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A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

WORLD

* The voter turnout at Sunday's presidential election in Ukraine was 67.05%, the ex-Soviet state's Central Election Commission said citing data on 76 electoral districts in 22 regions out of a total of 225 districts

* Ukraine's opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych, leading in the country's presidential election with over 30% of the vote, said Sunday it was too early for talks with other candidates who did not make it into the runoff

* Opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych is leading with over 30% of the vote in the first round of Ukraine's presidential election on Sunday, exit polls said

* UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has arrived in the quake-struck Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, the United Nations told RIA Novosti

* China has successfully launched its third navigation satellite as part of a project to develop its own global satellite navigation system, Xinhua reported

* Ali Hassan al-Majid, a former Iraqi official better known as 'Chemical Ali,' has been sentenced to death for ordering a poison gas attack on Kurds, local media reported

RUSSIA

* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev congratulated the Russian Team Kamaz and Vladimir Chagin on winning the 2010 Dakar Rally, the Kremlin said

* A Moscow investigator has been arrested on the charges of extorting a $15 million bribe from a businessman, the Investigative Committee said

RELIGION

* The head of the Russian Orthodox Church has called on Kazakh nationals to keep Orthodox Christian faith and remember that previous generations managed to preserve it in the times of Soviet persecution

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