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A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

WORLD

*US Vice President Joe Biden told Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov that Washington and Moscow should continue cooperation in various spheres despite differences

*Egypt's key opposition bloc has supported calls for President Mohamed Morsi to resign amid continuing protests across the country a day after clashes in the capital Cairo left one person dead and dozens injured, media reported

*Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has invited all parliamentary factions, including his opponents, to take part in a national unity government to address issues facing the country, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported

*Three weeks after launching a campaign against Islamist rebels who had seized Mali’s north, France’s President Francois Hollande has vowed to provide assistance in the country's restoration, media reported

*Brazil’s Defense Ministry intends to discuss purchasing air defense systems from Russia during talks with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev later this month, the ministry said

*A new round of talks between Iran and a group of international mediators on Iran’s controversial nuclear program will be held in Kazakhstan on February 25, Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said

*At least 30 people were killed and another 70 wounded after gunmen and a suicide bomber attacked a police complex in the city of Kirkuk in northern Iraq, Al Jazeera TV channel reported

*India’s government plans to introduce a ban on illegal sales of dinosaur eggs that are millions of years old, The Times of India said

* Egypt’s parliamentary elections are expected to be held in the next two months, a spokesman for Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi said

* Former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, who is known as America’s deadliest sniper, has been shot dead at a Texas gun range, local media reported

RUSSIA

* Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia on Saturday lamented a high number of antichurch internet posts and said the Russian Orthodox Church he leads should be present in social networks to tell the truth to its audience

*A Georgian delegation has left for Moscow to discuss resuming the supplies of Georgian wines and other products to the Russian market, the press office of the Georgian Agriculture Ministry said

*Russia won the men’s cross-country World Cup team sprint in Sochi, skiing to victory by an imperious margin

*The Bolshoi Ballet's Artistic Director Sergei Filin who suffered severe burns in a recent acid attack said he was “absolutely certain” he knew who was behind the attack, the BBC reported

*Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Sunday the Israeli air strike on a military research center near Damascus aimed at destabilizing his country

* Two people were killed when a motorized hang glider crashed into the wall of a house in Russia’s Urals, investigators said

* Russian lawmakers are looking to ban passengers from carrying duty-free alcohol on board airplanes, amid a rise in disruption caused by Russian drunk travelers, Russian media said

* Some 800 people gathered in downtown St. Petersburg on Sunday to protest the possible closing of St. Petersburg’s unique children’s cancer treatment center

SPORT

*Around 3.5 billion viewers will watch the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics on television, the head of the organizing committee told R-Sport

*Anzhi Makhachkala manager Guus Hiddink is at the forefront of a big-spending Russian revolution in European football. After signing Brazil winger Willian, he discusses Anzhi’s deep pockets and the team’s success at home and in Europe in an interview with R-Sport at the club's winter training camp

*The International Ski Federation is confident in Russia’s ability to be ready for Olympic cross-country skiing in Sochi next year, an FIS spokesman told R-Sport