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A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

WORLD

* Nazi collaborators Stepan Bandera and Roman Shukhevych were awarded honorary citizen status in the western Ukrainian city of Ivano-Frankovsk, UNIAN reported

* The Middle East settlement, Iran's nuclear program and bilateral arms trade will top the agenda of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's first visit to Syria on May 10-11

RUSSIA

* Russian commandos from the large anti-submarine ship Marshal Shaposhnikov released a Russian tanker hijacked by Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden

* All UN member states should counter attempts to distort the history of World War Two and to profane the memory of those who fought Nazism, the Russian president said in a message to the UN General Assembly

* Two Russian warships conducted a tactical air-defense exercise in the eastern part of the Indian Ocean

* Rian.ru will show a live broadcast of the grandiose military parade on Red Square dedicated to the 65th anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany in World War II on May 9 at 10.00 a.m. Moscow time (06:00  GMT)

* Russian State Corporation Olympstroy has stepped up environmental requirements for investors and contractors doing construction work for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games

RELIGION

* Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia held a liturgy in Moscow when the Russian Orthodox Church he leads commemorates St. George

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