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20:01 GMT 14.09.2009

RUSSIA

* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said the idea of global dominance must be abandoned in world politics, and more intelligent policies adopted

* Russian prosecutors have opened a probe into the suspected embezzlement of millions of dollars during the reconstruction of Moscow's famed Bolshoi Theater

* Russia's industrial safety watchdog said the August accident at a Siberian hydroelectric power station was caused by failures in safety and working procedures

* A train carrying Belarusian S-300 air defense systems has arrived at the Ashuluk training grounds in southern Russia to participate in Zapad-2009 strategic drills, the Russian Defense Ministry said

* North Korean leader Kim Jong-il congratulated Russian President Dmitry on his 44th birthday, Pyongyang's official news agency said

WORLD

* President Barack Obama called for reforms to banking regulation in the U.S. and globally in a speech on Wall Street, and accused some bankers of failing to learn lessons from the financial crisis.

* Twenty people died in Algeria as a result of torrential rain and severe flooding which swept the country last week, national media reported

* Just days after the eighth anniversary of the 9/11 terroist attacks in the United States, Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden warned the Americans of their ties with Israel

* Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has announced plans to create a multi-layered air defense network in the country with the help of a Russian $2.2 bln loan secured last week

* Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country will not permanently freeze the construction of Jewish settlements in the West Bank

* Yukiya Amano was approved as the next head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), to succeed Mohamed ElBaradei from December

* Iran's top nuclear official Ali Akbar Salehi reiterated that the country's nuclear program has no military aspects, and that Tehran is ready to cooperate with the UN nuclear watchdog

* Talks on Iran's controversial nuclear program between Tehran and six world powers will resume on October 1, Iran's INSA news agency said

BUSINESS

* The Russian government will not exert a direct influence on the operations of Opel following the acquisition of a stake by state-owned Sberbank, the bank said

* Russia's largest carmaker, AvtoVAZ, announced it will re-introduce a full working week from December 14, with a workforce reduced by 5,000