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Several political and economic analysts in Russia suppose that one of the reasons for partial lifting of the US sanctions concerning Iran’s airspace were talks between Tehran and Moscow about buying Russian aircrafts. On the eve, the US State Department has announced that Washington agreed to US Federal Aviation Administration’s inquiry about providing spare parts and service to Iranian airbuses. Besides, the State Department informed the Congress on it and appealed to the US Department of the Treasury asking to issue an appropriate permission

Pope Benedict XVI has received Muslim envoys in his summer residence in Vatican on September 25. The Pontific has called for an inter-religious dialog. The meeting is being held on the days of Ramadan, so regulations of the Muslim holiday are carefully observed at the meeting. There is even no...

The US government has called regrettable an incident with Venezuelan foreign minister and apologized to the official Caracas. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called the detention in the New York airport another provocation by George Bush.