Lebanon new govt members likely to be announced Tue.

BEIRUT, November 3 (Itar-Tass) - A final make-up of Lebanon's new
government, headed by Saad al-Hariri -- leader of the Al Mustaqbal
(Future) movement, is expected to be announced on Tuesday, according to
sources in the ruling coalition. "This may happen within hours," the
sources said.

According to the sources, the Sunni politician held an urgent meeting
with factions that are part of the parliamentary majority on Monday. The
meeting was devoted to the results of his consulations with opposition
forces.
It took Saad al-Hariri, son of the late Lebanese Premier Rafik
al-Hariri, four months to fix the make-up of a future Cabinet. On
September 9, Hariri,Jr. had already resigned his powers, refusing to make
concessions to the opposition. However, he was re-appointed the Prime
Minister, getting support from 83 out of 128 members of parliament.
President Michel Suleyman also said Monday that he expects the
formation of a Cabinet within days. He said the Cabinet would have neither
victors nor vanquished. The President is convinced that Lebanon is in need
of a national unity government that would be able to administer the
country in the complex situation in the Middle East.
Walid Joumblatt, Chairman of the Socialist Progressive Party, pointed
out that the emergence of a coalition Cabinet would be one of the results
of the Syrian-Saudi rapprochement. He voiced hope that the improvement of
the situation in the inter-Arab arena would have a positive effect on
events in Lebanon.

.Assembly of scholars to discuss dissemination of Russian.

MOSCOW, November 3 (Itar-Tass) - The dissemination of the Russian
language and culture at the international level is to be discussed here on
Tuesday by participants in the third assembly held by the Russian World
Foundation (RWF).
The forum is traditionally timed to coincide with the celebration of
the November 4 Day of People's Unity. The forum brings together Russian
and foreign public and political figures, members of creative and
scientific communities, representatives of the organizations of
compatriots residing abroad, Russian-language teachers, diplomatic staff,
and experts from 70 countries.
Organizers of the meeting emphasized, "The principal aim of the
assembly is to vividly reflect the present-day creative and intellectual
potential of the RWF, and the mounting international interest in the study
of the Russian language and culture".
Participants in the forum will discuss the most acute problems in the
sphere of the Russian language, culture and history, and work out new
approaches and orientations promoting the development of the RWF and the
accomplishment of its mission. Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia
is expected to attend the Assembly. An agreement between the Russian
Orthodox Church and the Russian World Foundation on systemic cooperation
and interaction is to be signed.
The RWF was established in June 2007 for the purposes of popularizing
the Russian language, which nowadays is mother tongue for 288 million
people of most diverse nationalities. The Russian Ministry of Foreign
Affairs and the Ministry of Education and Science are among the founders
of this public organization.
The opening ceremony of the assembly is to be attended by Alexander
Zhukov, Russian Vice-Premier, Boris Gryzlov, Speaker of the State Duma
lower house of parliament, Alexander Yakovenko, Deputy Minister of Foreign
Affairs, and Mikhail Shvydkoi, special representative of the Russian
President for international cultural cooperation.

.'Copter plant to mark designer's birth centenary Tuesday.

ROSTOV-ON-DON, November 3 (Itar-Tass) - Ceremonies marking the
centenary of the birth of Mikhail Leontyevich Mil, one of the founders of
domestic helicopter manufacture, are to be held at the Rostov-on-Don
helicopter manufacturing plant (Rostvertol) here on Tuesday.
The daughters of the famous designer -- Nadezhda Mikhailovna and
Yelena Mikhailovna -- as well as other guests of honour, such as Hero of
the Soviet Union test pilot Gurgen Karapetyan, Leonid Yakubovich,TV
program host and producer, and representatives of the Moscow Aviation
Institute, will attend the ceremonies. They are to tour the Rostvertol
production shops and watch demostration flights of helicopters of various
modifications.
An official in the Rostvertol press service has told Itar-Tass that
cooperation between Rostvertol and the design bureau directed by Mikhail
MiIl had begun in 1956. The Mi-1 helicopter was the firstling in the
family of rotary-wing air vehicles and a forerunner of quantity production
of heavy-duty transportation helicopters, with the Mi-26T, the one with
the largest carrying capacity, holding the pride of place among them.
Rostvertol has made about 300 these huge helicopters that are in demand on
the world market.
Another area of cooperation is the development of combat helicopters.
These include the Mi-24/35 that performed fine in various military
conflicts, and, of course, the Mi-28N Night Hunter, the production of
which was mastered recently.
Before arriving in Rostov-on-Don the delegation of guests toured a
number of this country's other factories that produce helicopters of Mi
make.
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