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RUSSIA

* Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said after talks with NATO counterparts that disagreements over the CFE treaty and U.S. missile shield plans continue to hold back Russia-NATO relations

* The death toll has risen to four following a natural gas supply explosion in a food store in Nazran, a city in Russia's North Caucasus Republic of Ingushetia, investigators said

* Three civilians were killed, one injured and several abducted when a group of around 60 militants attacked a village in eastern Chechnya in the North Caucasus, a local police source said

* The administration chief of a district in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Chechnya where militants killed three civilians in a raid denied reports that hostages were taken

WORLD

* Ukraine will contribute to the NATO Response Force as a partner country, NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said

* Forty-three miners were left trapped underground after a coal mine blast in northern China Shanxi province, news agency Xinhua reported

* United States President George W. Bush met with Pope Benedict XVI in the Vatican on Friday, two months after the pontiff's trip to Washington

BUSINESS

* A quartet of Russian billionaires owning half of oil company TNK-BP issued a statement on the start of legal proceedings against co-owner BP, condemning 'illegal' steps by the British company

* The Russian ruble could become a regional reserve currency within the next five years, Finance Minister Alexei said