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Main News of May 8

Topic: Top stories of the day

00:06 09/05/2012

RUSSIA

* Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was confirmed as the country’s new prime minister by a majority of votes in the State Duma 

* Moscow police have detained about thirty participants of unsanctioned peaceful protest against Vladimir Putin’s return to presidency, an Interior Ministry spokesman said on Tuesday.

WORLD

* The headquarters of Libya’s interim government in Tripoli on Tuesday came under attack by gunmen believed to be former Libyan rebels demanding payment, the BBC reported

* Ukraine’s former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko who is currently in a prison in the eastern city of Kharkov has agreed for a medical treatment form German doctor Lutz Harms, her lawyer said on Tuesday

SPORTS

* WBA heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin is to defend his title against Hasim Rahman on the undercard of a July 14 fight between David Haye and Dereck Chisora, a promoter said

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