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16:29 GMT 03.02.2008

RUSSIA

* Russia has informed the NATO fleet that a Russian ship was seized by pirates off the coast of Somalia, the Russian Far Eastern rescue center said

* Russia reached a temporary agreement with Tajikistan on lifting a ban on the flights by Tajik airlines to Russia imposed on Saturday due to repeated violations of Russian air carriers' rights by Tajik authorities, the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency said

* Russia will build up its presence in the strategic areas of the World Ocean, Russian Navy Commander, Admiral Vladimir Vysotsky said as he summed up the results of the Russian naval task force's two-month tour of duty in the Mediterranean Sea and the North Atlantic, the first large-scale Russian navy exercise in 15 years

* Two policemen were killed in a shootout with militants in the Republic of Chechnya in Russia's restive North Caucasus region, a source in the republic's law-enforcement bodies said

* Traffic police have seized about 100 kilos of hashish after searching a bus going from Azerbaijan's capital of Baku to Moscow, the city's law-enforcement bodies said

* A counter-terrorist operation launched in the Republic of Ingushetia on January 25 due to the threat of an imminent large-scale terrorist attack has been terminated, the operation's headquarters said

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* The captain of a Russian ship seized by pirates off the coast of Somalia is a British national, a spokesman for the U.K. Foreign Office said

* Serbs voted in a key presidential election runoff that could decide the country's future as they had to choose between pro-Western incumbent President Boris Tadic and his pro-Russian challenger Tomislav Nikolic

* A fresh, second outbreak of bird flu has been found in northern Turkey since the start of this year, the country's agriculture ministry said

* Iran said it would review its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), if the UN passed a new resolution imposing sanctions against Tehran over its controversial nuclear program