monday to end visa requirements for Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia, the vice president of the European Commission said.
Russia is preparing to send 21,000 metric tons of high-quality flour as food aid to Afghanistan, an economic adviser at the Russian embassy in Kabul said on Monday.
MegaFon, Russia's third largest mobile operator, said on Monday its U.S. GAAP net profit shrank 7.9% year-on-year in July-September 2009 to 11.4 billion rubles ($391 million).
Tehran is still seeking a diplomatic solution to the dispute over its nuclear program, following a resolution passed by the UN nuclear agency against Iran, the parliament speaker said on Monday.
Russia will launch a Zenit carrier rocket with a U.S. telecommunications satellite on Monday night, a spokesman for Russia's space agency Roscosmos said.
Russia's envoy to NATO said on Monday that he had handed a new treaty on European security drafted by Russia to the alliance's secretary general, Anders Fogh Rasmussen.
The trial of Ukrainian-born John Demjanjuk, charged with involvement in the murder of 27,900 people during World War II, started in Munich on Monday, a court spokesman said.
Iran's plans to build 10 new uranium enrichment facilities are a rational response to world powers trying to resolve the Iran nuclear issue, the country's nuclear chief said on Monday.
A Russian naval task force from the Northern Fleet led by the Admiral Chabanenko destroyer resumed on Monday Russia's an anti-piracy mission off the Horn of Africa, the Navy said
Greece, the current chair of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, supports further discussions on the European security pact, proposed by Russia's president, a Greek deputy foreign minister said on Monday.



