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A roundup of what happened in the past 24 hours.

WORLD

* UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon welcomed the U.S. Senate's ratification of a landmark nuclear arms treaty with Russia.

* Police in Belarus have released about 100 opposition supporters detained in Minsk during unauthorized protests against Sunday's presidential election that saw incumbent leader Alexander Lukashenko win a landslide victory

* Russia's ambassador to Belarus criticized the Belarusian opposition for rioting, saying the reelection of Alexander Lukashenko as president was "predictable."

* The EU Commission has declined a motion by six EU member states from the former Soviet bloc urging equation of communist repression with Nazi war crimes.

* Russian observers will take part in monitoring a referendum on the independence of Southern Sudan, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.

RUSSIA

* The Russian parliament's lower house, the State Duma, and upper house, the Federation Council, will consider the new arms reduction treaty between Russia and the United States on Friday, top deputies said.

* The first airport-style check point is soon to go up at a central subway station in downtown Moscow.

BUSINESS

* The Russian government will grant several hundred million euros to support domestic auto parts producers, said Russian tycoon Oleg Deripaska, head of the metals-to-timber conglomerate Basic Element (BasEL).

* One of Russia's largest mobile operators, Megafon, will provide mobile services on Aeroflot airline's flights starting Friday, the companies said.

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