Russia maintains that al-Qaida finances insurgents in the Caucasus and sends representatives to the region where country's security forces face near-daily attacks from insurgents.
The French government announced its 2012 presidential election dates on May 11 with the first round election set to take place on 22 April and the second run-off on 6 May.
"We plan to transit gas from the South Pars field through Iraq, Syrian and then Lebanon to the Mediterranean area and Europe," head of the National Iranian Gas Co. said.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kostiantyn Hryshchenko will present the priorities of his country's chairmanship at CoE Committee of Ministers meeting in Istanbul.
Armen Movsesyan: based on information about NPP-related emergency situations worldwide, Armenian NPP develops a plan of actions to provide the power station safety.