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WORLD

* Thousands of people met the head of the Russian Orthodox Church in the center of Bulgaria’s second largest city of Plovdiv, chanting “Russia” and accompanying clerics in their procession with church banners

* Russia has formed an anti-piracy naval task force in the Mediterranean, the Northern Fleet press service said

* The Syrian military fought back an infiltration attempt by an armed group north of the port of Lattakia, the SANA news agency reported

* Russia’s Prosecutor General’s Office said that on its request France has seized property belonging to London-based tycoon Boris Berezovsky worth 13 billion euro

* The former head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who was under investigation for sexually assaulting a hotel maid in the United States, accused his political enemies linked to French conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy of destroying his bid for presidency, The Guardian reported

* The Ukrainian Security Service has asked international organizations to help investigate Friday bomb attacks on the eastern city of Dnepropetrovsk, the Security Service’s First Deputy Chairman Vladimir Rokitsky said

RUSSIA

* Russia's Progress M-14M cargo spacecraft has been sent on its final journey to the waters of the Pacific Ocean, Mission Control said

* Human rights activist Yelena Panfilova will quit the Russian Presidential Council on Human Rights, Council head Mikhail Fedotov said in his Twitter microblog

* Russia’s Prosecutor General’s Office in a report said it has exposed about 3,000 violations committed during the recent parliamentary and presidential polls

* Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin ordered this year’s extra budget revenues should be spent primarily on social programs

SPORTS

* Zenit St. Petersburg clinched their second successive Russian Premier League title with three games to spare on Saturday after a 2-1 victory over Dynamo Moscow

DEFENSE

* The Russian Defense Ministry has resumed large-scale procurements of modernized S-300V surface-to-air missile systems, the manufacturer said

* Russian world No. 2 Maria Sharapova overcame a rigorous test from Sam Stosur at the quarterfinal stage of the $740,000 Stuttgart Grand Prix on Saturday, and will face third-ranked Czech Petra Kvitova in the semifinal