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A roundup of what has happened over the past 24 hours

WORLD

*Swindlers used the bankruptcy of a canned foods plant as a cover-up to steal $14.5 million from a bank in the breakaway Moldovan Republic of Transdnestr, the Noi.md news website reported on Monday citing the Interior Ministry

*The issue of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s departure from power is secondary, while the main problem to be addressed at the moment is how to ensure transition from violence to a new, democratic stage in Syria’s development, Samir Aita, member of Syria’s opposition Democratic Forum group, said on Monday

*The Egyptian Constitutional Court said it would not change its ruling on dissolving the country’s parliament, a move that goes against a presidential decree annulling the parliament’s disbandment and calling for the chamber to reconvene, Egypt’s state-run TV reported on Monday

*Russia will not deliver any new types of weapons or sign any military contracts with Syria until the situation there stabilizes, Vyacheslav Dzirkaln, deputy head of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation, said on Monday

*Russian President Vladimir Putin called on his country’s diplomats on Monday to be more active and pragmatic to protect Russia’s national interests

RUSSIA

*Moscow city court rejected on Monday an appeal for the release from custody of three women from the Pussy Riot punk group who face up to seven years in jail over an anti-Putin protest

*Russia is eager to demonstrate it still produces cutting edge aerospace technology at the Farnborough show, which runs July 9-15

*Russia’s President Vladimir Putin once again voiced his concerns over a U.S. bill penalizing Russian officials for human rights abuses and Washington's plans for a missile defense system based in Europe, in a wide-ranging speech to Russia’s diplomats on Monday summarizing Russian foreign policy

*Russia intends to maintain special cooperation with the emerging powers of China and India, President Vladimir Putin said on Monday at a gathering of Russia's top diplomats and foreign representatives

*A subsidiary of Russia’s Mosfilm group has started filming an adventure movie recreating an operation to release a Russian vessel seized by Somali pirates in 2010, fleet spokesman Roman Martov said on Monday

SPORTS

*South Korea midfielder Park Ji Sung has joined Queen’s Park Rangers from Manchester United on a two-year contract, the London side announced on their website Monday

*Anzhi Makhachkala have chosen to hold their Europa League matches at a stadium near their Moscow suburb training base after UEFA banned holding games in Dagestan out of safety concerns

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