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Main News of December 28

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A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

WORLD

* The White House called for closer cooperation with Russia on issues such as arms control, counterterrorism and trade under the auspices of a bilateral presidential commission launched four years ago

* Uzbek President Islam Karimov has ratified a protocol to join an agreement on free trade between former Soviet states, a presidential spokesman said

* A Chinese icebreaker was unable to reach a Russian research ship trapped in ice off Antarctica, China’s Xinhua news agency reported

RUSSIA

* A new Soyuz rocket blasted off from the Plesetsk space center in northern Russia after numerous delays earlier this week, the Russian Defense Ministry said

* Two Russian cosmonauts who last month carried the Olympic torch into open space for the first time finished a spacewalk on Saturday to replace equipment on the outside of the International Space Station

SPORTS

* Perhaps keen not to tempt fate, Russia’s Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said he is "not sure" that the Winter Olympics in Sochi will go smoothly

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