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A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

WORLD

* Two Israeli soldiers and two Palestinian militants were killed in a clash in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, Israeli and Palestinian sources said

* UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon welcomed the end of negotiations on the new Russian-U.S. nuclear arms reduction treaty, and expressed hope for its ratification as soon as possible

* The presidents of Russia and the U.S., Dmitry Medvedev and Barack Obama, agreed to sign a new arms reduction treaty in Prague on April 8, the White House said in a statement

* Russia has granted Georgian Airways permission to run a series of charter flights between Tbilisi and Moscow over Orthodox Easter, the Russian Foreign Ministry said

* China has said it will invest some $10 billion in the Belarusian economy, the Gazeta.ru website said

* Pakistani fighter jets have bombed Taliban hideouts in the country's northwestern tribal region, killing nearly 60 militants, Pakistani media said 

* North Korea said it would retaliate with "unprecedented nuclear strikes" if anyone attempts to provoke instability in the country

RUSSIA

* Russia wants to increase its share in the global space market by building a new space center, head of Russia's Energia space corporation Vitaly Lopota said 

* Russia's state-run nuclear power corporation Rosatom and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will sign next week an agreement on the creation of an international nuclear fuel reserve bank, a Russian respected business daily said

BUSINESS

* Russia's state-run nuclear power corporation Rosatom and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will sign next week an agreement on the creation of an international nuclear fuel reserve bank, a Russian business daily said

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