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A roundup of what has happened over the past 24 hours. 14.07.2012, Sputnik International

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

RUSSIA

* Russia's President Vladimir Putin called on federal and regional authorities to minimize red-tape and bureaucracy in the process of helping those affected by the floods in the southern Kuban region, his press secretary Dmitry Peskov said

* Russia's Aerospace Defense Forces will carry out their first test-firings of the new S-400 air defense missile system from August 10-16 at the Ashuluk firing range in Astrakhan Region, Defense Ministry spokesman Lt.Col. Dmitry Zenin said

* The head of the Pension Fund of Kabardino-Balkaria was detained on suspicion of embezzling some 68.6 million rubles ($2 million)

* The ecological monitoring coordinator for Russia's Krymsk region, in which 171 people died last weekend in floods, has warned that a dam in the area has been damaged and is in danger of bursting if heavy rains fall in the area once again

* An organization of St. Petersburg gay rights activists has filed a complaint against the city’s authorities with the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg

WORLD

* The United States supports Egypt’s transition to democracy but Egyptians themselves should decide on their future, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said after her first meeting with the country’s new president Mohammed Morsi

* There is still time to find a political solution of the Syrian crisis and avoid a civil war in the country, French President Francois Hollande said

* Torrential rains have killed more than 20 people in China and destroyed about one million homes

* Sage Stallone, the 36-year-old son of Hollywood’s famous actor Sylvester Stallone, was found dead in his house

SPORTS

* Rubin Kazan won the season-opening Russian Super Cup, beating league winners Zenit St. Petersburg 2-0 on first-half goals from Salvatore Brocchetti and Vladimir Dyadyun

* The Moscow Raceway saw its first Russian winner in only its second race, as Daniil Kvyat prevailed in a drawn-out battle with Belgium's Stoffel Vandoorne in the Renault World Series' 2.0 class

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