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RUSSIA

* At the Collective Security Treaty Organization summit in Moscow:

- The leaders of the post-Soviet CSTO security bloc signed an agreement on creating a joint rapid-reaction force without a signature from Belarus, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said

- Belarus, which pulled out the summit, said the agreements reached at the meeting are illegitimate

- The Russian president criticized his Belarusian counterpart for refusing to attend the summit, and for failing to personally discuss the matter

- Russia's president called for stronger trade ties with Kyrgyzstan

* A commission of the customs union being set up between Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan will negotiate on behalf of the countries in their joint accession to the World Trade Organization, First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov said

* Two policemen have been killed in a shootout with militants in Russia's North Caucasus Republic of Chechnya, a source in the republic's interior ministry said

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* Thousands of demonstrators clashed with police in Iran's capital overnight, amid protests over the incumbent president's landslide election victory

* Iran's newly re-elected president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, dismissed allegations of election fraud, and called his victory a blow to the "oppressive system" ruling the world

* Three Palestinians have been injured in Israeli air strikes on tunnels between Gaza and Egypt, a Palestinian security source told RIA Novosti