Main news of April 3

A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

WORLD

* At least 25 people, including five women, were killed after gunmen wearing Iraqi military uniform attacked a village in southern Baghdad, an Iraqi Interior Ministry source said

* Ukraine's new government will give "broad cultural autonomy" to the country's regions, including to choose the main language used in local government and schools, the president's deputy chief of staff said

* Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has abolished Ukraine's National Centre for Euro-Atlantic Integration

* UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called for the government of Kyrgyzstan to show greater respect for human rights and freedom of the press

* The former Bosnian Serb president, Radovan Karadzic, will appear in court when his trial on war crimes charges resumes in The Hague on April 13, his lawyer said

* Russia will continue deliveries of military equipment to Venezuela to help the Latin American country boost its national defense

RUSSIA

* More than 100,000 police and 3,500 interior troops will ensure public security in Russia during Easter festivities over the weekend

* Two policemen died in a shootout in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Dagestan when officers stopped a car that another policeman was driving, a law-enforcement source said

* Police have arrested a man suspected in the killing on Saturday evening of an officer in the Moscow Region town of Dmitrov and are looking for a second suspect, a police spokesman said

* The man accused of attacking an 82-year-old Russian human rights activist as she paid her respects to those killed in the Moscow subway bombings has been released on bail, a court spokeswoman said

* Most of the warships in the Russian Black Sea Fleet have been in service for over 30 years and will not be fit for sea missions by 2015

BUSINESS

* Russia has agreed to lend Bolivia $100 million to buy Russian helicopters to help tackle drug trafficking, Mexican media reported

* Russia still has to make clear to the U.S. where it stands on the World Trade Organization, a senior Russian diplomat said

* Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that Russia is ready to loan $2.2 billion to Venezuela.

* Venezuela and Russia have reached an agreement to draft plans on the construction of the first nuclear power plant in the Latin American country

SPORTS

* Anzhi Makhachkala became the first of the three promoted sides to win in the Russian Premier League this season with a 2-0 home win over fellow newcomers Alania Vladikavkaz

* Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has taken charge of an advisory committee to prepare the country for Euro 2012, the president's website said