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A roundup of what has happened over the past 24 hours

WORLD

*China sent into orbit on Saturday its first female astronaut, 33-year-old Liu Yang, who became one of the three astronauts to achieve the country's first manual space docking as part of an ambitious project to start building a 60-ton space station by about 2020

*The U.N. observers in Syria suspended on Saturday their mission “until further notice” because of the intensifying violence, Al Jazeera reported, citing the statement by General Robert Mood, the head of the UN Stabilization Mission in Syria

*The crown prince of Saudi Arabia died "outside the kingdom" on Saturday, al Jazeera television reported citing state media

RUSSIA

*Russia's Universal Cargo Logistics Holding (UCL Holding), owned by billionaire Vladimir Lisin, dismissed on Saturday media reports claiming that the company’s vessel had shipped weapons to violence-hit Syria, UCL Holding said

*Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Saturday that introduces a three-level alarm system of terrorism threat, the Kremlin’s press service said

SPORTS

*Basketball's Eurocup winner is set to abandon the final four system from next season, organizers said Saturday

*Midfielder Denis Glushakov will start for Russia in their Euro 2012 clash with Greece on Saturday, a team official has told R-Sport

*Germany's potential Euro 2012 quarterfinal opponents Russia have explosive attacking combinations that will make them a threat if they reach the knockout stage, coach Joachim Low said Saturday

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