5 parties to be represented in Latvia's new parliament-preliminary results.

RIGA, October 3 (Itar-Tass) -- Five political parties will be
represented in Latvia's parliament, the Central Election Commission said
early on Sunday, commenting on preliminary results received from 845 out
of 1013 polling stations.
The leader is the Unity association led by Prime Minister Valdis
Dombrovskis, which has scored, according to preliminary data, 31.29
percent of the vote. The country's biggest party Harmony Center
representing the rights of the Russian-speaking community has scored 23.82
percent of votes. The Union of Greens and Farmers, a member of the ruling
coalition, has won 21.32 percent of votes. Two more parties include For
Better Latvia association (7.84 percent) and the nationalist association
For Fatherland and Freedom (7.65 percent). The five parties were
represented in the previous parliament.
Another Russian-speaking party, For Human Rights in United Latvia,
which had 5 seats in the previous parliament, has not overcome the
five-percent barrier scoring only 1.36 percent of the vote.

.Parliamentary elections in Latvia held in quiet atmosphere - CEC head.

RIGA, October 3 (Itar-Tass) -- Elections to the Latvian parliament
were held in a quiet atmosphere, no violations were reported, although
there were some amusing incidents, head of the country's Central Election
Commission (CEC) Arnis Cimdars told a news conference late on Saturday.
According to the CEC head, some voters tried to take part in the
polling showing their driving licenses, powers of attorney or certificates
of lost passports. Some left filled-in ballot papers along with envelopes
at polling booths, and one of the envelopes taken from the ballot box was
found to contain a five-lat ($10) banknote.
Apart from it, a woman reported to the Central Election Commission
that her husband had taken part in polling with an expired passport. She
said she had betted with her husband that the trick would not work, but it
did. Another elderly woman, who had wanted to cast her vote at home, in
the long run refused to do so, claiming she had waited CEC representatives
too long.
The country's security police said it had received 20 reports of
possible attempts to temper voters, but neither of them turned to be true.
Latvia's population is about 2.3 million people, of which 1.6 million
are eligible voters. According to the Central Election Commission, a total
of 934,976 voters, or 62.62 percent, took part in the elections. Under the
national legislation, parliamentary elections are valid regardless of the
voter turnout.
Some 365,000 of the country's residents, Russian-speakers who had been
stripped of the Latvian citizenship after the collapse of the former
Soviet Union, are deprived of the right to vote.

.Ukraine to deliver 2 modernized An-32 planes to Indian Air Forces in
October.

KIEV, October 3 (Itar-Tass) -- The first two modernized An-32 light
transport planes built by Ukraine's Antonov state enterprise for the
Indian Air Forces will be handed over to the customer in October, Antonov'
s President and Director-General Dmitry Kiva told Itar-Tass on Saturday.
According to Kiva, the planes were modernized under the
Ukrainian-Indian contract for repairs, modernization and extension of
service life of 105 An-32 planes up to 40 years. The sum of the contract
signed in June 2009 stands at 600 million U.S. dollars. It is the biggest
deal in the entire history of the Ukrainian-Indian relations.
First five An-32 planes were delivered to Kiev in March 2010, followed
by five more planes in June. The first two planes were completely
modernized in July, another one - in September.
According to Kiva, the market capacity for the new An-32 is estimated
at 45 planes. A contract for the supply of six such planes has been signed
with Iraq, and an option for three aircraft has been signed with Colombia.
The Antonov Kiev-based plant plans to manufacture seven An-32 planes
till the year 2015, including three in 2010, three in 2011, and one in
2012. One An-32 planes has already been manufactures, and the other two
will be made till the year end, as provided in the production plan.

.Russia's Uralvagonzavod to take part in exhibition in Algiers.
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YEKATERINBURG, October 3 (Itar-Tass) -- The world's biggest tank
manufacturer, the Russian Uranvagonzavod Research and Production
Corporation, will take part in the exhibition of Russian-made goods and
services to be held in Algiers from October 6 through 8, the corporation's
press service told Itar-Tass.
The exhibition "Russia and Algeria - New Prospects for Trade and
Economic Cooperation" is timed to coincide with Russian President Dmitry
Medvedev's official visit to the country.
"Long-term business relations between Russia's biggest
machine-building complex and Algeria have good prospects and are
beneficial for both sides. The first step will be made at talks with
Algerian partners, who have already shown interest in the corporation's
products, such as RT-M-160 tractors and TMB-1 traction carriage module,"
the press service said.
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