Xinhua world news summary at 0045 GMT, Dec. 10

UNITED NATIONS -- The Group of Friends of Global Governance was officially established at the UN headquarters in New York on Tuesday. Representatives from nearly 40 founding member states of the group attended the launch meeting, which was chaired by Fu Cong, China's permanent representative to the United Nations. (UN-Global Governance) - - - - MOSCOW -- A Russian military transport aircraft crashed Tuesday in Ivanovo, a central Russian region roughly 250 km northeast of Moscow, killing seven pe