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Russia's State Duma on Tuesday approved Dmitry Medvedev as prime minister.
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich on Tuesday called off a regional summit rather than host a partly-boycotted meeting and face a lecture over his treatment of imprisoned opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko.
A Chinese student at Cambridge University has been jailed for 12 months for using fake passports.
Ukraine's imprisoned opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko has refused to be moved from prison to hospital.
Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on the eve of the Victory Day celebrations in Moscow, May 8.
The Olympic stadium, the beating heart of the Games when the world's greatest athletes come to London in 82 days' time, was formally opened on Saturday by a nine-year-old girl who lives down the road.
Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko are scheduled to visit Britain next week to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation.
French President-elect Francois Hollande on Monday vowed to further Sino-French exchange and cooperation in a meeting with Kong Quan, the Chinese Ambassador to France.
Britain's Prince Harry urged the United States and the United Kingdom on Monday not to forget the plight of wounded veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
German Chancelor Angela Merke ruled out renegotiating Europe's new fiscal pact on budget control and austerity, saying the "correct" path of combating eurozone debt crisis would not be toppled simply due to country leader changes.
French president-elect Francois Hollande on Monday vowed to further the Sino-French exchange and cooperation in a meeting with Kong Quan, the Chinese Ambassador to France.
The newly elected president of France, Francois Hollande, met China's ambassador to the country, Kong Quan, on Monday, and both expressed willingness to further strengthen political and economic ties between their nations.