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A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

WORLD

*Russia expects the Egyptian authorities to ensure an adequate level of security for tourists in the course of the antiterrorist operation on the Sinai Peninsula, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

*Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych signed a law on Thursday ratifying a free trade zone agreement with the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), his press service reported.

*Embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has appointed former Health Minister Wael al-Halqi to the post of the country’s prime minister following the defection of the previous premier earlier in the week, Al Arabiya news agency reported citing Syria’s state television.

*Two Belarusian journalists have been found guilty and paid a fine of $360 for participating in a stunt that involved parachuting teddy bears, Minsk district court said.

RUSSIA

*Russia’s former NATO envoy has hit out at U.S. pop star Madonna over her backing of imprisoned anti-Putin punk rockers Pussy Riot.

*Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev insisted on Thursday he first spoke with then-Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on the evening of August 8, 2008, after the conflict in South Ossetia had already begun, apparently contradicting Putin’s own comments a day earlier about communication between the two leaders.

*Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday he will name officials responsible for Monday's failed satellite launch next week.

*Russian authorities will work to curb excessive migration to the country’s sparsely populated Far Eastern regions, as well as the emergence of immigrant enclaves nationwide, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said.

BUSINESS

*Cyprus may seek foreign loans worth 10.6-18.4 billion euros ($13-22.6 billion) to 2016, equaling up to 100 percent of the island nation’s gross domestic product, the Athens News Agency reported on Thursday, referring to a report compiled by UK-based Barclays Bank.

*The investigation of the first fraud case over the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics finance has been completed and will soon go to court, the Russian Interior Ministry said on Thursday, the Izvestia daily reported.

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