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A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

RUSSIA

* Russia will keep a ban on vegetable imports from the EU until Europe names the cause of the fatal bacteria that has killed 20 people in Europe, the sanitary watchdog said

* Rescuers have extinguished fire, which broke out at an arms depot in a Urals republic on Thursday night, causing blasts and injuring at least 75 people, a defense official said

* NATO's actions in Libya are gradually evolving into a land operation, Russia's foreign minister warned

WORLD

* Ilyas Kashmiri, one of Al Qaeda's most dangerous leaders blamed for several high-profile attacks in Pakistan and India, has been killed in a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan's South Waziristan tribal region

* Former Egyptian finance minister Yussef Boutros Ghali was sentenced in absentia to 30 years of prison over corruption charges, Egypt's official news agency Mena said

SPORTS

* Roman Pavlyuchenko put a smile back on the face of Russian football with a hat-trick in 3-1 Euro 2012 qualifying win over Armenia

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