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Main news of November 12

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A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

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* The man suspected of a deadly shooting at a U.S. Army base in Texas has been charged with 13 counts of murder, an Army Criminal Investigation Command spokesman said

* The Palestinian Central Election Commission (CEC) on Thursday recommended delaying general elections scheduled for January 24, paving the way for Abbas to remain in power indefinitely

* China has urged the U.S. to stop supporting the Dalai Lama and to show support for its territorial integrity, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said

* North Korea said Thursday that the recent exchange of gunfire between its patrol boat and a South Korean warship was not an accident but the result of a "conspiracy" in an attempt to escalate tension in the region

* South Korea has deployed a new destroyer to enhance the protection of its western sea border following a recent exchange of gunfire between one of its warships and a North Korean patrol boat, the Yonhap news agency reported

* The European Union is hoping that Russia will not abolish the moratorium on the death penalty, European Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighborhood Policy Benita Ferrero-Waldner said

* German prosecutors have dropped criminal charges against Russian businessman Dmitry Kovtun who was suspected of illegally trafficking radioactive materials, Kovtun's lawyer said

RUSSIA

* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev delivered his second state of the nation address to both houses of parliament in the Grand Kremlin Palace on Thursday

* Two Russian Tu-95 Bear strategic bombers that carried out a routine patrol flight over the Pacific Ocean were shadowed by 'regular' NATO fighters, the Defense Ministry said

* Ongoing arms cuts talks between Russia and the U.S. have seen differences on inspection and verification procedures, the chief of the General Staff said

* The Russian coast guard has detained a Cambodian-flagged vessel with 18 metric tons of snow crab on board in the Sea of Okhotsk, a spokesman for the regional Coast Guard said

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* Russia's federal antitrust body has suggested making it illegal for companies to use superlatives in advertising campaigns for products and services, a deputy director of the organization said

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