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Main news of February 12

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A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

WORLD

* Syria on Sunday rejected an Arab League resolution calling for a joint UN-Arab peacekeeping force in the country and tightened economic sanctions on Damascus, Al Arabiya television reported.

* Black-hooded protesters hurling stones and petrol bombs on Sunday battled Greece's parliament as lawmakers inside debated deeply unpopular austerity measures to secure a bail-out program aimed to stave off bankruptcy.

* Ongoing Syrian unrests are being instigated by foreigners, The Supreme Head of the Universal Syriac Orthodox Church, His Holiness Moran Mor Ignatius Zakka said at a meeting with Russian political experts visiting the country.

RUSSIA

Russian Prime Minister and presidential frontrunner Vladimir Putin in a new article proposed a set of measures aimed to increase country’s population from 142 million to 154 million peoplE

SPORTS

*Alex Bogomolov Jr.’s disastrous Davis Cup debut for Russia continued Sunday as he was swept aside in straight sets by Jurgen Melzer, giving Austria the win in Wiener Neustadt

* Russia won the annual Legends Cup for former football stars with a 6-2 win over Ukraine in the final in Moscow on Sunday

* Russia’s ice hockey need more experience of playing at the top level, coach Zinetula Bilyaletdinov said

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