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A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

WORLD

* Gordon Brown announced his resignation as British prime minister and leader of the Labour Party. Conservative leader David Cameron was sworn into office shortly afterwards

* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his Syrian counterpart, Bashar al-Assad, met with Syria-based Hamas political leader Khaled Mashaal

*Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych said the international legal framework of Ukrainian-Russian bilateral relations should be improved

* At least six people were killed in an explosion on a bus carrying gas equipment in the Uzbek capital of Tashkent, a local police source said

* Thousands of Ukrainian opposition and government supporters rallied in front of the Ukrainian parliament, Ukraine's UNIAN news agency said

* Syria is ready to make concessions in the Middle East peace process but opposes any agreement which harms the interests of any party, the country's president said

* Russia and the United Arab Emirates have offered their assistance in tackling the consequences of an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. Department of State said

*UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon has welcomed the beginning of indirect peace negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians under the mediation of the United States, his spokesman said

* U.S. President Barack Obama has revived a civil nuclear agreement with Russia by resubmitting it for consideration with Congress after Washington froze the deal almost two years ago

* The Kyrgyz authorities asked Latvian prosecutors to arrest the younger son of ousted Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, Maxim, who is allegedly hiding in the Baltic state, a spokesman for the Latvian Prosecutor General's Office said

RUSSIA

* At least 52 people died in the two blasts that hit a west Siberian coalmine over the weekend, a regional emergencies ministry spokesman said

* Israeli President Shimon Peres was awarded on Tuesday a Honorary Doctorate in the Moscow State University of International Relations (MGIMO)

*The Raspadskaya coalmine, where at least 52 people died in an accident at the weekend, had no insurance coverage for production equipment or civil liability, the company's 2009 report suggested

*The Raspadskaya mine, where at least 52 people died in an accident at the weekend, was one of the world's most technically advanced coalmines after a major investment program, a Russian business daily reported

BUSINESS

* Europe and Russia have significantly increased their gas demands over the past four months, Russian gas giant Gazprom CEO said

*The possible merger of the Russian energy giant Gazprom and Ukraine's Naftogaz has no bearing on the South Stream project, Russian Energy Minister Sergey Shmatko said

* Russia's state arms exporter Rosoboronexport has earned some $3.5 billion since the start of 2010, the company's CEO said