Main news of March 3

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A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours.

WORLD

* The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague opened a probe into atrocities allegedly committed by Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and his top aides in a recent crackdown on anti-government protesters

* U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has confirmed Washington's plans to deploy missile defenses and Air Force units in Poland

* Demonstrators on Cairo's central Tahrir Square were divided over the resignation of Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq, who quit his post earlier in the day

RUSSIA

* The development of freedom for everyone in Russia is a national goal, President Dmitry Medvedev said at a research conference on the country's modernization reforms

* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev described the situation in Libya as moving toward the civil war

* Russia and Saudi Arabia warned against outside political or military intervention in Libya, saying such actions could only make the situation worse, Russia's Foreign Ministry said

* A second prototype of the Russian fifth-generation T-50 fighter successfully conducted its maiden flight, the Sukhoi aircraft manufacturer said

* Russian tycoon Alexander Ponomarenko has bought a multi-million dollar Italianate villa allegedly being built near a Black Sea resort for Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, the Kommersant daily reported

BUSINESS

* The London Court has seized Goldman Sachs' 3.9% stake in Bank of Moscow, preventing a bid by Russia's second largest bank VTB to gain control of the Moscow government's lender, Vedomosti business daily reported

* Russia's long-distance operator Rostelecom, and mobile phone operators Mobile TeleSystems, MegaFon and VimpelCom have signed an agreement to share WiMAX operator Scartel's infrastructure, with which it will build a fourth-generation network, Communications Minister Igor Shchyogolev said

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