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08.06.2009 Israel, Russia to ally on nanotech
Israel and Russia will be collaborating on the cutting-edge science of nanotechnology, which is the science of controlling matter at molecular or even atomic levels.

08.06.2009 Taiwan to shut representative offices in five countries
Taiwan plans to shut its representative offices in five countries which "do not function well," and will open two new representative offices, one in Japan and another one in Turkey, an official said Saturday. The countries where Taiwan will close its representative offices are Bangladesh, Bolivia, Venezuela, South Africa and Panama, Foreign Minister Francisco Ou said.

08.12.2008 Pope urges prayers for soul of Russia's Alexy II
Pope Benedict XVI is calling for prayers for the soul of Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexy II.

06.10.2008 Russia, North Korea break ground on rail link project
Russia and North Korea began Saturday the reconstruction of a railroad from Russia's Khasan to North Korea's sea port of Rajin, a project estimated at 150 million euros ($207 million).

18.08.2008 U.S., U.K. officially pull out of Russia-NATO joint exercise
The U.S. and Britain have officially pulled out of a Russia-NATO naval exercise in the Sea of Japan slated for August 15-23, a spokesman for the Russian Pacific Fleet said on Friday.

20.02.2008 Aricom to ship first Russian iron to China by June
London-listed miner Aricom Plc will ship the first iron ore concentrate from its mine in the Russian Far East by June and expects favourable freight rates and strong world prices to underpin expansion projects. Chief Executive Jay Hambro said on Tuesday Aricom's Kuranakh project, where mining began in October, would be able to supply concentrate to the Chinese border at a freight rate of $13.44 per tonne.

14.02.2008 ONGC keen on stake in Russian Sakhalin-III
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) is keen on taking a stake in Russia's Sakhalin-III and other oil and gas projects in eastern Siberia while Russia's Rosneft is considering investing in the Indian PSU's LNG plant at Mangalore.

11.02.2008 Armenia will be first to get Sukhoi Superjet-100 liners
Armenia will be the first foreign state that will receive new Russian liners.

17.12.2007 Auckland to host Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum
The 16th annual meeting of the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF) will be held in Auckland from 20-24 January 2008.

28.11.2007 UGARD exchange program
The government of the United States is honoured to declare the contest of the International students exchange program (Global UGRAD) of 2008-2009. The last term of the application submissions is the 10th of December.

06.11.2007 The Muskie Fellowship Program for specialists
The Government of the United States of America is pleased to announce the 2008 Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship Program (Muskie). The deadline to submit the application for this program is November 16, 2007.