WORLD

* A court in eastern Ukraine ruled that former President Viktor Yushchenko"s decree to award onetime Nazi collaborator Stepan Bandera the title of a national hero was illegal

* U.S. President Barack Obama has spoken to his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao about the importance of "working together" on the issue of Iran"s nuclear program

* The former Georgian republic of Abkhazia hopes Bolivia and Ecuador will soon recognize its independence

RUSSIA

* The Russian Pacific Fleet"s Udaloy-class missile destroyer Marshal Shaposhnikov started escorting civilian vessels off Somali coast to protect the ships from pirates, a Russian Navy spokesman said

* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said that he would not have introduced the death penalty moratorium in Russia in 1996 but Moscow will stick to its international obligations

* A Russian presidential aide highlighted how Moscow"s concerns had been dealt with by some of the key provisions of the new Russian-U.S.

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