Main news of June 26

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A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours.

RUSSIA

* A 21-year-old man who allegedly shone a laser pointer at pilots was detained in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, local police have said

* The death toll from a plane crash in north-western Russia rose to 47 on Sunday after one of the passengers who survived the disaster died of his injuries in hospital

WORLD

* Prominent Chinese dissident Hu Jia has been released after more than three years in jail on subversion charges and returned to his home in Beijing, his wife has said

* Three people have been wounded in inter-religious clashes in the southern Egyptian village of Awlad Khalaf, local media have said

* Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who has not been seen in public since a rocket attack on his compound earlier this month, will make an address to the nation within the next 48 hours, Xinhua news agency quoted his aide as saying

* Israel has threatened to ban foreign journalists from the country for 10 years if they travel with an aid flotilla due to sail to the Gaza Strip next week

* The death toll from the 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami which struck north-east Japan on 11 March has risen to 15,500, police have said

DEFENSE

* A new test launch of Russia's troubled Bulava missile will be staged on June 28, a Russian Defense Ministry source has said

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