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A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

RUSSIA

* Moscow insists that the Syrian opposition groups should also eliminate their chemical weapons stockpiles, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Sunday.

* Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Sunday the US is “blackmailing” Moscow over a UN resolution on Syria that could allow the use of force.

* Russia reopened Sunday a 54-kilometer (33-mile) railway link connecting the North Korean port city of Rajin with the Russian border town of Khasan as part of the project that is expected to speed shipments and trade in the region.

*Vladimir Putin’s spokesman has categorically dismissed online rumors that the Russian president has remarried in a church ceremony at a secluded monastery in central Russia.

 

WORLD

* A standoff between Islamic extremist gunmen and Kenyan security forces continued Sunday inside Nairobi's top mall as the state officials announced the death toll as high as 59, while some 200 were injured.

* A mortar shell struck the Russian embassy in Damascus on Sunday injuring at least three, Russian officials said.

* The docking of a space freighter developed by a private US company with the International Space Station (ISS) has been delayed for at least 48 hours, NASA has reported.

* A Chinese court on Sunday sentenced ousted politician Bo Xilai to life in prison after finding him guilty of bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power.

 

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