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A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours 01.01.2010, Sputnik International

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A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

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* A suicide blast in northwestern Pakistan killed at least 70 people with almost 100 injured, A Pakistan News online edition reported

* The president of the European Parliament urged the Russian authorities on Friday to release a prominent Russian human rights activist arrested for an attempt to hold an unsanctioned protest in downtown Moscow

* Belarus has made an advance payment for 1.126 metric tons of Russian oil for January, a spokesman for Belarusian petrochemical company Belneftekhim said

* India and Pakistan have officially exchanged the lists of their nuclear objects under a bilateral nuclear security deal, Pakistani and Indian media said

* At least 350 cars were set ablaze overnight in Paris and its outskirts, the Europe 1 radio station said on Friday citing an interior ministry source

* A Cambodia-flagged cargo ship with 24 Russians on board has been stranded in the Sea of Japan after the main engine failure amid a snow storm, a local sea rescue center official said

* Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan will use common customs tariffs starting January 1 in line with an agreement to form a customs union

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* Russia introduced a minimum price of vodka in an effort to fight counterfeit alcohol production in the country

* A total of 67 people have been killed in about 600 fires that broke out in Russia in the past 24 hours, a spokesman for Russia's emergencies ministry said

* The death toll in the December 5 deadly blaze at a nightclub in the Urals city of Perm has risen to 153, the regional emergencies service said in a statement

* About 150,000 Muscovites and guests of the Russian capital took part in New Year's celebration on Moscow's Red Square and surrounding areas, a police official said

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* Russian pole vault queen, Yelena Isinbayeva, has been awarded the 2009 Athlete of the Year title by the International Sports Press Association (AIPS) for the second year in a row

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