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Main News of March 16

19:59 GMT 16.03.2012

WORLD

* Hundreds of Waffen SS veterans and their supporters held a march in the Latvian capital Riga to mark Legionnaire's Day, which commemorates Latvians who fought for the Germans during World War II

* Moscow urged the West to tone down anti-Assad rhetoric

RUSSIA

* Russia urged Pyongyang not to go ahead with its planned satellite launch, which would set it against the international community

* Prime Minister and president-elect Vladimir Putin said nonprofit organizations, including traditional religious confessions, that engage in social projects should have access to budget funds and government contracts on a par with government organizations

DEFENSE

* The Russian Communist Party demanded that two referendums, an all-Russian and a regional one, be held over the projected deployment of a NATO transit base in the Volga city of Ulyanovsk

BUSINESS

* Russia's RusAl, the world's largest aluminum company, has appointed independent director Barry Cheung as board chairman, replacing billionaire Viktor Vekselberg, the firm said

* Russian prosecutors have submitted a request to the UK for the extradition of former Bank of Moscow head Andrei Borodin, the Prosecutor General's Office spokeswoman said

CRIME

* The entire staff of a district police squad in Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan, was dismissed following an incident in which a suspect was allegedly killed in custody after officers sodomized him with a champagne bottle, a top police spokeswoman said

SOCIETY

* The Russian Justice Ministry reported to the president the reasons why it denied registration last year to opposition party Parnas, the ministry’s press service said

SPORTS

* Maria Sharapova won a marathon three-setter against compatriot Maria Kirilenko to advance to the semifinals of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells