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23:55 08/01/2012

A roundup of what has happened during the last 24 hours

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* Arab League ministers meeting in Cairo on Sunday demanded that the Syrian government and armed groups immediately halt all violence

* North Korea’s state television has aired a documentary about the new leader, Kim Jong-un, in which he inspects troops and maneuvers a tank

* An underground nuclear power plant in Iran will achieve full generation capacity in early February, the country’s atomic chief says

* The New York Office of the Attorney General called on the judge to reject an appeal against the guilty verdict of Russian national Viktor Bout, who was convicted for arms trafficking last year

* The new government in Belgium raised its own wages by 8% contrary to promises of 5% cuts under the spending cuts plan, the Het Nieuwsblad op Zondag paper said

RUSSIA

* A Moscow court ruled that the arrest of opposition figurehead Sergei Udaltsov was lawful

* Dozens of protesters met in Moscow on Sunday to call for fair presidential elections this March

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