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A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

WORLD

* A few dozen opposition activists started a picket of Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, to protest a bill significantly enhancing the status of the Russian language in the country

* Russia is disappointed in the decision by Syrian rebels to pull out of a ceasefire that was an integral part of a United Nations peace plan for the conflict-torn Middle Eastern country, a leading Foreign Ministry official said

RUSSIA

* Russia’s Foreign Ministry gave Libya’s charge d’affaires ad interim in Moscow a protest note over the long prison terms handed to two Russians in Tripoli on Monday

* Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao issued a joint pledge to deepen bilateral ties and signed almost 20 cooperation deals on Tuesday, although a gas price deal to facilitate sales to Beijing was yet again conspicuously missing

BUSINESS

* A Siberian court has ordered the reopening of a $13.6 billion lawsuit filed by minority shareholders in BP’s Russian venture TNK-BP against the British oil major BP, over its failure last year to finalize a $16 billion share swap deal with Rosneft

SPORTS

* Russian state television has made a $110 million bid for the right to broadcast the Russian Premier League for the next three years and take the football competition back to terrestrial sets

* Roger Federer survived his most serious test of this year's French Open, coming back from two sets down to beat Argentina's Juan Martin Del Potro in their quarterfinal

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