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WORLD

* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin effectively work together, U.S. President Barack Obama said

* Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said on Monday the Group of Eight (G8) leading industrial countries should be expanded, and reiterated his support for a move to the G14 format

* The Iranian Navy has dispatched two warships to the Gulf of Aden to ensure security in the pirate-infested waters, Press TV reported

* Poverty-stricken North Korea has spent an estimated $700 million on nuclear and missile tests since the beginning of 2009 in defiance of UN sanctions, a South Korean newspaper said

* U.S. President Barack Obama has dismissed suggestions that Washington was responsible for the ongoing global economic crisis

* Coup leaders poured rain on ousted Honduran President's Jose Manuel Zelaya's highly-publicized return to the country, blocking the airport runway and forcing the deposed leader to fly onto Nicaragua

* Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak has authorized the delivery of a thousand Kalashnikov assault rifles to the security forces of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA), an Israeli newspaper said

* The G8 summit slated to be held in central Italy's L'Aquila this week could be moved to Rome should the area suffer another powerful earthquake, local media said on Monday citing Italian government sources

* At least 140 people have been killed and over 800 injured during riots in China's Muslim Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Xinhua said

* Fourteen people died and another 12 were injured when a train collided with a minibus in the Indonesian province of Central Java, the Jakarta Post said

RUSSIA

* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Monday it is necessary to link any resolution of the U.S. plans for missile defense in Europe with other countries' interests

* The Russian and U.S. presidents signed a preliminary agreement on Monday to cut their countries' nuclear arsenals to 1,500-1,675 operational warheads within seven years after a new arms reduction treaty comes into force

* Russia and the United States signed on Monday an agreement on military transit, both overland and by air, via Russian territory to Afghanistan

* U.S. President Barack Obama urged that Russia respect Georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity during talks with President Dmitry Medvedev in Moscow

* The leaders of Russia and the United States discussed the nuclear programs of North Korea and Iran during their meeting in Moscow on Monday, U.S. President Barack Obama said

* U.S. President Barack Obama arrived in an overcast Moscow on Monday on his first visit to Russia since his victory in November's presidential elections

* The Russian Foreign Ministry expressed on Monday its regrets over a series of new missile launches conducted by North Korea and urged Pyongyang to return to the negotiation table

* Prominent Russian novelist Vasily Aksyonov died in Moscow on Monday at the age of 76, his doctor said

* A Rokot carrier rocket has orbited three Russian military satellites, a spokesman for Russia's Space Forces said

RELIGION

* The world's oldest Bible, Codex Sinaiticus, went online on Monday, opening up new opportunities for scholars around the world to study the ancient manuscript

SPORT

* Chelsea have signed Russian international Yury Zhirkov, club manager Carlo Ancelotti said

BUSINESS

* An East Siberian court of arbitration upheld on Monday an aircraft leasing company's bankruptcy petition against KrasAir, one of Russia's largest airlines, a court spokeswoman said