| December 2009 |
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Latvia is concerned over Russia's plans to buy a French warship, the Baltic country's Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.
A top U.S. general said on Wednesday that there will be no quick success in fighting the insurgency in Afghanistan, and that the situation may get worse before it improves.
The Estonian parliament extended on Wednesday the mandate for the country's peacekeeping contingent in Afghanistan until the end of 2010.
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe will prioritize the creation of a pan-European security architecture when Kazakhstan chairs the OSCE in 2010, a Kazakh envoy said on Wednesday.
Participants in the UN climate change conference underway in Copenhagen resumed on Wednesday after a two-hour halt due to a dispute between small island states and large countries, a WWF official said.
Russian patrol boats will begin guarding the maritime border of the former Georgian republic of Abkhazia in December, the Russian Federal Security Service said on Wednesday.
Russia's initiative on forming a new pan-European security architecture is not aimed against other existing security organizations including NATO, a deputy foreign minister said on Wednesday.
Iran's plans to build 10 new uranium enrichment facilities are a forced measure as the UN nuclear watchdog is not fulfilling its obligations, the Iranian defense minister said on Wednesday.
The Russian Navy is continuing discussions on whether to purchase a French warship, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.
A young Chinese couple sold their six-day-old son for 2,500 yuan ($368) to buy a mobile phone in the country's southwest, the Shanghai Daily paper reported.
Villagers in southeastern Nepal are afraid to leave their homes after 11 people were killed by an elephant on a rampage over the past two weeks, the Times of India said on Wednesday.
A Russian expert confirmed on Wednesday that Europe was facing certain problems with migrants who he said were not always ready to meet European cultural requirements.
Global warming was a natural process unrelated to human activities, a Russian climatology expert said on Wednesday during a video link-up between Russian and Chinese scientists.
Moscow and the Vatican have exchanged notes formalizing the establishment of full diplomatic relations, Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
Iran will receive 20%-enriched uranium for its research reactor in Tehran through cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog, Iran's nuclear chief said on Wednesday.
An agreement on the status of U.S. troops on Polish soil, known as the SOFA deal, will be not signed on December 10 as expected, a Polish Defense Ministry spokesman said on Wednesday.
Russia's broadly defined monetary base expanded 3.9% to 5.218 trillion rubles ($174 bln) in November, the Central Bank reported on Wednesday.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday he hoped a time would come when Russia and Georgia would end mutual visa requirements.
Russia's budget deficit rose to 4.9% of GDP in January-November 2009 from 4.7% in September-October, the Finance Ministry reported on Wednesday.



