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* Said Buryatsky, a notorious gang leader in Russia"s North Caucasus, killed in a special operation on Tuesday, was involved in the derailment of the Nevsky Express high-speed train in November 2009, Alexander Bortnikov, the head of the Federal Security Service said

* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree awarding state decorations to Russian athletes for their achievements at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver

* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree abolishing the federal agencies for science and education and giving their functions to the Ministry of Education and Science

* Human rights activists held a sanctioned rally calling for police reform on downtown Moscow"s Triumfalnaya Square

WORLD

* Iraq has been taking additional security measures before Sunday parliamentary elections seen as a crucial precursor to a complete US military withdrawal from the country

* Turkey signaled that it may use countermeasures against

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