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Main News of February 3

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Main News of February 3
23:59 03/02/2012

WORLD

*Iran has successfully launched an observation satellite, Iranian news network Press TV reported.

*UN Security Council members have agreed upon the text of a draft resolution on Syria and will send the document to governments for approval.

*The clothes and underwear of the young woman spotted with the captain of the shipwrecked Costa Concordia on the night of the disaster have reportedly been found in his cabin, The Telegraph said.

*The Russian Foreign Ministry rejected reports that it could strike a deal on Iran with the United States in exchange for non-intervention by the West in Syria.

 

RUSSIA

*At least 64 people died of hypothermia across Russia in January from the freezing weather gripping most of the country, Maxim Topilin, a deputy health minister, said.

*The results of an opinion poll by the state-run pollster VTsIOM released on Friday show that support for Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin grew 3 percentage points this week to 52 percent and that he could win the March 4 presidential elections without a runoff.

*Campaign representatives will appear on behalf of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in televised Russian presidential election debates starting on Monday.

 

BUSINESS

*Faced with a cold snap, some Gazprom customers in Europe have complained that deliveries of Russian natural gas have declined, but Gazprom said they were asking for above-contract volumes, a Gazprom export official, Sergei Komlev, said.

*Sukhoi Civil Aircraft has received the Type Certificate for its Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) regional passenger aircraft from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), the company’s press service said.

 

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