Main news of November 30

RUSSIA

* Russia and India will step up their anti-terrorist cooperation in the wake of militant attacks on India's financial capital that killed nearly 200 people, the Kremlin press office said

* A Russian cargo spacecraft equipped with a new on-board digital control system successfully docked with the International Space Station, Mission Control said

* Over 260 Russian tourists, stranded on Wednesday as anti-government protestors brought Bangkok's main international airport to a standstill, will be able to fly home, the Russian embassy to Thailand said

* King of Bahrain Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa will visit Moscow on December 1-2 on the invitation of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, the Kremlin press office said

* Russia's GDP is expected to grow 3-3.5% in 2009 amid declining world oil prices, Deputy Economic Development Minister Andrei Klepach said

* Consumer prices are expected to grow 0.6-0.7% in November or about the same level last month, Deputy Economic Development Minister Andrei Klepach said

* Russia's national development bank Vnesheconombank (VEB) made a decision to refinance foreign liabilities of commercial banks, Central Bank First Deputy Chairman Alexei Ulyukayev said

* Alfa-Bank, Russia's largest privately-owned bank, announced it had acquired a controlling stake in a major Urals-based bank experiencing problems amid the credit crunch

* Two interior troops soldiers were injured in a mine blast in Russia's North Caucasus Republic of Chechnya, local police said

WORLD

* Iran proposed building light-water nuclear power plants jointly with neighboring Arab countries

* Israel approved the early release of some 250 Palestinian prisoners as a goodwill gesture to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, local media reported