Main news of March 25

A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

WORLD

* The U.S. missiles planned for basin in Europe have no capability against Russian missiles, U.S. Ambassador to Moscow Michael McFaul said on his Twitter account

* United Nations Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Syria Kofi Annan mission is, perhaps, Syria’s last chance to avoid civil war, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said

* According to preliminary data, ex-chair of State Defense Committee Leonid Tibilov is leading the South Ossetia presidential elections with 41.94 percent of the vote, Central Electoral Commission Chief Bella Plieva said

* Egypt’s Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF)on Friday confirmed its commitment to stage presidential elections and hold a constitutional referendum in the wake of doubts expressed by the country's Muslim Brotherhood

RUSSIA

* Russia's Proton-M carrier rocket with a U.S. telecoms satellite was launched from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, a spokesman for the Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said

* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev departed for South Korea and India, where he will attend a nuclear summit in Seoul and a meeting of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) heads of state in Delhi.

 

SPORTS

* Second-half goals from Odil Ahmedov and Mbark Boussoufa gave Guus Hiddink's Anzhi a 2-0 win over FC Kuban in the Russian Premier League

* Dynamo Moscow dominated in the second half to take a 7-5 win over Dynamo Kazan and win the Russian Bandy Superliga for the sixth time

 

* Zenit St. Petersburg’s 1-1 draw with Rubin Kazan is a “fine” result and the Russian Premier League leaders only conceded because of bad luck, Zenit coach Luciano Spalletti said