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Main news of December 25

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A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours 25.12.2009, Sputnik International

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A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

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* Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has slammed ex-Georgian premier and now opposition politician Zurab Nogaideli for his ties with Russia

* Spokesmen for both Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych denied on Friday their conspiracy ahead of presidential polls

* Ukraine denied on Friday allegations that a cargo plane loaded with illegal weaponry from North Korea was charted by a Ukrainian company

* A senior official at Ukraine's secretariat published on Friday a secret deal pledging current leader Viktor Yushchenko the post of premier if opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych wins presidential polls, Unian said

* The head of the Russian Orthodox Church has congratulated Pope Benedict XVI and all those who celebrate Christmas on December 25 in line with the Gregorian calendar

* Pope Benedict XVI urged people worldwide on Friday to abandon violence and coexist peacefully in his Christmas address

* Pope Benedict XVI is feeling well after being knocked down at St. Peter's Basilica during the Christmas Eve service, the head of the Vatican Press Office said

RUSSIA

* The death toll in the December 5 deadly blaze at a nightclub in the Russian city of Perm has risen to 152, the regional emergencies service said in a statement

* Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has approved new rules on the sales and use of pyrotechnics more than two weeks after a deadly nightclub fire killed at least 150 people in the Urals

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* Amateur Muay Thai world champion, Muslim Abdullayev, has been found dead in Moscow, the investigation department of the Russian Prosecutor's Office said

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