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19:59 GMT 14.11.2013

A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

WORLD

* Two Russian cargo planes landed in the Philippines on Thursday to deliver 56 tons of meat, fish and sugar to victims of one of the most destructive typhoons on record

* Russia and Egypt agreed Thursday to start drafting documents to lay the foundation for close cooperation in the defense sector, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said

* Iran tentatively agreed to a US proposal for limiting its nuclear program, but backed out of the deal after last-minute changes in Geneva, Russia’s foreign minister said

* The United States has urged Ukraine to clear all remaining obstacles to a landmark trade agreement with the European Union and leave historical grievances behind it

* Veteran British musician Paul McCartney has appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin to release Greenpeace activists jailed after mounting an abortive protest against oil drilling in the Arctic Sea

RUSSIA

* Kyrgyzstan officially notified the United States on Thursday of the closure in July next year of a US base near the capital Bishkek that serves as the main transit hub for NATO forces in Afghanistan

* The Russian Orthodox Church on Thursday played down a senior cleric's call for lying politicians to be damned to hell, saying it was meant as nothing more than spiritual guidance

* Russia started delivery Thursday of the last batch of low-enriched uranium to the United States under a long-standing program to convert Soviet-made nuclear weapons into fuel

* A Moscow court on Thursday dismissed the jury in the Anna Politkovskaya murder trial, throwing the already drawn-out proceedings into disarray

* Russia’s Supreme Court has refused to consider appeals to dismiss charges against jailed former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his business partner Platon Lebedev, according to a statement posted on the pair's official website

POLITICS

* Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday held a phone conversation with his Syrian counterpart to discuss anticipated peace talks and the process of dismantling the war-torn nation’s chemical arsenal

* Gazprom does not see any “positive dynamics” in Ukraine paying off its $1.3 billion gas debt to Russia, Gazprom deputy head Andrei Kruglov said Thursday, the Prime news agency reported

DEFENSE

* Russia’s Severnaya Verf shipyard on Thursday began construction of a frigate and a reconnaissance ship for the Russian navy

* Russia’s Almaz-Antey defense corporation said Thursday that it had developed an advanced version of the Tor-M2 air defense system, featuring an extended firing range, improved precision and greater ammunition-carrying capacity

* The head of the Moscow-led Collective Security Treaty Organization said Thursday that the military bloc should boost its peacekeeping capabilities in response to developing internal threats