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Main news of January 7

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A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours 07.01.2010, Sputnik International

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A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

BUSINESS

* The Belarusian delegation that came to Moscow for talks on a pricing structure for Russian oil deliveries to Belarus in 2010 is flying back to Minsk for consultations, a Russian official said.

* Officials from Russia and Belarus held a second day of talks on Thursday to try to resolve the dispute over 2010 oil deliveries, but again failed to reach an agreement.

* Russia's Gazprom confirmed it had received payment in full for December's gas deliveries to Ukraine.

RUSSIA

* David Sarkisyan, director of the Schusev Museum of Architecture and campaigner for Moscow's architectural heritage, died in the Russian capital aged 62.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said in a Christmas message to the nation that the anniversary of the birth of Christ was a time for "good wishes and good deeds."

* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed 21 pardons of convicted criminals, the Kremlin press service said.

* Two militants have been killed in a counter-terrorist operation in Russia's Dagestan, a security service spokesman said.

* Rescuers in south Russia's Rostov Region have saved 20 fisherman who drifted away on an ice floe, an emergency services spokesman said.

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Two Russian diplomats met on Thursday with the Russian crew of a cargo ship detained by the Greek authorities on suspicion of smuggling.

* Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has promised to ensure Ukraine's presidential elections are fair and transparent.

* Al-Qaeda claimed responsibity for last month's deadly suicide bombing at a U.S. base in southeast Afghanistan.

* At least six Coptic Christians were shot dead by unknown assailants outside a church in southern Egypt, regional media reports say.

* A court in Dubai has turned down bail applications from two men accused of involvement in the murder of a Russian army commander.

* Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko celebrated Christmas by visiting the church where his youngest son was baptized, lighting a candle at an icon to the Virgin Mary.

* The Lithuanian capital faces winter nights without street lights if the city administration cannot agree a debt repayment schedule with the electric utility.

* Law enforcement officers in Tajikistan seized almost 170 kilograms of drugs in two raids, an Interior Ministry spokesman told RIA Novosti.

* A newborn boy in Tajikistan has been named in honor of the Rogun Dam, under construction as part of efforts to end chronic electricity shortages in the impoverished Central Asian country.

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