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• Russian troops on high readiness in South Ossetia (AP)
• New speaker bills for flat refurbishment: report (AFP)
• Study: Dioxin that poisoned Yushchenko made in lab (AP)
• Russia says raises readiness of troops in South Ossetia (Reuters)
• Pricetag to raise a child in the U.S. -- $291,570 (Reuters)
• Iraq war reparations to Kuwait could be reduced: UK (Reuters)
• BMW's 2Q profit slides 76 percent (AP)
• Standard Chartered announces profit, share placing (AP)
• Club kid, gay, Asian? "Sex and the City" wants you (Reuters)
• GM, Germany, bidders hold new Opel talks (AP)
• Obama, Medvedev discuss Georgia, arms control (AP)
• RIP: UK fishermen mourn passing of celebrity carp (AP)
• Greek museum restores mention of Christian vandals (AP)
• Italians hunt for record lottery jackpot (AP)
• Glaxo: 9 more countries order swine flu vaccine (AP)
• Dalai Lama: growing support in China for Tibetans (AP)
• Iceland court lifts gag order after public outrage (AP)
• NATO OKs new operational command for Afghanistan (AP)
• Novartis: Activists steal ashes of CEO's mom (AP)
• Great-granddaughter of last German emperor dies (AP)

Russian troops on high readiness in South Ossetia (AP) Posted: 04 Aug 2009 05:07 PM PDT AP - Russian troops in the breakaway province of South Ossetia have been put on increased combat readiness amid rising tensions on the de facto border with Georgia, according to officials.

New speaker bills for flat refurbishment: report (AFP) Posted: 04 Aug 2009 04:39 PM PDT AFP - The new speaker is spending 20,000 pounds in public money on refurbishing an apartment, after vowing a clean break from an expenses scandal that rocked the country's politics, a report said Wednesday.

Study: Dioxin that poisoned Yushchenko made in lab (AP) Posted: 04 Aug 2009 04:01 PM PDT AP - The dioxin that poisoned Ukrainian presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko in 2004 was so pure that it was definitely made in a laboratory, a new study says.

Russia says raises readiness of troops in South Ossetia (Reuters) Posted: 04 Aug 2009 03:25 PM PDT Reuters - A year after fighting a war with Georgia, Russia strengthened the combat readiness of its troops in the rebel region of South Ossetia on Tuesday and warned the United States against rearming Georgia.

Pricetag to raise a child in the U.S. -- $291,570 (Reuters) Posted: 04 Aug 2009 03:00 PM PDT Reuters - A middle-income family can expect to spend $291,570 (172,210 pounds) including inflation to raise a child born in 2008 to adulthood, the government estimated on Tuesday, up slightly from the estimate made a year ago.

Iraq war reparations to Kuwait could be reduced: UK (Reuters) Posted: 04 Aug 2009 01:48 PM PDT Reuters - Britain's U.N. envoy on Tuesday endorsed Iraq's request to lower its war reparation payments to Kuwait but said any reduction would need the blessing of both Baghdad and the Kuwaiti authorities.

BMW's 2Q profit slides 76 percent (AP) Posted: 04 Aug 2009 12:45 PM PDT AP - Luxury automaker BMW AG said Tuesday that its second-quarter profit skidded 76 percent lower as consumers put off buying its pricey vehicles. It said a "lasting" economic recovery was not yet in sight.

Standard Chartered announces profit, share placing (AP) Posted: 04 Aug 2009 12:40 PM PDT AP - Standard Chartered PLC reported Tuesday that first-half profit rose 5.5 percent compared with a year ago even as provisions for bad loans more than doubled to more than a billion dollars.

Club kid, gay, Asian? "Sex and the City" wants you (Reuters) Posted: 04 Aug 2009 12:40 PM PDT Reuters - More than a thousand people lined up for several hours in New York City on Tuesday for the chance to be an extra in the "Sex and the City" movie sequel.

GM, Germany, bidders hold new Opel talks (AP) Posted: 04 Aug 2009 11:50 AM PDT AP - Talks between General Motors Co., the German government and two bidders seeking to buy GM's European Opel unit ended Tuesday with progress reported and GM saying it hopes to make a recommendation shortly on a buyer.

Obama, Medvedev discuss Georgia, arms control (AP) Posted: 04 Aug 2009 11:47 AM PDT AP - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday spoke with President Barack Obama about Georgia, just days before the anniversary of last year's Russia-Georgia war, a Kremlin statement said.

RIP: UK fishermen mourn passing of celebrity carp (AP) Posted: 04 Aug 2009 11:26 AM PDT AP - She was big. She was beautiful. And boy was she popular with the fishermen.

Greek museum restores mention of Christian vandals (AP) Posted: 04 Aug 2009 11:13 AM PDT AP - Greece's new Acropolis Museum said Tuesday it would restore references to early Christians vandalizing the ancient Parthenon temple, which were deleted from a film shown to visitors for fear of angering the country's powerful Orthodox Church.

Italians hunt for record lottery jackpot (AP) Posted: 04 Aug 2009 10:55 AM PDT AP - A record jackpot of euro115.9 million ($166.7 million) has sent Italians into a lottery frenzy that has spread to neighboring countries and even local, cash-strapped municipalities.

Glaxo: 9 more countries order swine flu vaccine (AP) Posted: 04 Aug 2009 10:28 AM PDT AP - Drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline says that nine additional countries have ordered 96 million doses of swine flu vaccine since last month.

Dalai Lama: growing support in China for Tibetans (AP) Posted: 04 Aug 2009 10:15 AM PDT AP - The Dalai Lama said Tuesday that an estimated 4,000 people who were imprisoned during anti-Chinese riots in Tibet last year remain in custody, and he called for an international investigation of the violence.

Iceland court lifts gag order after public outrage (AP) Posted: 04 Aug 2009 10:08 AM PDT AP - A court in Iceland lifted a gag order Tuesday that allowed Kaupthing Bank to prevent media coverage of a leaked file that discloses details of the bank's weak position shortly before it collapsed in October.

NATO OKs new operational command for Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 04 Aug 2009 10:03 AM PDT AP - NATO's governing body approved a plan on Tuesday to reorganize the alliance's command structure in Afghanistan by setting up a new headquarters to handle the day-to-day running of the war.

Novartis: Activists steal ashes of CEO's mom (AP) Posted: 04 Aug 2009 09:38 AM PDT AP - Drug maker Novartis AG said Tuesday that animal rights activists have stolen the ashes of its CEO's mother and set fire to his Austrian hunting lodge.

Great-granddaughter of last German emperor dies (AP) Posted: 04 Aug 2009 09:16 AM PDT AP - Princess Felicitas von Preussen, the great-granddaughter of the last German emperor, has died, her family said Tuesday. She was 75.

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