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TBILISI (Reuters) – NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer condemned Russia’s military action against Georgia but shied away from making any commitment to the ex-Soviet state on when it will be invited to join the military alliance.

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Any state which decides to impose sanctions on Russia over its military intervention in Georgia will suffer symmetric losses, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday.

High level NATO talks aimed at showing support for Georgia in its recent conflict with Russia are taking place in Tblisi. The NATO delegation, headed by Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, will meet with Georgia’s President Mikhael Saakashvili.

Russian soldiers are continuing their pull out from Georgia in line with an EU-brokered ceasefire. Under the terms of the agreement, Moscow has until today to withdraw, particularly from five checkpoints around the Black Sea port of Poti.

TEHRAN (FNA)- A military solution to the standoff over Iran’s nuclear issue is unacceptable and there is no need at the moment for new sanctions, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Biblio-Globus book store in Moscow will establish a section providing books about Iran in Persian and Russian in near future.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki on Saturday conferred with Azeri President Elham Aliyev on ways to expand mutual relations and reviewed the regional developments.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Head of Iran-Russia parliamentary friendship group Mehdi Sanaee said on Saturday that the Islamic Republic of Iran is determined to broaden ties with Russia.

The Russian stock market went lower than 1,400 points due to the reduction of the oil prices and the ongoing of outflow of capital, which investors currently conduct. Finance Minister Aleksei Kudrin added more fuel to the fire when he said that Russia’s oil companies would not be provided with …

A passenger jet traveling from Moscow crashed near residential buildings as it was preparing to land in central Russia early Sunday, killing all 88 people aboard, officials said.