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A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

WORLD

* Russia's ban on the sale of S-300 air defense missile systems to Iran was the result of Tehran's "flawed foreign policies", a top Russian deputy said

* Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez praised his party's victory in Sunday's parliamentary elections, although it may fail to retain its two-third majority

* Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and sixteen other people may run for the presidency in Belarus, the Belarusian Central Election Commission (CEC) said

* Interpol will continue to keep tabs on the movements of Chechen separatist leader Akhmed Zakayev, wanted on terrorist charges by Russia, the head of the organization said

* The European Union Council of Ministers extended by a year sanctions against several officials in the Moldavian breakaway region of Transdnestr

* Russia's ban of S-300 air defense systems to Iran shows it "cannot be trusted," Iran's top military commander said

* Kazakhstan has banned the export of vegetable oil and buckwheat, the country's agriculture minister said

RUSSIA

* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has arrived in Shanghai where he will attend the Russia Day at the Expo 2010 exhibition

* A state of emergency has been declared in a village in south Russia's Krasnodar Territory over an anthrax outbreak, a spokeswoman for the region's governor said

* Embattled Moscow mayor Yury Luzhkov returned to work after a week on vacation, confounding those in the government who had pressured him to quit

BUSINESS

* RusAl, the world's largest aluminum producer, has signed a letter of intent to buy a stake in the sales and marketing subsidiary of China North Industries Corporation (NORINCO), which operates on the Chinese primary aluminum market, RusAl said

* Russia's Federal Agency for Management of Mineral Resources has revealed "serious reasons for rejecting" bids by almost all the companies in an auction for the giant Roman Trebs and Anatoly Titov oil deposits in the north of country, Kommersant business daily said

* Gazprom signed a deal extending the terms of Russian gas supply to China but the two sides have still not struck a deal on price

SCIENCE

* Russia's top space official confirmed Russia's navigation system Glonass will cover 100% of the Earth's surface by the end of the year

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