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RUSSIA

* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said he was certain that the dispute over the transit of Russian gas via Ukraine would be resolved "in the near future."

* Moscow expects the campaign promises of President-elect Barack Obama on U.S.-Russian relations to become reality when he takes office, Prime Minster Vladimir Putin said

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* The Council of Europe's human rights commissioner will visit Russia on January 18-20 to discuss the humanitarian consequences of the conflict in South Ossetia, Russia's Foreign Ministry said

* The United States has no plans to close or change the status of its military base in the former Soviet republic of Kyrgyzstan, a senior U.S. military official said

* Israeli troops fired on a United Nations school in Gaza on Saturday, killing two Palestinian boys, a UN spokesman said

* A RIA Novosti correspondent working in Gaza said that he and his family were safe after the Russian Foreign Ministry urged Israel to take care to avoid harming journalists in its ongoing military operation