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

World

 

* A New York court decided to end the house arrest of former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn, detained in mid-May on charges of sexually assaulting a hotel maid, his lawyer told journalists.

 

* Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi warned of attacks in Europe unless NATO stops its airstrikes against his army and key facilities.

 

* The weapons which France supplied to rebels fighting Libyan embattled leader Muammar Gaddafi were for "self-defense" in line with the UN resolution, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said

 

Russia

 

* NATO is likely be preparing a ground operation in Libya, the Russian envoy to the alliance, Dmitry Rogozin, said.

 

* Belarus has fully repaid its electricity debt to Russia's electricity export monopoly Inter RAO, the BelTA state news agency said

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