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RUSSIA

* Russia's Central Election Commission (CEC) announced the official results of the March 2 presidential elections with Kremlin-backed Dmitry Medvedev gaining 70.28% of the vote

* Russia strongly condemns a devastating double bombing in the Iraqi capital which killed at least 68 people and injured over 130, Russia's Foreign Ministry said

* Lawyers for Russian businessman Viktor Bout who is being held in Thailand on charges of illegal arms trading are to demand his extradition to Russia, his lawyer told a Moscow-based radio station

WORLD

* Palestinian radical group Hamas claimed responsibility forThursday's shooting in Jerusalem that left eight dead and ten injured, but later backtracked on the claim

* Israeli authorities have imposed major security measures in the West Bank and Jerusalem following a terrorist attack that killed eight students, the Israeli army said

* Belarus advised the United States ambassador to leave the capital, Minsk, and recalled its ambassador from Washington 'for consultations,' over new sanctions imposed by the U.S., the Foreign Ministry said

* On Serbia's request, Russia has called for a session of the UN Security Council to be held next Tuesday to discuss Kosovo, a spokesperson for Russia's office to the UN told reporters

* The fourth round of Iranian-U.S. talks on Iraqi security in Baghdad, which were to have taken place on March 6, has been postponed indefinitely, Iran's ambassador to Iraq said

* Authorities in Riga, gave the go ahead for a Latvian Legion group to hold a public event to commemorate Latvians who fought for the Nazis during WWII, a parliamentary official said

* Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko again criticized his Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's role in a long-running dispute with Russia on natural gas supplies

* The parliament of Georgia's breakaway republic of Abkhazia appealed to the United Nations and Russia to recognize its independence, citing Kosovo as a precedent

* The Georgian Foreign Ministry said it was seriously concerned over Russia's decision to lift sanctions against Georgia's breakaway republic of Abkhazia

* Ecuador plans to maintain economic relations with Colombia despite the fact that the countries have broken diplomatic ties, Ecuador's ambassador to Russia said  

BUSINESS

* Russia's major private crude producer LUKoil has closed a deal to buy $580 million worth of oil and gas assets in Uzbekistan, the company said

* A draft law was submitted to the State Duma, lower house of Russia's parliament, which will allow foreign insurance companies to open offices in Russia

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