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A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

WORLD

* The latest report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Iran's nuclear activities is politically motivated, the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said

RUSSIA

* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Russia will lift a ban on grain exports after next year's harvest is gathered in, not this year's, the president's press service said

* The Middle East quartet of international mediators should be more active in facilitating Palestinian-Israel talks, the Russian foreign minister said

* Participants in the Valdai Discussion Club handed their Russia Development Index 2009-2010 report to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin

* Russia will not need to import grain since this year's harvest is enough for the country's domestic needs, Russian Agriculture Minister Yelena Skrynnik said

* A Moscow Police investigation has cleared LUKoil executive driver Vladimir Kartayev of blame for a fatal car accident in February that left two doctors dead, Moscow's police chief Vladimir Kolokoltsev said

* Russia and Kazakhstan signed a series of agreements, including trans-border water area protection and cross-border cooperation

BUSINESS

* The position of Minsk on the levying of duties on Russian oil products supplied to Belarus has no legal basis, a Russian first deputy prime minister said

* The Russian government could start selling off stakes in state-controlled enterprises before the end of the year, First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov said

SPORTS

* A defensive mix-up proved fatal for Russia in Moscow as Slovakia took all three points in a Euro 2012 qualifier

DEFENSE

* The Russian destroyer RFS Admiral Levchenko has started escorting a convoy of seven civilian ships off the coast of Africa, a Russian Defense Ministry spokesman said

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