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U.S. warns Israel not to take action against Iran - newspaper

[ 16:30 ] U.S. President Barack Obama has told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to "surprise the U.S. with an Israeli military operation against Iran," an Israeli newspaper reported Thursday.

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	Russia 14/05/2009 12:54 Russia to deliver 12 warplanes to Vietnam under $500 mln contract Russia will supply 12 Su-30MK2 Flanker multi-role fighters to Vietnam under a contract worth more than $500 million, a Russian business daily reported on Thursday.

	World 14/05/2009 16:48 Ukraine's president approves Caspian oil route bypassing Russia Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has signed a decree approving a project to transit Caspian oil to Europe bypassing Russia, the presidential website said on Thursday.

	World 14/05/2009 16:38 Georgian opposition denies allegations of Russian funding A Georgian opposition leader denied on Thursday President Mikheil Saakashvili's allegation that opposition members were receiving funding from Russia.

	World 14/05/2009 14:16 Israeli Air Force uses Russian warplanes for pilot training The Israeli Air Force is currently using Soviet-designed MiG-29 Fulcrum fighters for pilot training, the country's Channel 2 reported on Thursday.

	World 14/05/2009 16:00 WHO says 6,497 confirmed swine flu cases worldwide, 65 deaths The World Health Organization said on Thursday 33 countries have confirmed a total of 6,497 cases of swine flu, including 65 deaths.


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14/05/2009 09:43
	Putin in Japan: Economics outweighs politics MOSCOW (Andrei Kuznetsov) - It looks as if Russian leadership has finally chosen the solely correct line of behavior with regard to Japan' s demand to solve the territorial problem (i.e. to return the four Southern Kuril islands annexed with the consent of the Allies at the end of World War II).

13/05/2009 21:41
	"Last" Nazi war crimes suspect faces trial: how many more will there be? MOSCOW. (Andrei Fedyashin, RIA Novosti political analyst) - Germany is preparing for a trial of a Nazi criminal, widely referred by the local media as "the last one."

13/05/2009 00:07
	New commander for same Afghan force MOSCOW. (Viktor Litovkin for RIA Novosti) - U.S. President Barack Obama appointed Major General Stanley McCrystal as the new commander of American and International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) troops in Afghanistan.

07/05/2009 20:34
	WWII, a war which changed the world MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti military correspondent Ilya Kramnik) - World War II was the bloodiest war in human history. It ended in Europe on May 9, 1945, and continued for another four months, until Japan's surrender, although its outcome had already been predetermined. Participants in the war began to gradually sum up the results and consolidate its experience.

11/05/2009 11:00
	Scientist issues warning over dying coral reefs Leading marine biologist Thomas J. Goreau tells RIA Novosti how overfishing and waste dumping have brought the world's largest area of coral reefs to the brink of collapse, with devastating consequences to fish stocks and biodiversity.

06/05/2009 20:48
	Treaty with Obama: will Moscow want to seal strategic imbalance? MOSCOW. (Yevgeny Kozhokhin for RIA Novosti) - On May 7, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will meet with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to discuss strategic offensive arms.

08/05/2009 12:43
	Cars, Japan's driving force in Russia MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti economic commentator Oleg Mityayev) - By late 2008, the Russian economy had received over $4 billion worth of Japanese investment, having soared seven times from a modest $567 million in 2006.

05/05/2009 21:31
	A voucher to the European Union MOSCOW. (Sergei Markedonov for RIA Novosti) - The Europeanization of the post-Soviet space has received new incentives. On May 7, Prague will play host to the constituent summit of Eastern Partnership to be attended by EU leaders and heads of six republics of the former Soviet Union (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine) taking part in this program.

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image galleries

	14/05/09 Moscow Metro commissions picture gallery train On May 13, a train exhibiting 35 replica watercolor paintings by world famous Russian artists specially selected by experts of the State Russian Museum departed from Partizanskaya station of the Moscow Metro. The picture train will run for the next six months, delighting metro passengers.

	13/05/09 First finalists in Eurovision Song Contest Moscow 2009 A televote involving European audiences and a professional jury selected the first ten finalists of the Eurovision Song Contest Moscow 2009.

	11/05/09 Victory Day parade held on Moscow's Red Square A military parade involving over 9,000 personnel, 103 sophisticated tracked and wheeled military vehicles, as well as 69 aircraft and helicopters was launched on Moscow's Red Square

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Iran test-fires second long-range missile in Persian Gulf - TV

12:52 / 02.01

Southern Siberia rattled by 4.2-mangitude aftershock

11:51 / 02.01

Iran test-fires long-range missile in Persian Gulf - media

10:20 / 02.01

Seventeen people die in New Year fires across Russia

16:05 / 25.12

Tens of thousands mass in fresh Russia vote protest

15:44 / 25.12

Putin still enjoys majority support in Russia - spokesman

15:18 / 25.12

Russia vote protest has no leaders, lacks unity, pro-Kremlin party says

13:48 / 25.12

Blast rips through Nigeria church during Christmas service

12:03 / 25.12

Eight-member crew feared dead in shipwreck off Sakhalin

10:50 / 25.12

Police destroy roadside bomb equivalent to 20 kg of TNT in Dagestan

09:59 / 25.12

Cambodia-flagged ship sinks off Sakhalin, three sailors found dead

18:11 / 21.12

Sberbank threatens action over MICEX glitch losses

15:02 / 21.12

URGENT: Naryshkin appointed Russia's parliamentary speaker

07:13 / 19.12

URGENT: North Korean leader Kim Jong-il dies aged 69 - agency

15:42 / 18.12

Poll protest in downtown Moscow gathers over 3,000

15:40 / 18.12

Former Czech president Havel dies aged 75 - TV

15:14 / 18.12

Three Russian journalists detained in Kazakhstan

14:33 / 18.12

Radical opposition leader Limonov denied presidential bid

14:13 / 18.12

Four dead, 49 missing as Russian oil rig overturns off Sakhalin

12:48 / 18.12

Hamas, Fatah to discuss reconciliation pact progress in Cairo - media

11:40 / 18.12

Russia, Iran to sign $700 mln oil contract - TV

10:27 / 18.12

Two killed, 14 rescued after drilling rig overturns in Sea of Okhotsk - Update

09:44 / 18.12

URGENT: No threat to environment after rig accident in Sea of Okhotsk - ministry

09:28 / 18.12

URGENT: Two killed, 14 rescued after drilling rig overturns in Sea of Okhotsk

09:15 / 18.12

Dozens stage rally in electoral fraud protest in Russia's Far East

15:54 / 11.12

Russian nationalists stage rally in downtown Moscow

11:12 / 11.12

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