WORLD

* Opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko face a February 7 runoff in Ukraine"s presidential polls after neither of them was able to secure victory in the first round of voting

* U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, in Delhi on a two-day visit, is looking to forge closer military links with India, national media reported

* Palestinian unity is of paramount importance if a repetition of the 2008-09 Gaza War is to be avoided, the Palestinian National Authority"s ambassador to Russia said

* The Turkish Foreign Ministry said a formal blessing by the Armenian Constitutional Court for last year"s historic accord aimed at ending a century of hostility between the two nations contained preconditions which could hamper its realization

* NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has condemned a series of attacks by Taliban militants in the Afghan capital of Kabul that killed at least five civilians and police officers and wounded

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