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16:05 GMT 03.05.2008

RUSSIA

* Russian tourists affected by a May 1 bus crash in Egypt will not receive any compensation from tour operators, a spokeswoman for the Russian Union of Tour Operators said

* A man was shot dead in Moscow's north; the car of the attackers caught fire and they fled the scene, police said

* A cyclist in St. Petersburg participating in a rally to demand respect from car drivers shocked residents and guests of the city as he got naked and rode along the central Dvortsovaya Square

* Russian peacekeepers who recently arrived in the zone of the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict zone are heading for areas where they will be stationed, the Russian Defense Ministry said

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* Over 150 Kurdish militants were killed in an air raid by the Turkish Air Force in northern Iraq on May 1, the Turkish General Staff said

* Iran's foreign minister called on the six countries mediating in the Iranian nuclear problem issue to avoid violating Tehran's right to civilian nuclear energy

* Six people, including two children, were killed and three injured when an apparently drunk driver of a pickup slipped into a streetcar stop in eastern Ukraine's city of Kharkov, local emergencies services said

* The Russian equipment for the Bushehr nuclear power plant earlier held up on the Azerbaijani-Iranian border has been finally delivered to Iran, a spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry said