* Russia's foreign minister embarks on a U.S. visit
on Wednesday to prepare for a bilateral summit due in July as
part of the two countries' pledges to rebuild ties
* The U.S. missile cruiser Cowpens will start a four-day
visit to Russia's Far Eastern port of Vladivostok on May 7 to
take part in Victory Day celebrations, a spokesman for Russia's
Pacific Fleet said
* India's Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) will in May
start flight tests of a new jet trainer equipped with Russian
AL-55 I engines, The Hindu newspaper said
* The Progress M-66 cargo spacecraft will undock from the
International Space Station and become a temporary space lab
before being "buried" in the Pacific Ocean, Russian Mission
Control said
* A female student from Russia has been hospitalized with
suspected swine flu in the southern Chinese city of Guilin, a
source in the local university told RIA Novosti
* The Chinese authorities have allocated 5 billion yuan
for measures to keep the swine flu virus at bay, the Xinhua
news agency reported
* The British government has granted a short-term 5
million-pound ($7.5 million) loan to stave off administration
at the struggling LDV van maker
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