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RUSSIA

* Another young woman was found dead in Chechnya bringing the number of recently murdered women to seven, a spokesman for investigators said

* One police officer was killed and five others wounded in a clash with militants in southern Chechnya, a local police officer said

* Russia's state savings bank Sberbank increased rates for ruble-denominated individual deposit accounts by 1 to 2.5 percentage points from December 1

WORLD

* Indian commandos killed the last terrorists holed up in the landmark Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai on the third day of battles with militants across India's commercial capital

* Georgia severed diplomatic ties with Nicaragua which recognized the Caucasus country's two breakaway regions as independent states following Russia's suit

* Opposition in the impoverished Central Asian state of Kyrgyzstan demanded a drastic constitutional reform and parliament's dissolution, threatening mass protests if the demands are not met

* Residents of the Crimean city of Sevastopol in south Ukraine are destroying billboards put up by the country's authorities to promote NATO membership

* Ukraine's president was formally elected leader of the People's Union Our Ukraine party, which means he could top the party list in early parliamentary elections and run for prime minister, a lawmaker said

BUSINESS

* The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries deferred a decision on a further cut in crude production until a meeting in Algeria on December 17, the president said

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