| December 2009 |
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Russia's largest independent oil producer LUKoil won an auction on Saturday for a contract to develop one of Iraq's largest oil fields.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will meet in Moscow with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on December 15, the Kremlin announced on Saturday.
Hundreds of millions of viewers worldwide are expected to tune in to the Miss World final to be held in South Africa on Saturday night, with beauties from over 100 countries competing.
Manuel Zelaya, the ousted president of Honduras, is set to meet with his elected successor next week, the leader of the nearby Dominican Republic announced.
Polling stations have opened in Abkhazia for the first presidential election since the republic formally broke away from Georgia last year.
World No. 1 golf player Tiger Woods has announced he is taking an "indefinite break" from professional golf, to focus on problems in his private life.
Venezuela and Cuba will sign agreements on 285 joint projects totaling about $3.2 billion at an upcoming summit of the regional ALBA trade bloc.
A typed letter, signed by Soviet leader Josef Stalin and head of government Vyacheslav Molotov, has been sold for $12,500 at an auction in New York.
World famous British musician Elton John and his partner David Furnish will sell over a thousand clothing and accessories items from their wardrobes to raise money for charity.
Turkey's Constitutional Court has closed down the Democratic Society Party (DTP) for having links with the outlawed Kurdish militants.
Two Russian patrol boats have arrived in Abkhazia to help the former Georgian republic guard its maritime border in the Black Sea.



