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RUSSIA

* The fire in a slot machine club in downtown Moscow has been extinguished, an emergencies services spokesman said

* The Irkutsk Region parliament declared Tuesday a day of mourning for regional Governor Igor Yesipovsky, who died in a helicopter accident on Sunday along with three other people

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* Talks in Tbilisi between President Mikheil Saakashvili and the Georgian opposition that has been demanding that he step down have ended without any results, an opposition leader said

* The date for U.S. President Barack Obama's official visit to Russia has been defined, the Kremlin said

* The World Health Organization has officially confirmed 4,694 cases of A/H1N1 influenza, commonly known as swine flu, with 53 deaths in 30 countries

* Georgia has detained the commanders of the 1st and 3rd infantry brigades over the mutiny at the Mukhrovani military base last week, the Defense Ministry announced

* Georgian troops did not attack Russian peacekeepers in South Ossetia during Tbilisi's assault on the separatist republic in August 2008, Georgia's president said Monday on Ekho Moskvy radio

SPORT

* Russia beat Canada 2-1 late on Sunday to win the ice hockey world championships, with forward Ilya Kovalchuk named the tournament's most valuable player

* Rubin continued their fine run of form on Monday beating Tom Tomsk 4-0 to return to the top of the Russian Premier League after victories for Zenit and CSKA Moscow on Sunday