In 2011 trials will finish on one vaccine (RTS, S) which has proved successful in reducing severe cases of malaria by 50%.

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Elsewhere in the region Russia's RTS index was down 0.9% in Moscow during the afternoon.

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In Russia, where the lower house of parliament gave final approval to a measure to extend the presidential term to six years, from four, Moscow's RTS index was up 2.8%, led by Gazprom, up 5.6%.

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ITV's expose of the Jimmy Savile abuse scandal has been named "scoop of the year" at the Royal Television Society's (RTS) Journalism Awards.

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The Royal Television Society (RTS) is Britain's leading forum for television and related media.

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CNN's win at the RTS awards is the latest honor in a year which also saw the network recognized for its outstanding storytelling efforts at the Foreign Press Association Media awards, where the network won three accolades, as well as at the recent EPPY awards where CNN Digital scooped four categories.

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Many of Cyprus's foreign bank depositors are Russian, and Russian shares were hit hard, with the RTS Index falling 2.8%.

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