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RUSSIA

* Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev told Germany's foreign minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, at talks on the conflict between Georgia and its rebel region Abkhazia that Tbilisi must pull its troops out of the province before a peace deal can be reached

* NATO has proposed holding joint mine-clearing exercises in the Black Sea with the Russian Navy, the country's Black Sea Fleet said

* Five Russian interior troops were injured when militants opened fire on their cars in the south Russian republic of Ingushetia, a local police source said

* Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov, who has been banned from entering Ukraine, said that the recent detention of a Russian journalist in the country shows it is 'undemocratic'

WORLD

* Lithuania's president, Valdas Adamkus, currently on a visit to Argentina, told a national paper that his country is willing if necessary to host elements of a U.S. missile shield

* European Union and United States diplomats began talks with Iran's top nuclear negotiator in Geneva on Saturday aimed at resolving the international dispute surrounding Iran's nuclear program

* Two French aid workers have been kidnapped in the central Afghan province of Day Kundi, humanitarian group Action Against Hunger said

* United States Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama arrived in Afghanistan, on a tour including Iraq and Germany aimed at proving he can lead on security and foreign policy

* Beijing opened three new subway lines, raising passenger capacity to 800,000 as part of measures to take cars off the roads and improve air quality ahead of the Olympic Games

* Customs officials at the port of Amsterdam have seized 19 metric tons of marijuana with a street value of $95 million from a vessel, national news agency ANP said

BUSINESS

* Gazprom said it will buy a 25% stake in Daltransgaz, the owner of a natural gas pipeline in Russia's Far East, from the country's largest state-owned crude producer Rosneft

* A gold factory with a design capacity of around 10 metric tons of gold was launched in the Russian Far East, a local natural resources ministry official said

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