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RUSSIA

* Russia's Supreme Court ruled as lawful the extradition to Colombia of Yair Klein, an Israeli national sentenced to 10 years and eight months in prison for training terrorists

* Human rights activists and public figures sent an open letter to President Dmitry Medvedev urging him to start freeing political prisoners, a Russian public movement said

* Russia's Foreign Ministry hinted that a Ukrainian first deputy justice minister may be banned from entering Russia following a decision by Kiev to bar Moscow's mayor from traveling to Ukraine

* Insurers are expecting losses of $107 million after the Express AM-22, a Russian communications satellite, malfunctioned, the head of a Russian insurance company's international space risk program said

WORLD

* Serbia's Foreign Ministry said it had sent a note of protest to the Czech government over its recognition of Kosovo and is recalling its ambassador for consultations

* Kazakhstan hopes to sign a long-term cooperation and integration deal with Russia, and has proposed that the sides draw up a draft agreement, the Kazakh president said

* Israeli troops shot one Palestinian dead and wounded six on the border with the Gaza Strip, when a crowd protesting against Israel's blockade attacked a checkpoint

* An observer mission from ex-Soviet CIS countries declared Georgia's May 21 parliamentary election, won by the pro-presidential ruling party, free and democratic

* The Indian Navy asked Boeing for the use of its F/A-18E/F Super Hornet supersonic carrier-based fighter aircraft on board a Russian-made carrier, Russian daily Izvestia said

* The earthquake that hit southwest China on May 12, claimed over 51,000 lives with nearly 30,000 people still missing, the country's officials said

* Brazil's state-controlled oil company Petrobras announced it has discovered a huge oil deposit 250 kilometers (155 miles) off the coast of Sao Paulo state

BUSINESS

* State-owned Russian oil firm Rosneft and China's CNPC are in the final stages of talks to build an oil pipeline branch from Russia's Far East to China, Russia's president said

* Russia's Internet company Mail.ru is preparing to hold an initial public offering and hopes to place shares in advance of Russian web search engine Yandex, business daily Vedomosti reported