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All rights reserved.http://www.plenglish.comEuropeENinter@prensa-latina.cuWed, 20 Aug 2008 18:48:09 GMT1http://www.plenglish.comhttp://www.plenglish.com/images/rsslogo.gifarticle.asp?ID={4F2E3E09-88AD-4BFE-84BC-FA34436B137A}&language=ENarticle.asp?ID={4F2E3E09-88AD-4BFE-84BC-FA34436B137A}&language=EN8/20/2008 8:26:59 PMWarsaw, Aug 20 (Prensa Latina) Poland and the United States signed an agreement on Wednesday to deploy ten antimissile batteries here, despite opposition from Russia, which says the deal is a threat to national security.article.asp?ID={23670D3E-2299-4861-A419-00C7ED214E15}&language=ENarticle.asp?ID={23670D3E-2299-4861-A419-00C7ED214E15}&language=EN8/19/2008 3:51:46 PMMadrid, Aug 19 (Prensa Latina) The Catalonian police arrested on Tuesday in Spanish northeastern Girona French plastic surgeon Michel Maure, wanted by his country's justice after he disfigured 96 women's faces.article.asp?ID={A92C1575-A98B-4265-95D1-E8D9D917C492}&language=ENarticle.asp?ID={A92C1575-A98B-4265-95D1-E8D9D917C492}&language=EN8/19/2008 12:42:19 PMParis, Aug 19 (Prensa Latina) At least 10 French paratroopers with the NATO-led forces in Afghanistan were killed in clashes with rebels outside Kabul, local media reported.article.asp?ID={D9542278-E52B-403E-9E77-2FDD6A32BFAC}&language=ENarticle.asp?ID={D9542278-E52B-403E-9E77-2FDD6A32BFAC}&language=EN8/19/2008 12:27:51 PMLondon, Aug 19 (Prensa Latina) As concern over tropical storm Fay faded, oil prices fell to around $112 on Tuesday.article.asp?ID={04704F27-17D9-4F09-9114-624B801705BA}&language=ENarticle.asp?ID={04704F27-17D9-4F09-9114-624B801705BA}&language=EN8/18/2008 1:00:19 PMBaku, Aug 18 (Prensa Latina) A grenade exploded during evening prayers at a packed mosque in Azerbaijan’s capital, killing two people and injuring up to eight others, local media reported Monday.article.asp?ID={43B9C6AE-D0FB-4CBD-A91E-294AF4E501D6}&language=ENarticle.asp?ID={43B9C6AE-D0FB-4CBD-A91E-294AF4E501D6}&language=EN8/18/2008 12:12:08 PMMoscow, Aug 18 (Prensa Latina) Russia called "utterly intolerable" statements by North Atlantic Treaty Organization Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Schefferon on Russian role in the South Ossetia conflict.article.asp?ID={64431B26-AE75-46E1-A5EB-A32D01863CA7}&language=ENarticle.asp?ID={64431B26-AE75-46E1-A5EB-A32D01863CA7}&language=EN8/17/2008 6:06:15 PMMoscow, Aug 17 (Prensa Latina) President Dmitri Medvedev announced Sunday Russian troops will begin pulling oout of Georgia tomorrow. article.asp?ID={B8D71916-276C-49B5-9300-24416BAF594A}&language=ENarticle.asp?ID={B8D71916-276C-49B5-9300-24416BAF594A}&language=EN8/16/2008 12:34:02 PMVenice, Italy, Aug 16 (Prensa Latina) The sixty five Venice International Film Festival (to be held from August 27 to September 6) will be dedicated to director Youssef Chahine (1926-2008), the latest sacred monster of the Egyptian cinema.article.asp?ID={99D9164C-8DE9-4290-B9B0-F9520984FD9C}&language=ENarticle.asp?ID={99D9164C-8DE9-4290-B9B0-F9520984FD9C}&language=EN8/16/2008 10:56:02 AMMoscow, Aug 16 (Prensa Latina) The Russian Defense Ministry said it seized a Georgian arsenal in South Ossetia consisting of over 100 armored vehicles made in Ukraine, including 65 tanks.article.asp?ID={BA690B48-2001-4FD2-B20C-024200941B23}&language=ENarticle.asp?ID={BA690B48-2001-4FD2-B20C-024200941B23}&language=EN8/15/2008 7:18:46 PMHavana, Aug 15 (Prensa Latina) Cuba was reelected to the Postal Administration and Exploitation Council of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) in recognition of its prestige in different international cooperation entities.article.asp?ID={E4AC37DE-19EC-4F23-AF05-449601A4BFF7}&language=ENarticle.asp?ID={E4AC37DE-19EC-4F23-AF05-449601A4BFF7}&language=EN8/15/2008 5:03:22 PMPrague, Aug 15 (Prensa Latina) The Czech Ministry of Culture warned that skyscrapers and tall buildings threaten Prague’s World Heritage Title.article.asp?ID={754168A6-91DC-4C42-BC0D-4F360EF130C9}&language=ENarticle.asp?ID={754168A6-91DC-4C42-BC0D-4F360EF130C9}&language=EN8/15/2008 3:39:10 PMLondon, Aug 15 (Prensa Latina) US excess credit creation in the last decade, has been a policy failure of historic proportions, according to Byron W. King quoted by online news service Money Morning. article.asp?ID={28FAF3FD-AEF4-4B66-BD79-EFCCE711B7DB}&language=ENarticle.asp?ID={28FAF3FD-AEF4-4B66-BD79-EFCCE711B7DB}&language=EN8/15/2008 2:32:33 PMRome, Aug 15 (Prensa Latina) Despite expulsions, the number of illegal immigrants arriving in Italy in the first seven months of 2008 has duplicated the number in the same period of 2007, informed Italian Interior Minister Roberto Maroni Friday.article.asp?ID={E08A7173-F0A8-4976-B174-21D60665E7E5}&language=ENarticle.asp?ID={E08A7173-F0A8-4976-B174-21D60665E7E5}&language=EN8/15/2008 2:17:09 PMVienna, Aug 15 (Prensa Latina) The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) reported today that world oil demand growth is estimated at 1.17 percent in 2008, instead of 1.20 previously expected.article.asp?ID={362974DA-E44C-4EFA-83CB-E58CB39F97AE}&language=ENarticle.asp?ID={362974DA-E44C-4EFA-83CB-E58CB39F97AE}&language=EN8/15/2008 12:18:36 PMMoscow, Aug 15 (Prensa Latina) Russia ensures security in the Caucasus zone, stated Friday President Dmitri Medvedev, who considered now a priority the supply of humanitarian aid and the reconstruction of South Ossetia, after the conflict in that autonomous region.

Russia Rids S.Ossetia of US Arsenal

article.asp?ID={42FDC394-268E-4560-8CB7-C9F92819BBB1}&language=ENarticle.asp?ID={42FDC394-268E-4560-8CB7-C9F92819BBB1}&language=EN8/14/2008 10:39:37 PMMoscow, Aug 15 (Prensa Latina) The chief of Russia's General Staff, Anatoly Nogovitsyn, warned on Friday that the deployment of elements of the US Antimissile Defense (AMD) in Poland would turn that country into a target of possible attacks on the system.article.asp?ID={C6EE1ED4-C046-4B3F-99A9-0A63516E2E6A}&language=ENarticle.asp?ID={C6EE1ED4-C046-4B3F-99A9-0A63516E2E6A}&language=EN8/14/2008 9:26:48 PMMoscow, Aug 14 (Prensa Latina) President Dmitri Medvedev said Russia will respect whatever status the autonomous South Ossetia and Abkhazia Republics may choose and guarantee its global acceptance.article.asp?ID={4124DE99-A98A-40C7-8850-514314B4BD39}&language=ENarticle.asp?ID={4124DE99-A98A-40C7-8850-514314B4BD39}&language=EN8/14/2008 5:28:53 PMPort-of-Spain, Aug 14 (Prensa Latina) Gathered in the capital of Trinidad and Tobago, several eastern Caribbean country leaders are studying mechanisms to consolidate the integration of this subregion. article.asp?ID={B7737437-AAD6-4B1E-B6E5-CEB04E28A111}&language=ENarticle.asp?ID={B7737437-AAD6-4B1E-B6E5-CEB04E28A111}&language=EN8/14/2008 5:16:23 PMWarsaw, Aug 14 (Prensa Latina) Poland and the US signed a preliminary agreement that makes Poland co-host of the US anti-missile shield in Europe.article.asp?ID={7CFF5D83-BD6A-4685-8367-F12E06FEB627}&language=ENarticle.asp?ID={7CFF5D83-BD6A-4685-8367-F12E06FEB627}&language=EN8/14/2008 12:47:50 PMMadrid, Aug 14 (Prensa Latina) Spain busted a ring that helped prostitutes working at clubs in Madrid enter and exit the country by forging passport stamps.