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A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

WORLD

* The United States plans to spend $1 trillion on upgrading and maintaining its nuclear arsenal over the next 30 years, but delays in replacing current systems threaten to weaken US nuclear deterrence, according to a new independent study.

* A refitted former Soviet aircraft carrier has reached the Indian coast after leaving Russia’s northern shipyard in mid-November, media report said on Wednesday.

RUSSIA

* Russia’s state aviation watchdog has banned carry-on liquids for flights at all of the country’s airports ahead of next month’s Winter Olympics in Sochi.

* The Russian Aerospace Defense Force will add dozens of radars this year, a force spokesman said Wednesday.

* Raising eyebrows of Christians and Soviet loyalists alike, a printing house affiliated with the Russian Orthodox Christian Church produced a calendar of one of the church’s worst oppressors.

* Russia is among the world’s heaviest smoking countries, outranked only by China, India and Indonesia, according to a new report out Wednesday.

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* Russia’s women stormed to gold in the relay at the fourth stage of the biathlon World Cup on Wednesday, edging out host team Germany in a dramatic duel in Ruhpolding.

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