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18:14 GMT 15.04.2009

RUSSIA

* There are no obstacles to the delivery of Russian S-300 surface-to-air missile systems to Tehran, Iran's deputy foreign minister said

* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told the liberal Novaya Gazeta newspaper on Wednesday he did not think democracy in Russia needed rehabilitating

* One British and two Russian scientists have won the 2009 International Global Energy Award, the committee chairman, Valentin Smirnov, announced

* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday that officials - and especially the head of state - should not comment on the potential outcome of trials, such as Mikhail Khodorkovsky's new case

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* Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin on Wednesday called statements made by Romania during recent anti-communist riots in Chisinau "extremely biased and untimely"

* A court in Hungary ruled on Wednesday that a Russian woman involved in a custody dispute with her French ex-husband should be extradited to France to face charges of kidnapping her three-year-old daughter

* Georgia's opposition, which is calling for President Mikheil Saakashvili to step down, is preparing to launch the "final stage of the battle" after the Orthodox Easter holidays, an opposition leader announced

* Somali pirates have released the Titan, a Greek-owned cargo ship with a crew of 24 on board, which was hijacked on March 19, Greece's merchant marine ministry told RIA Novosti

* The Armenian and Iranian transport ministers signed on Wednesday an agreement on the construction of a railway linking Armenia with the Persian Gulf, the Armenian TV5 channel has reported

* A Chinese woman has died from what may be Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) while traveling on a train from the Far East Russian city of Blagoveshchensk to Moscow, a medical source said

* Georgia's opposition on Wednesday announced plans to begin round-the-clock protests at the State Chancellery building, where the offices of the prime minister and other state ministers are located

* A respected U.S. think tank has released a report calling for fundamental changes to Washington's nuclear war planning

* Russia is not holding any talks with Pyongyang on building a nuclear reactor in North Korea, the country's nuclear power chief said

* There is no way that Ukraine can be deprived of its right to co-host with Poland the finals of Euro 2012, UEFA President Michel Platini said

* The Taliban and other terrorist movements active in Afghanistan pose a major threat to Russia's security, a high-ranking FSB officer said

* India successfully test-fired on Wednesday a Prithvi-II ballistic missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, Indian media reported

* An Indian court removed on Wednesday the lawyer of the sole suspect captured alive during last November's terrorist attack in Mumbai, Indian media reported

* Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro has given a cautious welcome to the new travel rules for U.S. citizens, saying they are positive but insufficient

* A total of 27 people are listed as missing after four fishing boats and an engineering vessel capsized early on Wednesday in Bohai Bay in northern China, the Xinhua news agency reported

* Georgian opposition groups protesting against President Mikheil Saakashvili have written a poster-sized resignation letter for him and hung it outside his residence with a huge pen ready for him to sign

* The famous writer and member of the French Academy Maurice Druon died on Tuesday at the age of 90

* Moldova started on Wednesday a recount of votes from the April 5 parliamentary election contested by the opposition, the country's top election official said

* China has successfully launched its second navigation satellite as part of a project to develop its own global satellite navigation system, the Xinhua news agency reported

* North Korea has ordered UN nuclear inspectors out of the country in protest against criticism of its recent rocket launch, and has pledged to restart work at its Yongbyon reactor, the UN nuclear watchdog said