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A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

WORLD

* France's distribution of weapons to Libyan tribes, if confirmed, is a blatant violation of the UN Security Council resolution, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said

* Ukrainian prosecutors have seized the property of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko after she went on trial for abuse of power

* European human activists campaigning to end Israel's blockade of Gaza have accused Israeli special services of trying to disable an Irish aid ship of its Freedom Flotilla II, SAFA news reported

* African Union Commission Chief Jean Ping condemned the supply by French troops of arms to Libyan rebels, world media said

* Ninety-nine people have been hospitalized in Athens in clashes between police and demonstrators protesting an unpopular government austerity program, the country's health ministry said

RUSSIA

* The Russian Navy is planning to test launch the Bulava ballistic missile from the Alexander Nevsky strategic submarine later this year, Navy commander Adm. Vladimir Vysotsky said

* A Moscow district court refused on Thursday to reconsider an appeal against parole rejection from jailed tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky's defense, his lawyer said

* Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin spoke out against compulsory drug addiction and alcohol treatment

* Vladimir Putin gave a cryptic hint as to his possible participation in the 2012 presidential polls, saying that he would need to “wash” himself after the elections

* Russia will finish in 2016 the construction of a new class destroyer, which will most likely be nuclear powered, commander of the Russian Navy Adm. Vladimir Vysotsky said

* Russia's constitutional court ruled in favor of two former state officials who filed complaints after they were sacked for criticizing the institutions they worked for

* Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has warned that emotions should not interfere with Russia-Belarus relations

* Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin called for a "big cleanup" in the Arctic Region to remove oil barrels and litter scattered around polar stations

BUSINESS

* Russia's gas giant Gazprom will discuss the possibility of revising the gas pricing formula for Ukraine only after signing an agreement on merging with Ukraine's energy company Naftogas, Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller said

* Moscow and Minsk have so far failed to reach an agreement on a new price formula for Russian gas supplies to Belarus, Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller said

* Russian gas giant Gazprom is "completely ready" to start the construction of a natural gas pipeline to China, CEO Alexei Miller said after an annual shareholders' meeting

* Russia's central bank has kept its key refinancing rate unchanged at 8.25 percent as the consumer price growth has tended to slow down, the regulator said

* Gazprom will prioritize development of its gas field projects on the Yamal Peninsula and the Arctic shelf, Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller said

* Belarus, which is struggling to stabilize its finances after a sharp devaluation of its currency, expects Russia to lower natural gas prices to ease the crisis, Belarusian First Deputy Prime Minister Vladimir Semashko said