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• Italy, China sign 1 bln euros in trade accords (AFP)
• 150 people fall ill on virus-struck cruise ship in Scotland: official (AFP)
• Croatia's first woman PM takes office (AFP)
• World's oldest Christian Bible digitized (AP)
• Couture off to sheer start at half-dressed Dior (AP)
• US, Britain join Austria in Madoff-related probes (AP)
• International observers voice concern over Bulgarian vote (AFP)
• Beauty Products Get Fairtrade Makeover (OneWorld.net)
• Russian writer and Soviet dissident Aksyonov dies (AP)
• Witness: weapon and wound not compatible (AP)
• Haute couture goes cold as recession lingers (AP)
• Obama, Medvedev agree to pursue nuclear reduction (AP)
• Issues facing the G8 leaders (AP)
• British comedy actress Mollie Sugden dies aged 86 (AP)
• Russian rights activists seek Obama's ear (AP)
• US first lady, daughters tour Kremlin (AP)
• Jill Biden vaunts community colleges at UN forum (AP)
• Sarkozy, Brown push against tax havens (AP)
• What is the Group of Eight? (AP)

Italy, China sign 1 bln euros in trade accords (AFP) Posted: 06 Jul 2009 04:16 PM PDT AFP - Italy and China signed deals worth a total of more than one billion euros Monday including a joint venture between auto giant Fiat and the Guangzhou Automobile Industry Group (GAIG), officials said.

150 people fall ill on virus-struck cruise ship in Scotland: official (AFP) Posted: 06 Jul 2009 04:01 PM PDT AFP - About 150 people have fallen ill aboard a cruise ship berthed in Scotland following a suspected outbreak of the vomit-inducing norovirus, health officials said Monday.

Croatia's first woman PM takes office (AFP) Posted: 06 Jul 2009 03:41 PM PDT AFP - Jadranka Kosor became Croatia's first woman prime minister on Monday vowing to revive the country's bid to join the European Union and tackle the economic crisis.

World's oldest Christian Bible digitized (AP) Posted: 06 Jul 2009 03:26 PM PDT AP - The surviving pages of the world's oldest Christian Bible have been reunited — digitally. The early work known as the Codex Sinaiticus has been housed in four separate locations across the world for more than 150 years. But starting Monday, it became available for perusal on the Web at http://www.codexsinaiticus.org so scholars and other readers can get a closer look at what the British Library calls a "unique treasure."

Couture off to sheer start at half-dressed Dior (AP) Posted: 06 Jul 2009 02:38 PM PDT AP - In these times heavy with financial worry, Paris' winter 2010 haute couture displays got off to a light start Monday, with sheer fabrics taking center stage at Dior's half-dressed display and at budding French labels Stephane Rolland and Alexis Mabille.

US, Britain join Austria in Madoff-related probes (AP) Posted: 06 Jul 2009 02:08 PM PDT AP - U.S. and British investigators have joined Austrian prosecutors in examining possible ties between a Vienna fund manager and disgraced financier Bernard Madoff, whose multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme wiped out thousands of investors and charities worldwide, an official said Monday.

International observers voice concern over Bulgarian vote (AFP) Posted: 06 Jul 2009 02:01 PM PDT AFP - International observers refused to give a "clean bill of health" to the general election in Bulgaria at the weekend, which saw the centre-right opposition roundly defeat the ruling Socialists.

Beauty Products Get Fairtrade Makeover (OneWorld.net) Posted: 06 Jul 2009 01:41 PM PDT OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Jul 6 (OneWorld.net) - Five companies recently released the first line of Fairtrade-certified beauty products in the United Kingdom. Consumers can now buy lip balm, lotion, shower gel, and face masks made in a way that benefits small farmers and the environment.

Russian writer and Soviet dissident Aksyonov dies (AP) Posted: 06 Jul 2009 01:35 PM PDT AP - Vasily Aksyonov, a prolific Russian writer and one of the last dissidents to be exiled from the Soviet Union, died Monday. He was 76.

Witness: weapon and wound not compatible (AP) Posted: 06 Jul 2009 01:06 PM PDT AP - A coroner testified Monday in the trial of American Amanda Knox that a knife believed to have been used in the slaying of a British student is "not compatible" with the victim's stab wound, an Italian news report said.

Haute couture goes cold as recession lingers (AP) Posted: 06 Jul 2009 01:06 PM PDT AP - During a recession, how do you hawk a dress that costs more than many cars?

Obama, Medvedev agree to pursue nuclear reduction (AP) Posted: 06 Jul 2009 01:01 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed a preliminary agreement Monday to reduce the world's two largest nuclear stockpiles by as much as a third, down to the lowest levels of any U.S.-Russia accord, and counter what Obama called "a sense of drift" in the countries' relations.

Issues facing the G8 leaders (AP) Posted: 06 Jul 2009 12:50 PM PDT AP - The Group of Eight leaders of the most industrialized countries will tackle the following issues during their three-day summit starting Wednesday in the central Italian city of L'Aquila.

British comedy actress Mollie Sugden dies aged 86 (AP) Posted: 06 Jul 2009 12:07 PM PDT AP - British comic actress Mollie Sugden, who played the formidable saleswoman Mrs. Slocombe in the BBC's long running comedy series "Are You Being Served?", has died aged 86.

Russian rights activists seek Obama's ear (AP) Posted: 06 Jul 2009 11:37 AM PDT AP - Some prominent Russian human rights activists said Monday they fear they won't be able to talk frankly and in detail about Russia's checkered rights record when they meet briefly with President Barack Obama during the summit.

US first lady, daughters tour Kremlin (AP) Posted: 06 Jul 2009 11:30 AM PDT AP - Russia's first lady Svetlana Medvedev took Michelle Obama and her two daughters on a low-key tour of the Kremlin just hours after they arrived in Moscow on Monday.

Jill Biden vaunts community colleges at UN forum (AP) Posted: 06 Jul 2009 10:58 AM PDT AP - Jill Biden, the wife of the U.S. vice president and longtime educator, says American community colleges could be a pillar of economic recovery and a source of new skills after layoffs — and a model for poorer countries struggling to educate their citizens.

Sarkozy, Brown push against tax havens (AP) Posted: 06 Jul 2009 10:36 AM PDT AP - The leaders of France and Britain pushed Monday for ambitious targets for tackling climate change and cracking down on uncooperative tax havens, ahead of upcoming meetings with other heads of state this week and in September.

What is the Group of Eight? (AP) Posted: 06 Jul 2009 10:05 AM PDT AP - Facts about the Group of Eight, which holds its annual summit starting Wednesday in L'Aquila, Italy:

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