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Manufacturing output falls in July (AFP) Posted: 09 Sep 2008 04:52 AM CDT AFP - British manufacturing production fell by 0.4 percent in July from June and declined 1.4 percent on a 12-month basis, the Office for National Statistics said on Tuesday.

Shell in landmark £2.2bln gas deal with Iraq (AFP) Posted: 09 Sep 2008 04:40 AM CDT AFP - Anglo-Dutch energy giant Royal Dutch Shell has agreed a gas joint venture with Iraq worth up to four billion dollars (2.27 billion pounds), the Iraqi oil ministry and the Financial Times said on Tuesday.

Swiss Re has no further exposure to subprime risks: CEO (AFP) Posted: 09 Sep 2008 04:39 AM CDT AFP - The world's largest reinsurer, Swiss Re, is out of danger from major exposure to the subprime mortgage crisis, the group's chief executive Jacques Aigrain said in remarks published Tuesday.

Briton fails to turn up for 'sex on the beach' trial (AFP) Posted: 09 Sep 2008 04:30 AM CDT AFP - The trial of two Britons accused of having sex on a beach in Dubai was adjourned on Tuesday after one of the defendants and the main witness failed to show up.

Blaze destroys historic pier (AFP) Posted: 09 Sep 2008 04:21 AM CDT AFP - Firefighters were on Tuesday still battling a serious blaze which has "completely gutted" an historic Lancashire pier.

Russia to keep troops in Georgia breakaway regions (AP) Posted: 09 Sep 2008 04:09 AM CDT AP - Russia's foreign minister says that Russian troops will stay in Georgia's breakaway provinces of Abkhazia and South Ossetia for a long time to come.

European stocks pause for breath at open (AFP) Posted: 09 Sep 2008 04:01 AM CDT AFP - European stock markets held steady at the opening of trade on Tuesday following surges the day before caused by the US bailout of former mortgage titans Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Prosecutors mull retrial of transatlantic bombers (AFP) Posted: 09 Sep 2008 04:00 AM CDT AFP - Prosecutors have been given until the end of the month to consider a retrial of men accused of plotting to blow up transatlantic aircraft with liquid explosives in 2006.

Britain's BG concedes bid for Australian group to fail (AFP) Posted: 09 Sep 2008 03:58 AM CDT AFP - British gas firm BG Group conceded on Tuesday that its hostile bid for Australia's Origin Energy would fail because it would not raise its offer after Origin teamed up with US oil giant ConocoPhillips.

Shannon's stepfather in court over child porn (AFP) Posted: 09 Sep 2008 03:46 AM CDT AFP - Police investigating the disappearance of schoolgirl Shannon Matthews discovered 134 indecent images of children on the computer of her mother's former partner, a court heard on Monday.

Russia agrees to pull out of key areas of Georgia (AP) Posted: 09 Sep 2008 02:17 AM CDT AP - Russia's president pledged to withdraw his troops to areas where they had been before fighting erupted in Georgia last month but only after 200 European Union monitors deploy later this month as part of a revised cease-fire agreement.

Sunken ships and bomb damage scar Georgian coast (AP) Posted: 08 Sep 2008 08:44 PM CDT AP - Bomb craters scar Georgia's devastated naval port, and Russian forces dig in at a bustling base nearby. Half-empty beach resorts count the losses from a ruined summer season.

UK jury finds 3 men guilty in bombing plot (AP) Posted: 08 Sep 2008 05:16 PM CDT AP - Three British Muslims with ties to Pakistan were found guilty Monday of conspiracy to murder in a terrorist bombing campaign but jurors failed to reach a verdict on whether they plotted to blow up multiple trans-Atlantic airliners with liquid explosives disguised as soft drinks.

Greece: Japanese ex-diplomat charged with murder (AP) Posted: 08 Sep 2008 01:19 PM CDT AP - A retired Japanese diplomat and his Greek wife have been charged with killing their 36-year-old daughter in their Greek island home.

Germany's chancellor to face deputy in 2009 ballot (AP) Posted: 08 Sep 2008 12:45 PM CDT AP - Chancellor Angela Merkel and her popular foreign minister will be opponents in next year's general election, but they vowed Monday not to allow the rivalry to damage their governing coalition.

59-year-old in France gives birth to triplets (AP) Posted: 08 Sep 2008 12:44 PM CDT AP - Hospital officials in France say a 59-year-old woman has given birth to triplets after going abroad to get donated eggs.

Russia to send naval squadron, planes to Venezuela (AP) Posted: 08 Sep 2008 10:30 AM CDT AP - Russia said Monday it will send a naval squadron and long-range patrol planes to Venezuela this year for a joint military exercise in the Caribbean, an announcement made at a time of increasingly tense relations with the United States.

Ukraine prime minister summoned by prosecutors (AP) Posted: 08 Sep 2008 10:29 AM CDT AP - Ukraine's prime minister was summoned by prosecutors for questioning, officials said Monday, in the latest chapter of a power struggle with the president.

British Cabinet holds rare meeting outside London (AP) Posted: 08 Sep 2008 09:55 AM CDT AP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown held the first Cabinet meeting outside London in nearly 90 years on Monday, seeking to revive his flagging political fortunes amid a steepening economic downtown.

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