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A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

WORLD

* Ukraine's Central Election Commission (CEC) is split in opinions on fraud reports during the presidential election runoff, with some calling the reports "legal spam" and others calling for recount

* Thai prosecutors on Thursday will announce a decision to drop charges against the crew of a cargo plane that was seized with illegal weaponry from North Korea on board, Thailand's The Nation internet news site has reported

* The U.S. Treasury Department has further extended sanctions against Iran's Islamic Guards Corps (IRGC), the department said on its website

* Poland hopes for "constructive cooperation" with Viktor Yanukovych, Ukraine's "new democratically elected president," a top Polish Foreign Ministry official said

* Any new sanctions against Iran should work toward the strengthening of the nonproliferation regime, a deputy Russian foreign minister said in a signal that Moscow will not back strong punitive action against Tehran

* Ukraine's presidential election was rigged in some regions and this has been proven legally, a Ukrainian first deputy prime minister said

* Viktor Yanukovych, who preliminary results showed narrowly winning Ukraine's presidential election, urged his opponent, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, to resign and move into the opposition

* Russia regrets that Iran has been unwilling to compromise on its nuclear program and recognizes that sanctions are necessary in certain circumstances, a senior Foreign Ministry official said in an interview published

* Ukraine's opposition Party of Regions could form a coalition and dismiss the present government next week, the party's deputy chairman said

* Viktor Yanukovych received 48.95% of the vote in the second round of Ukraine's presidential election, 3.48% ahead of his opponent, election authorities said after completing the vote count

* The party of Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko is demanding a recount of ballots in Sunday's presidential polls, which were narrowly won by opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych

* Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has called on the international community to impose "crippling" sanctions on Iran to force the Islamic republic to scrap its controversial nuclear program

RUSSIA

* The Russian Interior Ministry's internal affairs division plans to check police officers on lie detectors, the division head told a Russian government newspaper

* Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has proposed increasing natural gas deliveries to Lithuania

* The Nord Stream project, to pipe gas from Siberia to Europe under the Baltic Sea, is absolutely reliable and environmentally safe, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said

BUSINESS

* Russia will synchronize large-scale energy projects, including the development of new deposits, with market demand, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said

SPORTS

* Russia's Kruzenshtern sailing ship has arrived at the Port of Vancouver for the opening of the 2010 Winter Olympics

* More than 40% of Russians believe that judges at the Vancouver Winter Olympics will demonstrate an anti-Russia bias, a survey revealed

*Russian athletes will not face discrimination by doping officers at the Winter Olympics, Sport Minister Vitaly Mutko said, adding that he hoped there would be no drug-related scandals in Vancouver

* Russian athletes received a "clear message" that they have a doping problem and the government must continue taking actions to solve the issue, an IOC official said