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	27 May 2008
	Current Affairs

	A Russian jet did shoot down an unmanned Georgian drone over the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia last month, UN monitors say.

	Foreign ministers with the European Union on Monday approved much delayed plans to begin talks with Russia aimed at forging a new "strategic partnership."

	Russia has released a man suspected of involvement in the 2006 murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya because he was not directly involved in the shooting, his lawyer said on Monday.

	Tens of thousands of people massed in Georgia's capital on Monday to protest against President Mikheil Saakashvili, who they said had stolen victory for his ruling party in last week's parliamentary election.

	The European Union yesterday sought a fresh start with a new Kremlin leadership, launching an attempt to reach an ambitious strategic pact governing relations between Europe and Russia after years of worsening tension.

	Business & Economics

	Russia's largest steelmaker by output, Severstal, expects a stable 15 percent profit margin at its U.S. operations within three to four years.

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