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Main news of January 12

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A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours 12.01.2010, Sputnik International

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A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

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* Incumbent President Viktor Yushchenko said he is confident of victory in the January 17 election

* Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko is trying to use her Russian counterpart's "strongman" tactics in the presidential race in Ukraine, her main rival Viktor Yanukovych said

* The Israeli prime minister denied reports he agreed for Jerusalem to be declared the capital of a Palestinian state

* A total of 3,021 people were killed and 7,334 injured in terrorists attacks in Pakistan last year, national media reported citing a new report by the Pakistan Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS)

* At least 16 Afghan insurgents were killed in two missile strikes using unmanned aerial vehicles in Afghan volatile Helmand Province, the U.S. military command in Kabul announced

* Several people were shot dead and more than a dozen injured during an anti-NATO demonstration in Afghanistan's volatile Helmand province, local media said

RUSSIA

* Different positions held by Russia and the European Union on the Energy Charter do not affect the preparation of a new pact between Moscow and Brussels, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said

* Gas pipelines and a project to build the first nuclear power plant in Turkey, will dominate talks between the Russian president and the visiting Turkish premier on Wednesday, the Kremlin said

* A Russia-EU summit will be held in Russia on May 30, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said during his official visit to Moscow

* Investigators have established that the latest test failure of the troubled Bulava ballistic missile was caused by a design flaw, rather than a faulty component, a Russian defense industry source said

* Russia's Nerpa nuclear attack submarine, which entered service with the Navy in late 2009, will undergo additional adjustments in February, the Defense Ministry said

* A hearing in a suit filed in the European Court of Human Rights by former Russian oil giant Yukos, which demands $98 billion from Russia, has been postponed until March 4, the court said

* One of three newly orbited satellites in Russia's Glonass space satellite navigation grouping has been put into operation, the federal space agency Roscosmos said

* Ties between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Vatican have improved in recent years, but the time has not come for a historic meeting of their leaders, a senior Russian bishop said

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