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A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

WORLD

* The British coroner heading the inquest into the 2006 death of former Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) agent Alexander Litvinenko has reluctantly upheld an application to keep crucial evidence in the case secret, British media said

* Against the backdrop of a violent civil war in Syria and the possible use of chemical weapons by government forces, US President Barack Obama said Thursday he is open to a “whole range” of options in Syria, but that a peaceful resolution will come from the combined efforts of the international community rather than unilateral actions by the United States alone

* Some 30 people were injured when an angry mob led by clergymen broke through police cordons and clashed with gay rights activists in the Georgian capital Tbilisi, the country's health minister said

RUSSIA

* A Russian intelligence agency publicly identified an individual it claims was the Moscow station chief of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) as of late 2011 – a move widely seen as a breach of protocol in the intelligence community

* Russia hopes that the Syrian authorities and the UN will agree on international inspections to look into the possible use of chemical weapons in the country's civil war, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said

* Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov responded to a New York Times report that Russia has sent advanced antiship cruise missiles to war-torn Syria by saying that Russian arms deliveries do not change the balance of power, are fully legal and take place under existing contracts

* UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, who met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi, the host city for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games , said he hoped the Russian government would back a UN General Assembly resolution calling for observation of an Olympic Truce during the event

* The previous and current general directors of high-tech company Synertech have been arrested on suspicion of embezzling funds from the federal program for the Glonass satellite navigation system, the Interior Ministry's Moscow Department said

* Russian experts are developing robots designed to minimize casualties in terrorist attacks and neutralize terrorists, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said

* A Moscow court fined the head of a consumer rights group 100,000 rubles (about $3,200) for libeling a Russian religious foundation

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