"In terms of how it's like 'Seinfeld, ' you have Zoe, who's kind of like the focal point and we all, just these three crazy characters, float around her, " says David Moscow, who plays Duncan.

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In Moscow, David Nalbandian ground out a 6-4, 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (8-6) win over world number six Nikolay Davydenko to put Argentina in front.

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British Foreign Secretary David Miliband, speaking in Moscow after talks with his Russian counterpart, also appealed for a prompt answer from Tehran.

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At a September meeting in Moscow, British Prime Minister David Cameron and President Dmitry Medvedev discussed the matter but made no tangible progress.

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Petros Giannakouris in Nicosia, Juergen Baetz in Brussels, David Mchugh in Frankfurt and Jim Heintz in Moscow contributed.

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British Prime Minister David Cameron, who is due to fly to Moscow for talks with Mr Putin about Syria on Friday, said there was an urgent need to "force a political transition" in Damascus.

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The BBC's Steve Rosenberg in Moscow says the fact that Mr Ban, Mr Netanyahu, US Secretary of State John Kerry and UK Prime Minister David Cameron have travelled to Russia for talks shows they believe Moscow is the key to ending the crisis.

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