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Explosion kills eleven in Russia's North Ossetia region
An explosion killed eleven people on a bus near a market in Russia's North Ossetia, a turbulent region north of Georgia. Russian news agencies report that a bomb caused the blast.
RUSSIA - USA
Medvedev talks of ties with US, missiles in Europe
The Russian president said Wednesday that he hoped for "fully-fledged" ties with the US after the election of Barack Obama. At the same time, he announced plans to place a missile system on a European base.
GEORGIA - RUSSIA
Georgian president sacks top military man
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili replaced the country's military leader on Tuesday, citing "shortcomings" during a war with Russia in August.
04/11/2008 - President of the Republic of Armenia

Serge Sarkissian

Sarkissian, the President of Armenia, born in 1954, is the guest on Interview. France 24 asks him about the role of Armenia in the Caucasus.
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RUSSIA - CAUCASUS
Russia hosts talks on disputed province
The presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan met near Moscow for talks on Nagorny Karabakh, a disputed Azerbaijani province with a largely Armenian population that fought a war for independence in which 30,000 died before a 1994 cease-fire.
RUSSIA - LIBYA
Russia and Libya sign nuclear pact
Russia and Libya signed a deal on Saturday, under which Moscow would build nuclear research reactors for the North African state and supply fuel, according to officials.
LIBYA
Gaddafi offers to host Russian naval base
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is in Moscow with an offer to host a naval base in his country, the daily Kommersant has reported. The paper said the move would provide Libya with a 'guarantee of non-aggression' from the United States.
UNITED KINGDOM
'Yachtgate' in the papers
The British press has been full of ‘Yachtgate’ – a scandal involving George Osborne, the shadow chancellor, Peter Mandelson (photo), the new business secretary, Oleg Deripaska, a Russian aluminium oligarch, and the latter's luxury yacht.
GEORGIA
Russia opposes sending EU monitors
Moscow insists security in South Ossetia and Abkhazia "is assured by Russian military contingents" and opposes the deployment of European Union monitors to the two breakaway regions of Georgia.
UNITED KINGDOM
Top British Conservative admits "mistake" in oligarch row
Shadow chancellor George Osborne has admitted that he made a "mistake" in holding discussions which allegedly attempted to solicit an illegal donation from a Russian oligarch, Oleg Deripaska, with whom Peter Mandelson (photo) also has close ties.
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