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Main news of January 26

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A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours 26.01.2010, Sputnik International

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A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

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* Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov discussed with U.S. Ambassador John Beyrle in Moscow the status of a new strategic arms reduction deal and the situation around Iran's nuclear program

* Russian and NATO chiefs of staff approved a framework military cooperation treaty, a NATO official said

* The police commander in charge of security for the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, was found dead in his hotel room, the Swiss ATS news agency reported

* A solution to the Middle East conflict has yet to be found, PNA leader Mahmoud Abbas said

* At least 18 people have been killed and another 80 injured in a suicide bomb attack at a police crime laboratory in Baghdad, Aljazeera news agency reported

* North Korea has shut down ports on its western coast and could be readying to test-fire missiles, South Korea's Yonhap agency said

* Ukrainian Prime Minister and presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko said the criminal case opened against her in Russia was closed due to a lack of evidence

RUSSIA

* Russian and NATO chiefs of staff met in Brussels, resuming the work of the Russia-NATO Council frozen after a Russian-Georgian war in August 2008

* Improvement of the social and economic situation in the newly established North Caucasus Federal District is the key to the solution of regional problems, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said

* The next meeting of the international mediators of the Middle East conflict may be held in Moscow in February, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said

* Russia's chief rabbi called Ukraine's views on World War II "false and distorted" after Kiev posthumously honored a nationalist accused by Russia of Nazi collaboration

* Restrictions on professional photo and video shooting in the Moscow Kremlin and Red Square may soon be lifted

BUSINESS

* Gazprom intends to increase natural gas supplies to Europe to 160.8 billion cubic meters in 2010 from about 140 billion cu m last year as the global economy shows signs of recovery, the gas monopoly said

* The Russian electricity sector requires a colossal injection of funds in the next decade to repair and modernize dangerously outdated equipment, auditors said

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