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A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

WORLD

* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama discussed the process of ratifying the new strategic arms reduction treaty during a telephone conversation, the Kremlin's press service said.

* A total of 25 Russians have been charged in a large-scale banking fraud case in the United States, the Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York said

* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama confirmed in a telephone conversation that bilateral talks on Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization are complete

* The Ukrainian Constitutional Court has ruled that the 2004 constitutional reform transferring a significant amount of power from the president to parliament was adopted in breach of the constitution

* The U.S. government is seeking seizure of the property left behind by the 10 members of a Russian spy ring deported from the United States in July

* The situation in Ecuador "has largely normalized" after the police and military revolt the day before, Quito-based journalist Marc Saint-Upery said

* Egypt has urged the postponement of a meeting of the Arab League that is set to discuss the future of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, regional media reported

* New U.S. sanctions against senior Iranian officials over alleged human rights abuses will further increase tensions between Washington and Tehran, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said

RUSSIA

* President Dmitry Medvedev has set Russia's security agencies the task of creating a reliable modern system for confidential mobile communications, the secretary of the Russian Security Council said

* The two car bombs defused in the south Russian city of Stavropol had the combined strength of 60 kg of TNT, a security source said

BUSINESS

* Gazprom will raise its gas price for Belarus from the current $185 to $220 per 1000 cubic meters in 2011, the company's Deputy CEO Andrei Kruglov said

* New Delhi and Moscow are negotiating long-term contracts to supply diamonds from Russia and the opening of an office for Russian diamond monopoly ALROSA in India, the Indian Trade Ministry said

 

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