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A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours 02.01.2010, Sputnik International

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A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

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* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev pledged support to Pakistan, which has seen a series of deadly suicide bombings in recent months, in its efforts to fight terrorism.

* The death toll the suicide bombing during a volleyball game in northwestern Pakistan has risen to 95 people, the local GEO TV channel said.

* Afghanistan's parliament voted to reject most of the nominees put forward by President Hamid Karzai to serve in his new Cabinet.

* Ukraine's presidential election campaign entered its last two weeks with the final opinion polls predicting victory for Party of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych.

* Ukraine's Foreign Ministry confirmed that a British-flagged ship seized by pirates in the Indian Ocean has 10 Ukrainians among its 25 crewmembers.

* Somali pirates captured a Singaporean-owned chemical tanker with 24 crew members in the Gulf of Aden on the first day of 2010.

* Several Palestinians, including an 8-year-old girl, were injured during Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip, Gaza-based Al Quds radio sai

* At least six people were killed and dozens injured when three train accidents occurred in Uttar Pradesh, northern India, due to poor visibility, the NDTV channel said.

* The Danish authorities have prevented an attack on cartoonist Kurt Westergaard, known for his cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad that offended Muslims around the world four years ago.

* More than 40 people have died in mudslides in Brazil, the Rio de Janeiro State government said.

RUSSIA

* Russia's position at negotiations on a 2010 agreement for oil deliveries to Belarus is seriously undermining the new Customs Union between Belarus, Russia and Kazakhstan, a Belarusian government source said.

* A major snowstorm has battered Russia's Pacific island of Sakhalin since New Year's Eve, stranding almost 60 cars on the main highway, an emergencies official said.

* Nearly a month after the deadly blaze at the Lame Horse nightclub in Russia's Urals city of Perm, the death toll is continuing to rise, reaching 154 people.

* Russian Federal Security Service officers have discovered a "cashbook" belonging to militants in the North Caucasus republic of Dagestan.

SPORTS

* Irina Skvortsova, the Russian bobsledder seriously injured during a training incident in Germany, is improving, her mother said in a TV interview.

* Maria Sharapova got 2010 off on the right foot with victory over Venus Williams in an exhibition match in Thailand.

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