Main news of November 27

A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

WORLD

* A Russian student who is in a Swiss jail after seriously injuring a man in a suspected drunk street race, has agreed to post bail of $100,000, Swiss agency ATS reported on Friday, citing his lawyer

* The presidents of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia signed a package of deals on Friday to create a customs union with common tariffs, paving the way for a single economic space

* The Atlantis shuttle landed at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, ending a mission to deliver spare parts to the International Space Station

* Russian and French business and government bodies signed 15 cooperation deals on Friday as Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin rounded off his visit to France

* The UN nuclear watchdog, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), on Friday adopted a resolution criticizing Iran for the construction of the country's second uranium enrichment facility

* Iran has hit back at the United Nations nuclear watchdog over its critical resolution passed on Friday, saying the document is likely to damage negotiations

* Moldova's parliament on Friday scheduled its second attempt at electing a new national president for December 7

* France's Electricite de France (EDF) has agreed with Russia's Gazprom on its participation in the South Stream gas project, the Russian prime minister said

* The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has urged a prompt and full investigation into Thursday's incident on the Russian-Ukrainian border, in which a Ukrainian citizen was shot dead

* Dmitry Medvedev, Russia's president, arrived in the capital of Belarus on Friday to participate in a meeting of the Inter-State Council of the Eurasian Economic Community (EurAsEC)

* The death toll from flooding in Saudi Arabia has risen to 83, the Al-Riyadh newspaper reported

* The new Serbian Orthodox Patriarch will be elected on January 22 by the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church, the Church's website said

* At least 16 people were killed and nine injured in a head-on collision between two trucks in the south of Peru, the country's RPP radio reported

RUSSIA

* Four carriages of a train travelling from Moscow to St. Petersburg have derailed, killing several people, an emergencies official said

* A Russian shipyard floated out the first of three frigates for India's Navy on Friday, a company spokesman said

* Russia's prime minister has played down the possible global impact of a default by a major Dubai company, but analysts have warned that a large default could trigger a new crisis wave

* Russia has destroyed 45% of its chemical weapon stockpiles one month ahead of a deadline under an international pact, the Foreign Ministry said

* Russia has yet to make a final decision on whether to buy a Mistral-class helicopter carrier from France, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said

* Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov denied on Friday media reports that a new strategic arms reduction deal will not be signed before the old START pact expires next week

* Russia has successfully completed bench trials of the first stage of the new Angara carrier rocket, Russia's Khrunichev Space and Research Center said

* Swiss prosecutors have pressed charges against a suspected Russian drink driver who recently caused a serious traffic accident near Geneva, the Tribune de Geneve said

RELIGION

* Muslims in Russia join the Islamic world on Friday in celebrating Eid al-Adha, Festival of Sacrifice, or Kurban Bairam, as it is called by Russian and Central Asian Muslims

BUSINESS

* Russia's Gazprom signed a deal on Friday to supply Electricite de France (EDF), the world's largest utility company, with up to 6 billion cubic meters of natural gas annually, a Russian deputy PM said