Main news of February 22

A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

WORLD

* Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who lost the presidential vote earlier this month, called on her coalition in parliament to stand united

* Police detained former air force and navy commanders on Monday among 49 people as part of investigation into an alleged plot to topple the government, Turkish media reported

* Ukraine's Orthodox Church criticized president-elect Viktor Yanukovych for inviting the Russian patriarch to lead a church service before his inauguration as politically incorrect

* At least 11 people were killed and 30 injured in a suicide attack in Swat Valley in Pakistan's northwest, Aaj TV reported

* A NATO airstrike killed at least 27 civilians in southern Afghanistan, hundreds of miles away from the town of Marjah, where a large-scale offensive against Taliban militants is underway, the Wall Street Journal said on its website, quoting Afghan officials

* Chinese President Hu Jintao has congratulated newly elected Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych on his victory and said China was ready to develop ties with the former Soviet state, Yanukovych's press-service has said

* U.S. space shuttle Endeavour successfully landed at a space center in Florida after it undocked from the International Space Station on February 20, NASA said

RUSSIA

* An eight-year-old girl was killed and her two brothers injured when they hit an explosive device in the south Russian city of Beslan, site of the 2004 school massacre, local emergencies officials said

SPORT

* The Swedish men's hockey team beat Finland 3-0 in the final Group C match at the the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver

* The 10th day of the Olympics in Vancouver was the most successful for the Russian team, adding 3 medals - one gold, one silver, and one bronze - to the country's store and soaring Russia from the 12th to the 7th position in the overall medal standings