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Main news of January 7

23:52 07/01/2012

A roundup of what has happened during the last 24 hours

Church leader urges Kremlin not to ignore vote protests
17:15 07/01/2012
The head of Russia’s powerful Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, told the country’s leaders on Saturday to listen to and act on the demands voiced at recent mass protests over alleged vote rigging.
Russia calls for restraint when sentencing Egyptian ex-president
12:49 07/01/2012
The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday it was concerned about the calls of the prosecutor at the trial of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to sentence the former leader to death by hanging.
Russian leaders wish a happy Orthodox Christmas
10:27 07/01/2012
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev congratulated all Orthodox Christians and Russian citizens celebrating Orthodox Christmas, which is being celebrated Saturday, the Kremlin press service said.
Four children dead, 4 people injured in house fire in Russia’s south
05:06 07/01/2012
Four children died and four people, including two more children, were injured after a fire broke out in a house near Russia’s southern city of Krasnodar

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PM Medvedev Elected as United Russia Leader

Members of Russia's ruling United Russia party on Saturday elected Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev as its leader at a party congress.

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Sweden Wins 2012 Eurovision Song Contest

Sweden’s Loreen has won the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest with 372 points with her hit Euphoria, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported on Sunday.

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Egyptian Independent Presidential Candidate Appeals Polls’ Results

An independent candidate at the Egyptian presidential elections, Hamdeen Sabbahi of the nationalist Dignity party, who came the third in the polls’ first round on Wednesday and Thursday, said he would appeal the results because of violations.

Victims of Jet Crash in Czech Republic Return to Russia

Victims of Plane Crash in Czech Republic Return to Russia

Twelve Russians, the crew members of a An-30 turboprop that crash landed on May 23 at an airport in the east of Prague, and Russian Defense Ministry inspectors returned to Russia on Saturday, the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry said.

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