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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def app_labels(apps_list):
 """ Returns a list of app labels of the given apps_list, now properly handles new Django 1.7+ application registry. https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/ref/applications/#django.apps.AppConfig.label """

    if AppConfig is None:
        return [app.split('.')[-1] for app in apps_list]
    return [AppConfig.create(app).label for app in apps_list]