MINSK, October 7 (Itar-Tass) -- The office of the Belarussian
prosecutor general warned the opposition against rallying this weekend as
the events were not permitted.

ARKHANGELSK, October 7 (Itar-Tass) -- The ship owner of a Russian
fishing vessel arrested by Norwegian coast guards and fined for a total of

DUSAHBE, October 6 (Itar-Tass) -- Talks of Special Envoy for
Afghanistan and Pakistan Marc Grossmann with President Emomali Rakhmon

BISHKEK, October 6 (Itar-Tass) -- The interstate commission of the
Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) will meet in Bishkek for

STRASBOUrG, October 6 (Itar-Tass) -- OSCE Representative on Freedom of
the Media Dunja Mijatovic said the trial of Ukrainian journalist Georgy

YEREVAN, October 6 (Itar-Tass) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy
said international mediators cannot bring make peace for Armenia and
Azerbaijan.

MOSCOW, October 6 (Itar-Tass) -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei
Lavrov and his Djiboutian counterpart Mohamed Ali Yusuf will meet in

MOSCOW, October 6 (Itar-Tass) -- Abkhazia's security and Russian
citizens' property rights in that country will dominate the agenda of the

YEREVAN, October 6 (Itar-Tass) -- The South Caucasus is a strategic
region for the European Union, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said.

NEW YORK, October 6 (Itar-Tass) -- A new, two-year exchange program
for young Russian and American journalists will help break stereotypes