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A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours 19.10.2012, Sputnik International

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A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

WORLD

*A top-ranking Lebanese security officer who died in a massive car bomb blast in Beirut on Friday may have been the intended target of the attack, local media reported.

*If Irakly Alasania, deputy prime minister/defense minister-designate, has his way, the Georgian Armed Forces will be downsized but made more mobile and battleworthy, and more deeply integrated into Euro-Atlantic structures.

*The Russian Foreign Ministry denounced the human rights record of the US, citing maltreatment of children, breach of privacy, police brutality, secret jails and freedom of expression issues.

RUSSIA

*The Russian Investigative Committee has put Leonid Razvozzhayev, an aide to prominent opposition figure Sergei Udaltsov, on the federal wanted list, the committee’s spokesman said.

BUSINESS

*British oil giant BP said on Friday it had not yet agreed on a sale of its 50 percent stake in the TNK-BP joint venture, after entering into discussions with its AAR partners in the company.

*Russia's space agency Roscosmos has appointed Alexander Selivyorstov as general director of space rocket maker Khrunichev, a Roscosmos source said.

FEATURES & OPINION

*Russia’s fledgling street opposition will hold elections this weekend in the first attempt to unite its disparate factions under one umbrella and put forward concrete leaders.

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