* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said he is
ready to support economic sanctions to deter North Korea's
nuclear program, and will discuss Pyongyang's nuclear test with
his U.S. counterpart
* The third round of full-format Russia-U.S. talks on a
new strategic arms reduction pact to replace the START 1
treaty, which is set to expire on December 5, will take place
in late June in Geneva, the Russian Foreign Ministry said
* Hundreds of police have been deployed on Beijing's
Tiananmen Square amid a range of security measures to prevent
any commemoration of the lives lost in the 1989 crackdown on
pro-democracy protests
* A Chinese insurance company is preparing to pay $1.4
million to the family of a passenger who died on the Air France
jet that crashed in the Atlantic earlier this week, the China
Daily said
* A bout between heavyweight challenger David Haye of
Britain and IBF and WBO Heavyweight Champion Wladimir Klitschko
of Ukraine has been cancelled due to Haye's arm injury
* Police are investigating the deaths of two Russians
found on a yacht in the Amador Causeway of the Panama Canal, a
local police commissioner said
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