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A roundup of what happened in the past 24 hours.

WORLD

* The Pentagon's secret Iraq war reports released by the WikiLeaks website and evidencing the Iraqi authorities' role in tortures and civilian deaths may have serious consequences for security in Iraq, an Iraqi Interior Ministry source said

* Representatives of rival Palestinian parties Hamas and Fatah will hold a meeting next week expected to become a final step towards a long-awaited reconciliation

* French President Nicolas Sarkozy's approval rating has dropped dramatically on the wake of growing discontent over his retirement reform, an opinion poll by the French Institute of Public Opinion (IFOP) said

* Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Palestinian government against attempts to replace the direct Israeli-Palestinian talks with unilateral actions

* A home for blind collapsed in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, families who lived in it are still awaiting for aid from the government, RIA Novosti correspondent reported from the scene

* U.S. 39th President Jimmy Carter engaged in controversy with other former President Bill Clinton criticizing his notorious comments that Russian immigrants to Israel were an obstacle to the Middle East peace process

* First cases of cholera have been registered in Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, which has sparked fears that the epidemic could grip thousands sheltered in refugee camps in the capital

* Canada will grant Haiti $1 million to help the Caribbean country fight a cholera outbreak, The Toronto Star reported on Sunday, citing Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper

RUSSIA

* Four policemen and one woman were injured after a self-made explosive device went off in the village of Ordzhonikidzevskaya in the Russia's North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia, the republic's Investigative Committee said

SPORTS

* The debt-saddled League of Champions club Portsmouth appeared to stay in business after its key creditor Sasha Gaydamak agreed to allow the club to pay its debt worth 2.2 million pounds ($3.45 million) in installments over five years

* Ukraine and Poland are suspected of bribing football officials to win the UEFA bid to host the 2012 European Football Championship, German newspaper Suddeutsche Zeitung reported

* Accusations that UEFA officials have sold the right to host the 2012 European Football Championship to Ukraine and Poland are rootless, Vyathceslav Koloskov, Honorary President of the Russian Football Union (RFU), said

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