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WORLD

* Japan's ruling party voted in Yasuo Fukuda as its leader on, guaranteeing him election as the country's next prime minister

* Tehran is willing to invite France's foreign minister to the country for discussions on regional problems, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said

* Two Italian soldiers went missing while on a routine patrol in western Afghanistan, the Italian Defense Ministry announced

RUSSIA

* Russia is optimistic over ministerial-level Mideast Quartet talks to be held at the United Nations headquarters on Sunday, a deputy foreign minister said

* Russia had the fifth largest number of people seeking asylum abroad in the first half of 2007, according to a report published by the United Nations refugee agency

* Former French president Jacques Chirac and former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder have arrived in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi on private visits, the Kremlin said

* Russia's Mikhail Youzhny defeated Germany's Philipp Petzschner 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 in the Davis Cup semi-final reverse singles in Moscow, bringing the national teams level at 2-2