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A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

WORLD

* A test launch of the Falcon-9 carrier rocket that is to deliver cargo and astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) in the future was carried out, NASA reported

* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and German Chancellor Angela Merkel held an informal meeting in the governmental residence in Meseberg and strolled in the park

* South Korea's ambassador to the UN, Park In-kook, handed a letter to Claude Heller, permanent representative of the UN Security Council presidency Mexico, asking for considerations on the South Korean ship allegedly sunk by North Korea

* U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will pay an official visit to Ukraine on July 4-5, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said

* Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych said Kiev will not recognize the former Georgian republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia despite improving ties with Russia

* Pyongyang and Seoul are on the verge of a military crisis but Russia and China will try to prevent conflict breaking out on the Korean Peninsula, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said

* Turkey may minimize relations with Israel over Israel's recent deadly attack on an international aid convoy en route to Gaza, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc said

* Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has discussed with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton a new UN Security Council resolution on Iran, the Russian Foreign Ministry said

* Former finance minister Naoto Kan became Japan's new prime minister

* More than 100 people have been killed in a fire in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka, a city official said

* Israel will not let Ireland's Rachel Corrie ship, carrying aid and human rights activists, to enter the Gaza Strip

RUSSIA

* The Moscow police department is in favor of an idea to designate a special area for peaceful protests, similar to Speakers' Corner in London's Hyde Park, if it promotes law and order, a police spokeswoman said

* A task force from the Russian Pacific Fleet led by the missile cruiser Varyag set sail on a friendly visit to the United States

BUSINESS

The Turkish parliament ratified an agreement to construct the Nabucco gas pipeline to deliver Caspian gas to Europe, the country's Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

* Natural gas production in Russia in 2010 is expected to grow 10.7% year-on-year to 646 billion cubic meters, according to a government forecast

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