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* Official WHO figures record 1,550 deaths from swine flu worldwide and more than 200,000 confirmed cases, Russia's consumer watchdog Rospotrebnadzor said

* At least 37 people were killed and more than 100 wounded in a series of attacks in Iraq, al-Jazeera said

* Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko signed a decree on Friday approving a national program for 2009 aimed at preparing the country to join NATO, the presidential press service said

* President Hugo Chavez has ruled out involving mediators in the resolution a diplomatic spat between Venezuela and Colombia over the deployment of additional U.S. troops at Colombian bases

* The criminal investigation into the alleged genocide and mass murder of civilians during the August 2008 Russian-Georgian war has been extended until February 2010, an official spokesperson said

RUSSIA

* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has ordered two top officials to conduct a thorough review of the activity of state-run corporations, the presidential press service said

* The Moscow court turned down an application from the relatives of investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya that the retrial of defendants in the 2006 murder be halted and the case returned to prosecutors

* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday that he has no regrets about giving the go ahead for Russian troops to move into South Ossetia after Georgia launched an attack a year ago

* Researchers exploring the depths of Lake Baikal using two Russian mini-submarines made their first scientific dives at a new site in the north of the lake on Friday, a member of the expedition said

* One person was killed and 30 people injured when a bus collided with a truck in southern Russia's Krasnodar Territory early Friday morning, the local emergencies ministry said

* Russia's top investigation committee announced on Friday that the number of Russian service personnel killed during the brief military conflict with Georgia in August last year now stands at 67

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