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28-06-2008 18:42 ASTANA, June 28 (RIA Novosti) - The Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe speaks for the preservation of Georgia's territorial integrity, organization's high ranking official said on Saturday.

PM Putin welcomes Ukrainian PM Tymoshenko in Moscow

28-06-2008 17:34 MOSCOW, June 28 (RIA Novosti) - The government of Russia is ready for discussion of all economic cooperation issues with the Cabinet of Ukraine, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Saturday.

Russian, Finnish presidents discuss forestry - presidential aide

28-06-2008 17:03 KHANTY-MANSIISK, June 28 (RIA Novosti) - Presidents of Russia and Finland have discussed trade and economic relations and particularly the issue of forestry, a Russian presidential aide said on Saturday.

No Russians on board of crashed cargo plane in Sudan - ministry-2

28-06-2008 15:47 (Adds statements from the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry in paras. 5-6)

Russia delivers humanitarian aid to Gaza

28-06-2008 15:30 MOSCOW, June 28 (RIA Novosti) - Russian Ministry for Emergency Situations' cargo plane has delivered humanitarian aid to Gaza, a spokesman for the ministry said on Saturday.

No Russians on board of crashed cargo plane in Sudan - ministry

28-06-2008 14:56 MOSCOW, June 28 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday there were no Russian citizens on board of an An-12 cargo plane, which crashed on Friday in Sudan, killing seven people.

Russian, Estonian leaders meet for first time since 2005

28-06-2008 12:57 KHANTY-MANSIISK, June 28 (RIA Novosti) - Presidents of Russia and Estonia met on Saturday for the first time since 2005 to discuss ways of improving strained relations between the two states.

President Medvedev accepts invitation to visit Finland

28-06-2008 12:14 KHANTY-MANSIISK, June 28 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev accepted on Saturday an invitation from his Finnish counterpart Tarja Halonen to visit Finland.

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27-06-2008 22:13 RUSSIA

Four killed in bus attack in Turkey's Kurdish area

27-06-2008 21:57 ANKARA, June 27 (RIA Novosti) - At least four people died Friday after unknown assailants opened fire on a public bus in Turkey's eastern Van province, the Turkish NTV channel reported.

Somali authorities to defeat piracy after UN lifts arms sale ban

27-06-2008 21:30 MOSCOW, June 27 (RIA Novosti) - The government of Somalia hopes to defeat widespread piracy in its territorial waters after the UN Security Council deploys peacekeepers and lifts sanctions on arms deliveries, the Somali ambassador to Russia said Friday.

Venezuela hails 'strategic partnership' with Russia

27-06-2008 21:04 MOSCOW, June 27 (RIA Novosti) - Relations between Venezuela and Russia have developed into a strategic partnership, the country's vice president said Friday.

No current European group can solve security problems - Medvedev

27-06-2008 20:12 KHANTY-MANSIISK, June 27 (RIA Novosti) - None of the current European organizations, including the OSCE, the EU and NATO, is capable of solving Europe's security problems, the Russian president said Friday.

Russia denies Abkhazia 'separation' talks with Georgia

27-06-2008 18:06 KHANTY-MANSIISK, June 27 (RIA Novosti) - Moscow has denied discussing with Tbilisi the division of Georgia's breakaway republic of Abkhazia into Russian and Georgian spheres of influence, the Russian foreign minister said on Friday.

Russian-U.S. launch firm to put satellite in orbit in August

27-06-2008 17:55 MOSCOW, June 27 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian-American joint venture International Launch Services (ILS) has started preparations for the first launch of a Proton-M rocket since one partially failed in March, the Khrunichev State Research and Production Center said Friday.

Russia, EU to address human rights, energy, conflicts

27-06-2008 17:03 KHANTY-MANSIISK, June 27 (RIA Novosti) - Russia and the European Union outlined areas of cooperation at a summit in West Siberia on Friday, including human rights, energy, and regional conflicts.

China's quake-hit Sichuan faces major flood threat

27-06-2008 16:06 BEIJING, June 27 (RIA Novosti) - Fears of major flooding have prompted the evacuation of some 20,000 people from southwest China's Sichuan province, which was hit by a powerful earthquake in May, the Xinhua news agency reported Friday.

Russia welcomes destruction of reactor cooling tower in N. Korea

27-06-2008 16:01 MOSCOW, June 27 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's Foreign Ministry welcomed on Friday the demolition of a cooling tower in North Korea's main nuclear reactor complex at Yongbyon.

Russia, EU set first round of cooperation pact talks for July 4

27-06-2008 15:55 KHANTY-MANSIISK, June 27 (RIA Novosti) - Russia and the European Union have announced in a joint statement the start of talks on a new cooperation agreement as an EU-Russia summit ended in Western Siberia.