* At least seven people have been arrested in Dubai
in connection with the murder of Sulim Yamadayev, Russia's
Consulate General said
* A 105-day experiment to simulate a flight to Mars
started at the Institute of Medical and Biological Studies in
Moscow
* A U.S. missile frigate arrived in Georgia for an
official visit that will include exercises with the Georgian
Navy and a number of cultural events, the Novosti-Georgia news
agency said
* A Moscow court rejected jailed ex-tycoon and Kremlin
critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky's request that state oil company
Rosneft be removed from a list of complainants in the second
trial against him
* Russia is to supply Iraq with 22 Mi-171 Hip transport
helicopters, a spokesman for the Helicopters of Russia holding
said
* An international conference devoted to the restoration
of Afghanistan's economy and peace in the country opened in The
Hague
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