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WORLD

* The European Court of Human Rights ordered Russia on Thursday to pay 42,600 euros ($59,370) to a prisoner as compensation for inhumane treatment

* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday that dialogue was continuing with Washington on linking strategic arms reductions with U.S. plans to deploy missile defenses in central Europe

* Namibia wants to expand cooperation with Russia, especially in trade, investment and technology, President Hifikepunye Pohamba said

* Belarus's outspoken leader softened his recently harsh rhetoric toward Russia on Thursday, saying Moscow remains Minsk's main ally despite a host of disputes

* Israel has cancelled the results of a tender won by Moscow authorities to build a health resort on the shores of the Dead Sea, a spokeswoman for the Israel Land Administration said

* North Korea has accused the U.S. and South Korea of provoking a new war, and warned that it will "wipe out" aggressors if a conflict breaks out

* Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called for a public apology from U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday over claims Washington interfered in Iran's internal affairs, Fars news agency reported

* Police have confirmed at least 72 people have died and more than 100 injured in a blast in a Baghdad marketplace, al Jazeera reported

* U.S. President Barack Obama has extended sanctions against North Korea for one more year as the reclusive country is still considered a threat to the United States

* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrived in Namibia on Thursday as part of a four-nation tour of Africa to discuss developing trade and energy projects

RUSSIA

* Russia's prime minister sent messages to his counterparts in Slovenia and Croatia on Thursday congratulating them on the 18th anniversary of independence from Yugoslavia, the government press service said

* Russia's policies in dealings with African countries will be friendly but "very pragmatic," Dmitry Medvedev said during his visit to Namibia

* Russia's State Duma committee for CIS affairs approved on Thursday Mikhail Zurabov, a former health minister, as the country's ambassador to Ukraine

* The Russian president will arrive in Angola on Friday to discuss bilateral cooperation in energy resource exploration, economic ties, and building a communications satellite, the Kremlin said

* Miners in southern Russia ended an underground sit in as part of a wage-arrear protest, after the money owed was repaid, the head of a trade union said

* Russia's Supreme Court overturned on Thursday not-guilty verdicts for three men charged over the 2006 murder of investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya and ordered a retrial

* A Moscow Region court on Thursday found fugitive Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky guilty in absentia of embezzling 140 million rubles ($4.5 mln) from the LogoVAZ auto dealer

BUSINESS

* China has discovered a new iron ore deposit in the country's northeast, which is believed to be the largest in Asia, the Chinese news service Zhungguo wang said