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* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown agreed during a phone conversation on preparing a bilateral meeting at the G8 summit in Japan, the Kremlin press office said

* Russians who failed to leave Lebanon as the only airport in Beirut was closed due to recent armed clashes, will fly home from Syria's capital Sunday night, Russian air carrier Aeroflot said

* Russia's second plane from the Emergencies Ministry's fleet is expected to deliver humanitarian aid to cyclone-hit Myanmar on Monday, Russia's embassy in the southeast Asian country said

* Police found two explosive devices in the Republic of Daghestan in Russia's troubled North Caucasus Region, the republican law-enforcement bodies said

* Eleven people were killed and four others injured in two major traffic accidents in central Russia and in the Volga area, local police said

* Russia's Denis Nizhegorodov set a world record in the 50 km walk by covering the distance in three hours, 34 minutes and 13 seconds at the World Race Walking Cup

WORLD

* Egypt's authorities opened the border with the Gaza Strip for three days to allow sick Palestinians to cross into Egypt for medical treatment, an Egyptian security official said

* Serbs voted in a key parliamentary election expected to decide the country's future, with a pro-Western alliance led by President Boris Tadic running against the ultranationalist Serbian Radical Party in a closely contested vote

* A delegation from the International Atomic Energy Agency will arrive in Tehran May 12 to continue negotiations on the Islamic Republic's controversial nuclear program, Iran's permanent representative at the IAEA said

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