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18:03 GMT 10.07.2009

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* U.S. President Barack Obama met with Pope Benedict XVI for the first time on Friday. Obama paid a visit to the Vatican immediately after the end of the G8 summit in Italy's L'Aquila

* Russia will lift its veto on the extension of the UN mission in the Caucasus region if its partners adopt a more pragmatic approach, the Russian president said

* G8 leaders believe there is little time left for dialogue with Iran over its nuclear program, the Italian prime minister said Friday after a summit in Italy's L'Aquila

* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev urged Japan on Friday to refrain from politicizing the two countries' territorial dispute over the Kuril Islands

* Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said on Friday that participants at the Group of Eight summit had agreed to earmark $20 billion for a three-year program to fight hunger

* Thousands of protesters gathered near the central Italian town of L'Aquila on Friday, as the Group of Eight summit came to a close

* The Group of Eight leaders pledged to work closer with African nations to ensure access to water supplies and sanitation in a joint declaration adopted on the final day of the rich countries' summit in Italy

* Israel has ordered at least 25 U.S. F-35 stealth fighter aircraft to counter any potential threat from the delivery of Russian advanced air defense systems to Iran and Syria, an Israeli daily said

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* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev gave his conditional backing on Friday to a proposal to hold a second G8 summit later this year in Italy's L'Aquila

* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday the most realistic option for Russia to join the World Trade Organization was to do so separately, but to agree on common positions with Belarus and Kazakhstan

* Russia could still deploy tactical missiles in its westernmost exclave if the U.S. goes ahead with its plans for a missile shield in Central Europe, the Russian president said

* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday he found it easier to hold discussions with U.S. President Barack Obama than with his predecessor George Bush

* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday he had been given an example coin of a possible global currency at the G8 summit in Italy, adding that all aspects of reserve currencies were under discussion

* Russia pledged to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50% by 2050 on 1990 levels, President Dmitry Medvedev said

* Russia's newest Borey class strategic nuclear submarine, the Yury Dolgoruky, has completed the first round of sea trials and is returning to a shipyard in northern Russia, the Sevmash plant said