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Main News of January 3

20:17 GMT 03.01.2013

A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

WORLD

* Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit Kiev on January 13-14 to discuss Ukraine’s participation in the Customs Union between Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara said on Thursday.

* The US Senate has unanimously approved a resolution condemning a new Russian law banning US citizens from adopting Russian children and calling on President Vladimir Putin and the Russian leadership to reconsider the measure on humanitarian grounds.

* Now that the US space shuttle program is defunct, NASA is leasing and selling some of its facilities and equipment at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to private companies and entrepreneurs.

*Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt and former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson are planning a trip to North Korea in the coming days – a land with almost no internet access and no diplomatic relations with the United States – for what’s being called a humanitarian mission that has piqued cautious interest in the US.

RUSSIA

* Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to grant legendary French actor Gerard Depardieu Russian citizenship, the Kremlin press office reported on Thursday.

* The Russian Navy will get over 50 new warships by 2016, including strategic nuclear submarines and special operations support vessels, the Defense Ministry reported on Thursday.

BUSINESS

* Qatar-based Al Jazeera Media Network has acquired US cable channel Current TV, Al Jazeera announced on Thursday.

SPORTS

* Reigning champion Sweden snatched a 3-2 shootout win over Russia to make the final at the world junior hockey championships on Thursday.

* The United States smashed Canada 5-1 on Thursday to reach the final of the world junior hockey championships.

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