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A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

WORLD

* The Serbian government declared a three-day national mourning period starting Monday after the country's Orthodox Church leader, Patriarch Pavle, died at 95 on Sunday

* Russia and the United States will not ratify a new treaty on strategic arms reductions by the time the previous treaty expires, the U.S. president's chief advisor on Russia said

* Leaders of the Pacific Rim countries pledged on Sunday to provide support for the 'most vulnerable' in their economies and also measures to stimulate small and medium business

* Leaders of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation member countries agreed on Sunday to keep stimulus policies in place until a durable economic recovery was achieved

* A suicide bomber detonated a car bomb near a police checkpoint in the outskirts of Peshavar in north-western Pakistan killing at least 11 people and wounding 26 others, Al Jazeera reported

RUSSIA

* A local drug addict suspected of setting fire to a disco bar in the Russian republic of Tatarstan killing two and injuring 27 people has been detained, investigators said

* Russia will soon sign a new deal with India on additional funds to finish a refit of the Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier, Russia's state arms exporter Rosoboronexport said

* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama have agreed to decide on signing a peace treaty without links to other issues, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said

* The number of people injured in Friday's explosions at a military depot in the Russian city of Ulyanovsk in the Volga Region has risen to 60, local authorities said

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