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A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

WORLD

* The Egyptian government headed by Prime Minister Isam Sharaf stepped down in response to tensions caused by some 30,000 protesters gathering on the capital's central Tahrir Square

*The United States is ready to provide Russia with technical specifics of interceptor missiles of the European missile defense system, Russia's Kommersant daily said on Monday, citing U.S. sources

*At a meeting on Sunday, foreign ministers of Italy and Germany have called on the UN Security Council to effectively respond to violence against civilians in Syria

*With 78% of ballots counted, Spain's conservative Popular Party, led by Mariano Rajoy, won an absolute majority in parliament, a government spokesman said on Monday

RUSSIA

*People should be brought to justice not for posting their thoughts on the internet, but for calls for violence, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday

*A court in Tajikistan will on Tuesday start reviewing the controversial case of two pilots sentenced to eight and a half years in prison for smuggling and violation of Tajikistan’s airspace



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