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A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

RUSSIA

* Russia's space freighter Progress M-08M docked with the International Space Station (ISS)

* The draft federal law on police, recently submitted by the president the State Duma, restricts the authorities of policemen to the territory, which lies under the control of their police units, the Kremlin said

* Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said:

- Russia expects Iran to resume talks with the group of six international mediators over its controversial nuclear program in mid-November

- Russia continues talks over U.S.'s missile defense shield program with Washington and with NATO

- Russia and the U.S. will continue to cooperate in the fight against the Afghan drug threat

* Russian Airborne Troops Commander Lt. Gen. Vladimir Shamanov was injured in a car accident near Tula

* Russia commemorated victims of Soviet-era political repression

* A rally against gay parades, legalization of same-sex marriages and immorality propaganda gathered some 1,000 protesters on Bolotnaya Square in central Moscow

* Russian actor, producer and bodybuilder Alexander Nevsky won the 60th Mr. Universe contest

WORLD

* Police in Yemeni capital San'a arrested a woman suspected of sending explosive packages found on U.S.-bound planes, Al-Jazeera reported

* The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has said in a statement it sees Russia as a "factor of stability and steady development" in the Asia Pacific region

* Russia is open to cooperation with the Asian countries, President Dmitry Medvedev told the Russia-ASEAN summit in Vietnam

* Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said he does not expect any serious political battles at the upcoming presidential elections in the ex-Soviet republic

* Eleven candidates have secured the required number of signatures to run in Belarus' presidential election, the country's Central Election Commission (CEC) reported

* More than 400 South Koreans crossed into North Korea for a short reunion with relatives separated by the Korean War in the 1950s, despite increased tensions after an exchange of fire, local media reported

* Indonesia's Merapi volcano in densely populated central Java erupted for the third time in a week

* American teenager Alexandria Mills won the 60th Miss World-2010 beauty pageant in southern China, defeating 120 other hopefuls

* Russia's pavilion has won a second prize at the Shanghai World Expo-2010, Russia's Expo commissioner general said

* The Union of European Football Associations confirmed that it had filed legal action in Switzerland and Cyprus following allegations made surrounding the voting in 2007 for hosting UEFA Euro 2012

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