Main news of January 3

A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

RUSSIA

* Russian opposition forces have set up a working group which will begin collecting signatures on a petition demanding that the National Supreme Court annuls the outcome of the Dec. 4 parliamentary elections, Mikhail Shneider, member of Solidarity opposition movement said

WORLD

* The prosecutor in Poland’s Nowy Sacz town will interrogate on Tuesday a former Russian prosecutor, Alexander Ignatenko, detained in Poland on Russia’s request amidst illegal gambling scandal, a local prosecutor spokesperson said

* Saudi-based hackers have broken into credit cards data of at least 400,000 Israelis, Israeli credit companies said

* The United States expressed serious concerns about Syria's handling of an Arab League monitoring mission designed to halt a crackdown on anti-government protests.