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A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

WORLD

* New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, an outspoken proponent of new gun-control laws in the United States, blasted US media for paying attention to gun-related deaths only after mass shootings like the Dec. 14 massacre at a Connecticut elementary school that left 26 people dead.

* French actress Brigitte Bardot has threatened to follow her colleague Gerard Depardieu and apply for Russian citizenship.

* Legendary French actor Gerard Depardieu said he is glad to be granted Russian citizenship, adding that he loves Russia and promising to study the Russian language.

* Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovych has waded into the heated debate on international adoption that followed the US Magnitsky Act and Russia's response, stressing that the issue of adoption must not be politicized.

RUSSIA

* An article in leading US magazine Foreign Policy has named Putin as the most powerful person in the world, with the top spot left empty.

* The Russian Embassy in Cambodia on Friday confirmed that ex-billionaire property developer Sergei Polonsky was detained in the city of Sihanoukville.

* Servicemen with Russia’s Northern Fleet will take part in a series of joint international exercises in 2013, an official spokesperson for the fleet confirmed on Friday.

* Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has approved a development strategy for the medical sciences in Russia through 2025.

BUSINESS

* Polaroid, the legendary American camera-maker whose brand name became synonymous with instant print photography, unveiled Thursday a new tablet computer for kids, its latest move in a drive to translate past laurels into future profits – and reclaim a place among top innovators.

SPORTS

* Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin scored his 19th goal in the KHL on Friday help his lockout team Dynamo Moscow beat Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod 3-1.

* Football referees should have extra powers to call off matches where fans racially abuse players, a spokesman for the worldwide players’ union FIFPro said Friday.

* Russian fans beat their Canadian counterparts 11-4 in a friendly game held in Ufa, site of the world junior hockey championships, Friday.

* BC Khimki grabbed a confident 78-65 win at home to Spanish champion Barcelona to lead its Euroleague Top 16 group.

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