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A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

WORLD

* A spokeswoman for a pro-Bakiyev group said eight people were killed in southern Kyrgyzstan in clashes between supporters of deposed President Kurmanbek Bakiyev and backers of the interim government

* One person was killed during clashes between supporters of deposed President Kurmanbek Bakiyev and backers of the interim government in the south of the Central Asian state of Kyrgyzstan, the country's health ministry said

* Despite improving relations between Russia and Ukraine, Kiev has no plans to recognize the former Georgian republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, Ukrainian Foreign Minister said in an interview with a respected Kiev daily

RUSSIA

* The Russian government has introduced an amendment to traffic regulations requiring drivers of all vehicles to have their headlights switched regardless of when or where they are driving

* The Russian parliament passed a bill giving a stronger say to small political parties in the federal and regional legislatures, responding to a call by President Dmitry Medvedev to enhance political competition in the country

* Tensions rose in the west Siberian mining town where at least 66 miners were killed in an accident almost a week ago, with several hundred people protesting against the owners of Raspadskaya mine

* The Russian General Prosecutor's Office has ordered mass safety inspections on all Russian coal mines after two deadly methane blasts in a coal mine in West Siberia, an official said

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