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RUSSIA

* A Russian ferry has arrived in Turkey's Trabzon to take back remaining 71 Russian hajj pilgrims, who got stuck there upon their return home, Russia's Consul General in Trabzon said

* An employee of the Turkish Embassy in Moscow has been wounded after an unknown suspect stabbed him in downtown of the Russian capital, a source in the police said

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* At least four people died and one was rescued from board of a Bulgarian dry cargo ship, which sank in the Sea of Azov on the border between Russia and Ukraine, local rescue service said

* A Georgian opposition candidate, billionaire Badri Patarkatsishvili, said he would run for the country's president on January 5 elections, despite his earlier announcement to pull out from the race

* The Russian Foreign Ministry said on no citizens of Russia were hurt in Kenya during violence that broke out after the disputed December 27, 2007 presidential election

* At least five citizens of Russia have been seriously injured after a bus with Russian tourists collided with a passenger bus in the north of Sweden, a Russian diplomat said