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A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

WORLD

* The Syrian opposition rejected President Bashar al-Assad’s new peace initiative, including a national reconciliation conference and a new government

* Several hundred residents in the Uzbek enclave of Sokh attacked a Kyrgyz border guard base, the AKIpress news agency reported.

* An Egyptian criminal court acquitted former culture minister Farouk Hosni of illicit gain charges

RUSSIA

* Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has approved a “roadmap” for a special program to promote competition and improve antimonopoly policy, the government press service said 

* The Russian military tracked about 40 foreign and domestic missile and space rocket launches last year, a Defense Ministry spokesman said

* The Russian Navy will receive about 80 support ships within the next three years, the Defense Ministry said

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