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WORLD

* Russia expressed hope that Kyrgyzstan will gain a measure of political stability following the passing of a referendum on a new constitution with overwhelming public support

* The Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe praised Kyrgyzstan’s holding of referendum on a new constitution

* World leaders gathered in Toronto, Canada, for the G20 summit agreed on the next steps to create sustainable and balanced growth and to reform and strengthen financial systems

* An Israeli commission set up to investigate the deadly raid on a Gaza-bound humanitarian convoy in the Mediterranean Sea held its first session

* Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tehran will put off international talks on its nuclear program until the end of August to "punish" the West for imposing fresh sanctions

* U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will arrive in Georgia on July 5 to discuss bilateral cooperation, a Georgian deputy foreign minister said

RUSSIA

* Russia will continue developing advanced weaponry, which will boost the country's economy, President Dmitry Medvedev said

* Belarus will seek alternatives to Russian oil and gas supplies, but there will be no energy war between Minsk and Moscow, President Alexander Lukashenko said

* The United States is ready to cooperate with Russia on the creation of a global missile defense system, the U.S. ambassador to Russia said

BUSINESS

* U.S. poultry export to Russia could resume in less than two months, the U.S. ambassador to Russia said

* Belarus’s gas pipeline operator and Russia's gas monopoly Gazprom have finalized a supplementary agreement to a gas transit contract and may sign this week, Beltransgaz’s CEO said

* Russian state-run gas monopoly Gazprom plans to launch coalbed methane pilot production in the Kuzbass coalbasin in 2011, Gazprom Deputy Chairman Valery Golubev said

* Russian-Ukrainian trade doubled in the first four months of the current year and will soon reach pre-crisis levels, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said

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