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A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

WORLD

* The Ukrainian parliament's speaker criticized on Wednesday the country's NATO ambitions and urged radical changes in Kiev's foreign policies

* Poland is ready to take part in a reconfigured U.S. missile defense system, the Polish prime minister said

* Talks between Iran and three world powers on Tehran's nuclear program ended on Wednesday and a draft deal has been submitted to the sides for approval by Friday, the UN nuclear watchdog head said

* Kyrgyzstan's parliament approved on Wednesday the president's ally as the Central Asian state's new prime minister

* The death toll from Wednesday morning's train collision in north India has risen to 21, the Times of India reported

* U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told a Washington think-tank on Wednesday that the world faced the nightmare scenario of nuclear-armed terrorists

RUSSIA

* Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi arrived in Russia on Wednesday to discuss bilateral investment projects, trade and economic relations and energy projects with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin

* Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon began his three-day visit to Russia on Wednesday with an informal meeting with Russian leader Dmitry Medvedev at the presidential residence near Moscow

* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev praised Russian-Indian cooperation at a meeting with the country's foreign minister

* Russia's Communist Party, which earlier walked out of the lower house of parliament in protest against alleged election violations, demanded on Wednesday that the country's election chief resign

BUSINESS

* The lower house of Russia's parliament adopted on Wednesday in the first reading a draft federal budget for 2010 and key budget parameters for the period until 2012

* Gazprom Marketing & Trading (GM&T), a subsidiary of the Russian energy giant Gazprom, and Electricite de France (EDF) have agreed to swap natural gas between the U.S. and European markets, the Russian company has said in a statement

SPORT

* A Manchester United side missing a number of key players earned a 1-0 win over CSKA Moscow in the Russian capital on Wednesday to all but seal qualification for the Champions League play-off stages

* Russia's Rubin Kazan pulled off one of the biggest upsets in Champions League football on Tuesday night, beating European champions Barcelona 2-1 in Spain

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