Main News of October 5

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A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

WORLD

*Turkey does not want a war with Syria but cannot rule out armed conflict, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.

*The companies blacklisted by the US on suspicion of illegally passing information to a foreign state did not give anything to Russia's defense industry, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said.

*The Ukrainian city of Odessa joined the race to honor Steve Jobs, unveiling what appeared to be the world’s second public monument to the late Apple Inc. co-founder.

 

RUSSIA

*In a rare setback for the ruling establishment, an incumbent governor was removed from elections in southern Russia over faulty signatures in his support.

*Russia won a 30-year deal on a military base in Tajikistan, but the price includes risk of placing Russian servicemen under fire if violence flares up in volatile Central Asia.

*Twenty percent of Russian women would jump at the chance to marry President Vladimir Putin, an opinion poll indicated.

 

BUSINESS

*Russia ranks sixth in the world in terms of the number of billionaires, according to a report on state-run TV channel Vesti.

 

 

 

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