Main news of July 2

A roundup of what has happened over the past 24 hours

WORLD

* Ukraine has proposed that Russia and the European Union build a new gas pipeline across its territory to increase Russian gas transit to Europe, President Viktor Yanukovych said

*Kazakhstan hopes to complete negotiations on its accession to the World Trade Organization by the end of 2010, the country's vice premier said.

*The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has not yet reached a consensus on the Russian-Georgian dossier, the Assembly's President Mevlut Cavusoglu said

*Kyrgyz interim leader Roza Otunbayeva was officially declared the country's president for the transitional period until December 31, 2011.

*The United States supports efforts made by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in the fight against corruption in Russia, the U.S. Department of State said

*Russia's admission to the World Trade Organization and the Organization for Economic Development and Cooperation will help to improve democracy in the country, the U.S. Department of State said

*Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the late Polish president's twin brother, is the favorite candidate ahead of the presidential runoff on July 4, an opinion poll released said

 

RUSSIA

* The Progress M-06M cargo spacecraft failed to dock with the International Space Station due to a failure in its automated docking system, a NASA spokesman said

*The Russian and Bulgarian heads of government, Vladimir Putin and Boiko Borisov discussed bilateral trade and energy projects during a telephone conversation

*The State Duma, the lower house of Russia's parliament passed in its third reading a bill on a complete alcohol ban for drivers

*The Russian government plans to construct coal terminals at the countries major seaports, Russian Deputy Premier Igor Sechin said

*A freight train was derailed by a blast on a railroad in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Dagestan, a local police spokesman said