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* Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak said he will apologize to his country for violently suppressing an anti-government uprising at the beginning of the year

* The Syrian government denied claims that it has been burying anti-government protesters in mass graves

* Egyptian-born Saif al-Adel has become the acting leader of al Qaeda after the death of Osama bin Laden, Pakistani News daily said, quoting an anonymous source

Russia

* A man suspected to be behind the appearance of dismembered body parts across Moscow in recent weeks was arrested after half-eaten human innards were found in his home, police said.

* Seven people were killed when a fire broke out in a three-storey apartment block in downtown Moscow

* Belarus hopes Russia will provide a $3-billion loan in exchange for goods to avert a looming currency crisis, President Alexander Lukashenko said

 

 

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