* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev approved the
structure of a new Russian interdepartmental commission on
cooperation with NATO, which will be headed by Foreign Minister
Sergei Lavrov, the Kremlin said
* S-300 air defense systems pledged to Iran under a
contract have not yet been delivered, a source in the Russian
Federal Military and Technical Cooperation Service said
* Polls opened in Azerbaijan for a referendum on scrapping
the limit on consecutive presidential terms, potentially
allowing current leader Ilham Aliyev to remain in power for life
* The U.S. space shuttle Discovery has successfully docked
with the International Space Station (ISS) bringing a new
crewmember to the orbiter, NASA said
* The pilot of a light L-39 combat trainer was killed when
his aircraft crashed in the Krasnodar Territory of southern
Russia, an Air Force spokesman said
* The Latvian Foreign Ministry has decided to close the
country's consulate in the German city of Bonn and sell the
building at an auction, as the ministry struggles to cover
costs, national media said
* Georgia's new permanent representative to the United
Nations, Alexander Lomaya, has presented his credentials to
Secretary General Ban Ki-moon
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