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

WORLD

* South Ossetian president dismissed ‘unpopular’ officials

* Mexican authorities have thwarted a plot in which Saadi Gaddafi, son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, was to be smuggled into the country, national media reported, quoting the country's interior minister

* The new Egyptian cabinet led by Prime Minister Kamal al-Ganzouri was sworn in before the head of the country’s ruling military council on Wednesday, the local MENA news agency reported

* Embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has denied his responsibility for the bloody crackdown on dissent and said he did not feel guilty for the crimes committed by “extremists” and “terrorists” in his country

* Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav was taken to a prison to begin a seven-year sentence for rape

RUSSIA

* Demonstrations against alleged electoral fraud in favor of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party continued for a third night on Wednesday, with arrests in both Moscow and St. Petersburg, police said

* An obscene re-tweet was posted briefly Wednesday on President Dmitry Medvedev’s official Twitter account, the Kremlin said, blaming the embarrassing incident on “interference” by an administration technical employee

* Police are setting up metal barriers along the perimeter of Triumfalnaya Square in central Moscow as opposition groups are preparing to stage a new unsanctioned rally to protest election fraud

* Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin submitted documents to be officially registered as a candidate in the March 2012 presidential elections

* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed into law a bill that allows the bailiff service to pursue and detain debtors, the Kremlin said

* A passenger jet with nearly 150 people onboard ran off the end of the runway after landing at the airport in Nizhny Novgorod in central Russia on Wednesday. No injuries were reported, an airport spokesman said

* An adviser to President Dmitry Medvedev on human rights issues has criticized Moscow police and the courts for their handling of opposition demonstrations in downtown Moscow earlier this week

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