Main news of February 11

RUSSIA

*Moscow will suspend the adoption of Russian children by U.S. citizens until the Russian-U.S. adoption deal comes into force, Foreign Ministry said on Saturday

WORLD

*Niger will not extradite the deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s son, Saadi, despite the demands from Libyan authorities, Al Arabiya reported on Saturday

*Ukraine’s jailed former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko will not ask president Viktor Yanukovych for pardon, Ukrainian Zerkalo Nedeli weekly reported on Saturday, citing Tymoshenko’s lawyer, Sergei Vlasenko

*Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Saturday that Tehran would soon reveal “major” progress in its disputed nuclear program

SPORT

*Russia kept alive its hopes of reaching the Davis Cup semi-finals Saturday by beating Austria in a marathon doubles rubber to leave the scores at 2-1 ahead of Sunday’s closing singles rubbers

*The Russian rugby team won a close European Nations Cup match against Portugal on Saturday, despite playing without several established players

*The Russian football team should guard against complacency at Euro 2012 because their group is not as easy as it seems, former Russia international striker Dmitry Alenichev said Saturday

*German Olympic luge champion Felix Loch won gold in the men’s individual competition Sunday at the Luge World Championships, beating veteran Russian Albert Demchenko

*Canadian figure skater Patrick Chan has won the Four Continents championships in Colorado Springs, beating Evgeny Plushenko’s winning score from the European Championships