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* Russia's electricity monopoly Unified Energy System (UES) commissioned the first unit of the Sangtuda-1 hydropower plant it is building in the Central Asian republic of Tajikistan

WORLD

* Mikheil Saakashvili was inaugurated for a second presidential term in the former Soviet republic of Georgia following his victory at the January 5 elections the opposition claims were rigged

* The united Georgian opposition rallied in Tbilisi to protest the inauguration of Mikheil Saakashvili for a second presidential term following his victory at the disputed January 5 elections

* Russia delivered the fourth fuel shipment to the Bushehr nuclear power plant it is building in southern Iran, the country's mass media said, citing officials

* Serbs voted in a presidential election seen to shape the Balkan state's future development amid growing tensions over the status of Serbia's breakaway province of Kosovo

* Former Czech President Vaclav Havel was hospitalized with a heart problem, the ex-president's adviser, Jakub Hladic, told reporters

* Fresh outbreaks of bird flu have been confirmed in east India, the country's agriculture ministry said

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