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19:05 GMT 11.01.2008

RUSSIA

* Russia's newly appointed envoy to NATO, Dmitry Rogozin, warned the 26-nation alliance against discriminating against others in order to ensure its own security

* Russia demands that all hostages being held captive by Colombian rebels be immediately released, the Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman said

* Russia is concerned by the situation in Kenya, where over 480 have been killed in street violence following the December 27 presidential elections, the Foreign Ministry said

* Between 500 and 700 militants are still operating in Russia's troubled North Caucasus region, the commander of the Interior Troops said

* Russian fishermen told Russia's First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, on a visit to the Murmansk Region, that they are experiencing problems with Norwegian authorities

* Hundreds of wild birds are at risk following a leak of fuel oil into the Klyazma river in the Moscow Region on January 5, the head of Russia's bird preservation union said

WORLD

* U.S. President George W. Bush ended the first part of his eight-day tour of the Middle East designed to advance the peace process and end the protracted conflict in the region

* The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog, Mohamed ElBaradei, said while visiting Iran that he was satisfied with progress in talks on the Islamic Republic's nuclear program, but urged Tehran to clarify all remaining issues

* Russia will supply 50,000 tons of fuel oil to North Korea on January 20-21 in line with a six-nation deal to resolve the country's nuclear problem, Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Losyukov said

* Turkish artillery shelled Kurdish militant bases in northern Iraq, the country's NTV company said, citing sources in the Kurdish administration

* Heavy snow has claimed up to 61 lives in Afghanistan covering some regions of the country with over two meters of snow, national TV channels said

* Georgia's top election official said that 72.5% of voters backed the ex-Soviet state's aspirations to join NATO in a referendum held simultaneously with the presidential polls on January 5

* Lebanon's presidential election set for January 12 has been moved to January 21 to give the visiting Arab League chief more time to mediate between political factions, parliament said

* Indonesia's former dictator Suharto is in coma, national media said citing doctors monitoring his condition over the past few days

* A court in Paris rejected a bid by President Nicolas Sarkozy's ex-wife to block the publication of a book about her

* Bosnian police seized passports belonging to family members of Radovan Karadzic, a former Bosnian Serb political leader wanted on genocide charges in The Hague

* The death toll following a methane explosion in a mine in central Kazakhstan rose to seven, with 24 miners reported missing, a local Emergencies Ministry spokesperson said

* New Zealand's Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to climb Mount Everest, died in hospital at the age of 88

BUSINESS

* Japanese companies will be involved in the construction of artificial islands in the Black Sea off the coast of Sochi, the venue for the 2014 Winter Olympics, the head of the Russian-Japanese business council said

* VTB's net profit calculated to Russian Accounting Standards increased 6% year on year to 18.2 billion rubles ($744 million) in 2007, a spokesperson for the state-run foreign trade bank said

* Russia's leading car manufacturer AvtoVAZ exported 106,900 vehicles in 2007, 7.9% more than in 2006, the company's press service said