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A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours.

World

* Colonel Gaddafi’s wife Safiya and his daughter Aisha have fled from Libya to Tunisia, Al-Jazeera reported, citing a source in Tunisia's Defense Ministry

* The Muslim Brotherhood movement in Egypt submitted an application for official recognition of its newly-formed Freedom and Justice political party, which will run in upcoming parliamentary elections

* Syrian President Bashar Assad believes that his country has overcome its two-month-long political crisis, the Al Watan daily said in a special edition

Russia

* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said it was too soon to say if he will run for president in the 2012 election but it will not be long before he announces his decision

* Investigators in Moscow have ruled that the logo of anti-graft website Rospil.info - run by well-known activist Alexei Navalny - mocks Russia's official emblem

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