WORLD
* The Iranian Embassy in Belarus denied claims that Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei had died
* The possibility of a Ukrainian radar facility being used as part of a U.S. missile defense system is being considered, Ukraine's ambassador to the United States said
* Ukraine's policy should be more global, and not focus solely on the West, former president Leonid Kuchma said
* President Barack Obama signed legislation providing Pakistan with $7.5 billion in aid over the next five years, the White House said
* The speaker of Ukraine's parliament urged the ex-Soviet state to resume talks with its neighbors on the establishment of a single economic space within the CIS
* United States has called on both sides in the conflict in Honduras to seek peaceful ways to resolve their differences
RUSSIA
* Russia is concerned by U.S. missile defense talks with countries outside NATO, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said
* Russian Premier Vladimir Putin highlighted the need to fight corruption within the country's regulatory bodies
* Two of the parties that walked out of Russia's lower house of parliament in protest against Sunday's regional election results have said they will return on Friday
* The city government of St. Petersburg has yet to decide on Gazprom's controversial project to build a skyscraper in the historic center, the governor said
* Russian police have uncovered a criminal group that sold fake college diplomas, including from Harvard University in the United States, an Interior Ministry official said
