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A round up of what happened in the past 24 hours

 

WORLD

* The NATO chief called for a new Euro-Atlantic security architecture, "one security roof," in which Russia should be a full-fledged partner

* Building a missile defense shield to cover all European countries, including Russia, would help restore confidence in NATO, the Bulgarian foreign minister said

* President Viktor Yanukovych has directed the National Anti-Corruption Committee to draft anti-corruption legislation by April 22

* The Netherlands may not extradite a leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) to Turkey

* Bulgaria has run into an excessive deficit, which could foil its plans to join the euro zone, Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said

RUSSIA

* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev demanded the introduction of price ceilings for utility tariffs

* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said new sanctions against Iran are possible, but "not optimal," the Kremlin press service reported

* The administration of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has invited Poland's general Wojciech Jaruzelski to the 65th anniversary celebrations of the end of World War II

* Russia will switch to daylight saving time (DST) on Sunday, turning the clocks forward one hour at 2:00 a.m. local time

 

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