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14:50 GMT 29.03.2009

RUSSIA

* A task force from Russia's Pacific Fleet left Vladivostok for the Gulf of Aden to take part in ongoing anti-piracy operations

* Four armed men robbed a Moscow lawyer of about 5 million rubles ($150,000) at his country house in the Tver Region in central Russia, a local police spokesman said

* Two militants were killed in a special operation in the Republic of Chechnya in Russia's troubled North Caucasus region, with no casualties reported among federal troops, a local police source said

* Russia switched to Daylight Saving Time, turning the clocks forward one hour at 2:00 a.m., local time

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* India successfully tested the latest land attack version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile at a firing range in Pokhran, a spokesman for Russian-Indian joint venture BrahMos Aerospace Limited said

* Four people died and over 60 others were injured in violence at local elections in Turkey, the local media reported referring to police sources

* Montenegrins went to the polls to vote in early parliamentary elections intended to accelerate the Balkan country's accession to the European Union