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Main news of January 7

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* Former Georgia's president Mikheil Saakashvili maintains the lead at snap presidential elections with 85% of the votes counted, while election authorities said they have received about 450 complaints over violations at 40 polling stations during January 5 polls

* Amin al-Haq, described as security coordinator for al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, has been arrested in Pakistan in a special police operation, an influential Pakistani newspaper reported

* India will test fire a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) with the range of up to 5,000 kilometers (3,100 miles) in the beginning of 2009, a senior defense research official said

* Iran has suspended supplies of natural gas to Turkey due to a cold weather front which brought a sharp fall in temperatures, rain and snow in the region, Turkish television reported

* China is planning to launch its third manned spacecraft and 15 carrier rockets, and orbit 17 satellites in 2008, a senior space official said

* The head of the UN nuclear watchdog will arrive Friday in Tehran on a two-day visit to discuss Iran's controversial nuclear program, Iranian media said

* The Special Court for Sierra Leone in the Hague opened hearings in the trial against former Liberian President Charles Taylor accused of war crimes during the 1991-2002 military conflict in the region

* A 23-year-old woman has escaped from a hospital in Egypt after being preliminary diagnosed with a deadly bird flu virus, local media reported

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