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19:59 GMT 08.08.2010

A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours.

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* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrived in Abkhazia on the first visit by the head of the Russian state since Russia recognized the independence of the former Georgian republic two years ago.

* President Dmitry Medvedev chatted with Russian soldiers at a military base in Abkhazia, vowing that troops' living conditions would be improved.

* In Russia, the Caucasus and some European cities, events were held to mark the second anniversary of the start of the August 2008 war in South Ossetia

* Hundreds of people gathered overnight for a mourning ceremony in downtown Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia, on the second anniversary of Georgia's attack.

* The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and the Russian Air Force began their first-ever joint air defense exercise, NORAD said.

RUSSIA

* Russian emergency crews are beginning to see some success in overcoming the hundreds of wildfires that have burned hundreds of thousands of hectares of European Russia over the past two weeks

* The wildfire threatening one of Russia's top nuclear research centers in Sarov was largely dealt with, freeing up firefighters to move on to new fires

* A forest fire threatening the closed city of Snezhinsk in the Chelyabinsk Region, home to a major nuclear research center, was localized

* High carbon monoxide levels in Moscow and the Moscow Region pose no long-term threat to human health but particulate pollution is a much greater problem

* Flights started to take off from Moscow airports after their work was interrupted by a heavy smog from wildfires raging across central Russia due to abnormally hot weather

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