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A roundup of what happened in the past 24 hours.

WORLD

* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev paid his first official visit to the Vatican and met with Pope Benedict XVI

* At least 12 people were killed and dozens injured in anti-government protests in Libya's northeastern city of Al-Baida and eastern city of Benghazi

* Egyptian protestors continued to stage nationwide strikes with no regard to calls from the country's leadership to end the upheavals and return to work, local media said

* A Minsk court sentenced Belarusian opposition activist Vasily Parfenkov to four years in prison for participating in mass protests following the December 19 presidential elections

RUSSIA

* The European Parliament has criticized Russia's judiciary over its lack of independence and impartiality, and expressed concern over politically motivated trials

* Moscow is skeptical that Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili is to rebuild ties with Russia, Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said

* The parliament of Kyrgyzstan approved the naming of a mountain peak in the Central Asian country's north after Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, the local news agency 24.kg said

* Police are searching the offices of a construction company controlled by the billionaire wife of the former Moscow mayor Yury Luzhkov, a spokesman for the company said

BUSINESS

* General Motors (GM) plans to increase output at its plant in St Petersburg to about 60,000 vehicles in 2011, up from 29,000 cars last year, General Motors Auto Chief Executive Officer Romuald Rytwinski said

* Russia's Antimonopoly Service has filed a suit against Volga-based subsidiaries of oil giants TNK-BP and LUKoil over collusion on fuel prices, the service said

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