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Main news of December 17

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A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours 17.12.2010, Sputnik International

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A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

WORLD

* Kyrgyzstan's parliament voted to accept the structure of the new coalition government, which vowed to follow through on reforms designed to build parliamentary democracy in the country

* The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will send inspectors to monitor North Korean nuclear facilities once it reaches an agreement with Pyongyang, IAEA chief Yukiya Amano said

* North Korea warned South Korea over plans to hold live-fire drills on Yeonpyeong Island, saying its response would be "deadlier" than shelling in November that killed four people

* Participants in the latest Geneva security talks have failed to achieve any progress due to Georgia's "non-constructive" position, a Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman said

* Poland cannot accept Russia's report on the causes of the plane crash that killed Polish President Lech Kaczynski and 95 people other people in western Russia this April, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said

RUSSIA

* Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin made a phone call to a whistleblower cardiologist and told him not to worry about revealing the real situation at a hospital Putin visited in November

* An alleged organizer of recent race-hate riots in downtown Moscow who is suspected of killing a Kyrgyz migrant was arrested along with three other rioters

* Russia's Federal Security Service must identify who plans race-related public disturbances or disseminates ethnic and religious hatred, President Dmitry Medvedev said

* The recent loss of three Glonass-M satellites in space was the result of a series of mistakes made by the Russian Energia rocket corporation, the head of the Russian state commission probing the incident said

* Plans for a new mosque in southeast Moscow have been scrapped, despite a pledge by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to build a fifth mosque for the capital's 2 million Muslims, a prefect for the administrative district said

* Russian tycoon Roman Abramovich intends to run for reelection to the legislative body of Chukotka, in Russia's north-east, a deputy chairman of the electoral commission said

BUSINESS

* Russia's largest independent gas producer Novatek has closed a 26.893 billion ruble ($867 million) deal to acquire a 51% stake in Sibneftegaz gas producer from Gazprom gas giant, Novatek said

DEFENSE

* Russia's Strategic Missile Forces (SMF) have deployed two additional Topol-M silo-based missile systems, SMF Commander Lt. Gen. Sergei Karakayev said

* Russia lays down new frigate for Black Sea Fleet

* Russia will continue to deploy SS-18 Satan heavy intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) as part of the country's nuclear arsenal until at least 2026, the commander of Strategic Missile Forces (SMF) said

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