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Main News of December 6

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A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours 06.12.2012, Sputnik International

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A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

WORLD

*The US Senate passed the Magnitsky Act, which targets Russian officials deemed by Washington to have violated human rights, along with a landmark trade bill with Russia.

*On Thursday Washington State became the first state in America where it is legal to possess marijuana for adult recreational use, and hundreds of people celebrated shortly after midnight by lighting up and smoking joints together under Seattle’s iconic Space Needle.

*Tokyo began deploying warships in anticipation of a rocket launch by North Korea later this month, media reports said.

RUSSIA

*Russian President Vladimir Putin was ranked the third most powerful person in the world by Forbes magazine in its annual rating.

*Russian President Vladimir Putin said that those responsible for the murder of a TV journalist in Kabardino-Balkaria will be caught and punished.

*A prison in Russia’s Urals region where inmates rioted last month against alleged abuse and extortion was compared to a “concentration camp” by a member of the Kremlin’s human rights council.

BUSINESS

*Standard & Poor’s has cut Greece’s 'CCC' long-term and 'C' short-term sovereign credit ratings to 'SD' (selective default) following the Greek government’s offer to buy back its debt at a steep discount, the international rating agency announced.

*Russia reaffirmed its decision to withdraw from the second period of commitment to the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, but said it would stick to its goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent in the next decade.

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