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19:03 GMT 26.03.2008

RUSSIA

* The ban on the flights of Russian Su-25 strike aircraft imposed after a fatal crash in Russia's Far East last week has been lifted, an Air Force spokesman said

* NATO fighters accompanied Russian Tu-95 Bear strategic bombers on a regular strategic patrol flight, a Russian Air Force spokesman said

* Russia's United Aircraft Building Corporation will meet delivery terms for its new Sukhoi Superjet 100 medium-haul passenger airliner, a first deputy prime minister said

* Between 400 and 500 militants are currently active in the North Caucasus, the commander of Russia's interior troops said

* Members of a Russian sect holed up in a cave in central Russia said that they will come to the surface in late April or early May, a spokesman for the local prosecutor's office said

WORLD

* Tehran issued a protest over UN Security Council resolutions imposed against Iran since 2006 and demanded compensation for the losses inflicted on the country

* Russia should discuss with Pristina proposed deliveries of humanitarian aid to Kosovo, the independent province's Prime Minister Hasim Taci said

* Poland will only agree to temporary inspections by Russian military personnel of U.S. missile bases on its soil, and only on a reciprocal basis, the Polish defense minister said

* At least eight people were killed and 17 injured when a car packed with explosives blew up at a market in Afghanistan's volatile southern province of Helmand, the local police chief said

* Palestinian presidential adviser Nabil Amrl urged the radical Islamic group Hamas to cede control of the Gaza Strip before resuming direct reconciliation talks with the pro-presidential Fatah party

* A trial in absentia started in Serbia for the son of former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic, national media reported

* South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak urged North Korea to cooperate on the issue of repatriating abductees and prisoners of war, and to speed up denuclearization efforts, Yonhap news agency said

* Police arrested over 100 opposition protesters during Tuesday's march in Belarus, in a crackdown set to further bolster the country's authoritarian image, an opposition leader said

BUSINESS

* Tata Motors, India's largest automotive company, announced it had reached an agreement with Ford to buy its Jaguar and Land Rover luxury brands for about $2.3 billion

* Mechel, a leading Russian mining and metals company, made a $1.498 billion purchase offer to the U.K.-based Oriel Resources Plc, the British company said

* Kiev will sign deals with U.S. firms on March 30 on supplies of nuclear fuel, and on equipment deliveries paving the way for Ukraine's own enrichment capability, the energy minister said

* Glavstroy, one of Russia's largest construction companies, closed a deal to buy a 100% stake in Swiss engineering firm Fahrni from Swiss developer RWD