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A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

WORLD

* Israel's Defense Minister Ehud Barak approved purchase of U. S. fifth-generation F-35 fighters, the ministry's press service said

* Poland's newly inaugurated President Bronislaw Komorowski opened a memorable plaque in Warsaw Military Cathedral to commemorate the victims of Lech Kaczynski's plane crash in western Russia

*In case Ukraine authorities continue to neglect recommendations of international journalistic organizations, Ukrainian press freedom group Stop the Censorship will call on journalists across the country to take part in a mass strike, the Ukrainskaya Pravda paper said

*South Korean President Lee Myung-bak has proposed a three-stage reunification with North Korea, Chinese news agency Xinhua reported

* Authorities of the southeastern German land of Saxony have taken decision to send a shipment of nuclear wastes to Russia by 2010, the German Sachsische Zeitung said

* Fidel Castro's article in support of the runner-up in Mexico's 2006 presidential election threatens to revive diplomatic tensions between Cuba and Mexico

*Two police advisors serving with UNAMID, the joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping force, were abducted in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region, the UN News Centre said

RUSSIA

*Areas affected by wildfires in Russia shrank by 3,000 hectares over the past 24 hours, the Emergency Situations Ministry said

* Acrid smog has shrouded the Russia's fourth largest city of Nizhny Novgorod and has obstructed the Volga River ship traffic, the Nizhny Novgorod branch of the Russian Emergencies Ministry said in a statement

*A smell of smoke from peat bog fires raging outside Moscow returned to the Russian capital  after a brief respite

* Temporary ban on grain exports came into force in Russia, it is expected to be in place until the end of this year

* Russian athletes won four gold and two silver medals on the penultimate day of the European Swimming Championships currently underway in Budapest, Hungary

*Hundreds fans of the perestroika-era rock star Viktor Tsoi gathered together in the Russia's second City of St. Petersburg to commemorate his 20th death anniversary

 

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