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Palestinian foreign minister to visit Russia

13:22 07/12/2009

Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad Malki will pay a visit to Russia on Tuesday for talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, Russia's Foreign Ministry said.

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Suicide bomber kills five in Pakistan's Peshawar
12:18 07/12/2009
At least five people were killed and around 30 were injured on Monday in a suicide bombing outside a court in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, the country's Geo TV reported.
Taliban attacks Pakistan
12:18 07/12/2009
Taliban militants have struck numerous times in Pakistan in recent weeks, killing over 300 civilians and soldiers.
Turkey urges OSCE to back Azerbaijan in Karabakh dispute
11:58 07/12/2009
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe should take note of the UN stance on the Azerbaijani-Armenian territorial dispute and support Baku, Turkey's prime minister has said.
Sberbank posts 88% net profit plunge in January-September
11:50 07/12/2009
Russia's state-controlled retail savings bank Sberbank said on Monday its net profit under International Financial Reporting Standards in January-September fell 88%, year-on-year, to 10.3 billion rubles ($349 million).
Medvedev, Singh begin talks in Moscow
11:47 07/12/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh have started talks in the Kremlin.
Indian-Russian summit on December 6-8
11:47 07/12/2009
The Indian premier is due in Moscow for an Indian-Russian summit on December 6-8.
Israeli troops kill Israeli trying to enter Gaza Strip
11:36 07/12/2009
An Israeli man was shot dead on Monday morning while trying to climb a border fence and enter the Gaza Strip, an Israeli military spokesman said.
Russian, Indian leaders to discuss energy, trade in Moscow
10:43 07/12/2009
Bilateral discussions between Russia's president and India's prime minister on Monday are expected to focus on cooperation in energy and civil and military technology, as well as pharmaceuticals and the diamond industry.
Spanish sniffer dog given UN medal for work in Lebanon
09:45 07/12/2009
A sniffer dog named Arno has been awarded a United Nations Peace Medal for its lifesaving work with Spanish peacekeepers in Lebanon, the EFE news agency said on Monday.
U.S. envoy makes stopover in S. Korea prior to Pyongyang visit
07:46 07/12/2009
Stephen Bosworth, U.S. special envoy to North Korea, has arrived in Seoul to engage in consultations with South Korean officials prior to his highly-anticipated visit to North Korea, the Yonhap news agency reported.
China to argue Kosovo independence at the Hague hearings
05:29 07/12/2009
China will be the first permanent member of the UN Security Council to present its arguments over the legitimacy of Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence from Serbia at the International Court of Justice on Monday.
Virgin Galactic to unveil its first space tourism craft
04:37 07/12/2009
Virgin Galactic, a U.S. space tourism company, will unveil to the public on Monday its first SpaceShipTwo commercial six-passenger space vehicle.
Bolivian president most likely to win elections - exit polls
03:32 07/12/2009
Bolivian President Evo Morales is heading toward a landslide re-election for a second term as voters showed on Sunday a strong support of his populist reforms in the poverty-stricken Latin American country, local media reported.
International forum on climate change opens in Copenhagen
02:34 07/12/2009
The 15th UN Climate Change Conference will open on Monday in Copenhagen to discuss a new legally binding agreement on the reduction of carbon emissions.
Son of Indonesian diplomat killed in car crash near Moscow
01:26 07/12/2009
An Indonesian citizen who died in a car crash near Moscow was the son of a staff member of the Indonesian embassy, an embassy official told RIA Novosti.
At least 20 injured in Greek riots - police
00:37 07/12/2009
At least 20 people were injured during riots in the Greek capital, Athens, when thousands of protesters went on the streets on Sunday to mark the first anniversary of the killing of a Greek teenager by police.
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