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Main news of January 27

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A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours 27.01.2010, Sputnik International

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20:59 GMT 27.01.2010

A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

WORLD

* NATO and Kazakhstan signed a deal which would allow the alliance to transport its Afghanistan-bound military cargo via the territory of the Central Asian state

* North and South Korea exchanged artillery fire in the Yellow Sea, a day after Pyongyang declared the border area a "no-sail" zone, the South Korean Yonhap news agency reported

* Russia and the United States will continue discussions on a new strategic arms cuts treaty on February 1, the U.S. State Department said

* The United Nations has received almost half of the $575 million it called on the world to collect to help Haiti residents, the UN humanitarian coordinator said

RUSSIA

* Russia is disappointed with Iran's failure to react "constructively" to the proposals made by a group of international mediators on Tehran's nuclear program, the Russian foreign minister said

* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has nominated the current Tatarstan Republic premier Rustam Minnikhanov as its new president, the Kremlin press service said

* Russia and Belarus have signed an array of agreements on crude oil deliveries and transits to Europe, a Russian deputy prime minister said

* Generations to come should never be allowed to forget the horrors of the Nazi Holocaust, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said

* Russia and the U.S. will finish talks on a new nuclear arms reduction treaty in the next few weeks, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said

* Russia has discovered a new large oil deposit with estimated reserves of over 150 million metric tons (1.1 billion barrels) in East Siberia, Natural Resources Minister Yuri Trutnev said

* Former central banker Sergei Tigipko, who came third in the first round of Ukraine's presidential election, said he would not throw his crucial support behind either candidate in the February 7 runoff

SCIENCE

* Russia is pondering new applications for yet-to-be-built nuclear-powered spacecraft, including military satellites, nuclear power plants, and space tugs, Energia space corporation said

SPORT

* Despite taking the first set in confident style, Russia's Nikolai Davydenko couldn't stop world No. 1 Roger Federer in the 2010 Australian Open tennis tournament quarterfinals

BUSINESS

* The Guinean government has asked UC RusAl to deposit $430 million as security in a dispute over the firm's troubled alumina business in Guinea, the Russian aluminum giant said

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