BRATISLAVA, April 8 (Itar-Tass) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev
said the Soviet Union had paid a gigantic price for the liberation of
Europe from fascism.

HELSINKI, April 8 (Itar-Tass) -- Russian Industry and Trade Minister
Viktor Khristenko will travel to Helsinki on Thursday to discuss bilateral
economic cooperation.

OSLO, April 8 (Itar-Tass) -- Norway and Russia have a big potential
for developing close economic cooperation, Norwegian Minister of Trade and
Industry Trond Giske said.

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SEOUL, April 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks closed 0.03 percent higher

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