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The number of swine flu deaths worldwide has exceeded 10,000, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Friday.
Russia and the United States will finalize a new strategic arms reduction treaty in the near future, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday at a meeting with his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama.
A Kremlin aide described on Friday the ongoing UN climate change Copenhagen conference as unsuccessful, but said there was still a chance a declaration could be adopted.
China will launch the world's fastest express train, able to travel at an average speed of 350 kmph (217.5 mph) on December 26, Xinhua said on Friday.
Iran plans to start using a new generation of uranium-enrichment centrifuges by March 2011, the head of the country's Atomic Energy Organization said on Friday.
Auto giant Daimler AG is in talks with KamAZ to purchase another 5-6% stake in Russia's largest truck maker, a Russian shareholder said on Friday.
At least 10 people have been killed and over 25 injured in a suicide explosion near a mosque in northwestern Pakistan's Lower Dir district, the Aaj TV channel reported.
A political agreement at the UN climate conference in Copenhagen may not be ready by the end of the forum, a Russian delegation source said on Friday.
A cargo plane originating from North Korea with a cache of illegal weapons was seized solely by Thai intelligence and security agencies, National Security Council secretary general Thawil Pliensri said on Friday.
The Belarusian parliament will not hold hearings on recognizing the former Georgian republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia before spring 2010, a senior lawmaker said on Friday.
A former South Korean prime minister has been arrested on suspicion of receiving a large bribe from a businessman, Seoul prosecutors said.
Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner made a successful maiden flight that lasted over three hours on December 16

Russia and the United States could sign a new strategic arms reduction treaty in a month's time, a Russian diplomat said on Friday.
NATO's secretary general is set to leave Moscow for Brussels, after being delayed overnight due to technical problems with his plane
The infamous Arbeit macht frei iron sign at the entrance to the Nazi-era Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Poland was stolen on Friday, radio RMF FM reported.
Dozens of world leaders will be arriving in Copenhagen on Friday for the final day of United Nations talks on climate change.
At least seven people died on Friday and another 19 were injured when a bus fell into a ravine in Central China, Chinese Xinhua news agency reported.
An ombudsman is now to consider the delisting of terrorist suspects from the UN list of al-Qaeda and Taliban members as the Security Council adopted a resolution intended to bring 'fairness and transparency' to its anti-terrorism efforts.
Spain will send 511 soldiers to Afghanistan in the near future, local media said, quoting the country's defense minister. 



