A former Russian security service officer who said the Kremlin was behind the murder of fellow ex-KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko was released from a prison in the Urals on Friday.

President Vladimir Putin signed a law on Friday suspending Russia’s participation in a key post-Cold War arms treaty, a move which could allow it to deploy more forces close to western Europe.

SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Bosnia’s Serb, Muslim and Croat leaders averted a crisis at the 11th hour on Friday by agreeing to back a controversial voting reform measure requested by the country’s international peace envoy.

BEIRUT (Reuters) – A Lebanese opposition tent city, which began as a powerful outcry to topple the government a year ago, has dwindled to a symbolic presence, but the protest by Hezbollah and its Christian ally still paralyses central Beirut.

BELGRADE (Reuters) – The United States alone can choose whether the Balkans experience stability or lawlessness, Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica said on Friday, after the failure of negotiations with Kosovo Albanians.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s army highlighted the country’s military power, stressing that his troops, enjoying the highest level of preparedness, can confront any kind of threat powerfully.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran and India are set to further develop heir economic and trade ties, given the lustrous background of the two countries’ relations, head of the Trade and Commerce Organization of Iran’s Sistan and Balouchestan Province said on Thursday.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- An earthquake measuring 3.9 on the Richter scale jolted the district of Hamil in the vicinity of the city of Eslamabad Gharb in Iran’s western province of Kermanshah on Thursday.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that the report submitted by the UN’s nuclear watchdog IAEA regarding its investigation on the Iranian nuclear program is a victory for the Iranian nation.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran has earned 3.314 billion dollars through exports of petrochemical products in the first eight months of its current year (started March 21, 2007).