Moscow, Sept 26, SPA -- Russia and India will hold joint naval andair exercises in mid-October, the Russian Defense Ministrysaid Monday. The maneuvers, which will include ships from Russia'sPacific Fleet as well as airborne troops, will take placein the Pacific Ocean, the ITAR-Tass news agency quotedDefense Minister Sergei Ivanov as saying.--SPA1344 Local Time 1044 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/292253