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* Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov discussed with U.S. Ambassador John Beyrle in Moscow the status of a new strategic arms reduction deal and the situation around Iran"s nuclear program

* Russian and NATO chiefs of staff approved a framework military cooperation treaty, a NATO official said

* The police commander in charge of security for the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, was found dead in his hotel room, the Swiss ATS news agency reported

* A solution to the Middle East conflict has yet to be found, PNA leader Mahmoud Abbas said

* At least 18 people have been killed and another 80 injured in a suicide bomb attack at a police crime laboratory in Baghdad, Aljazeera news agency reported

* North Korea has shut down ports on its western coast and could be readying to test-fire missiles, South Korea"s Yonhap agency said

* Ukrainian Prime Minister and presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko said the criminal

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