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ZURICH, Switzerland, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- This year's Wimbledon champion, Venus Williams, led Wednesday's second-round winners at the Zurich Open tennis tournament in Switzerland.

SEATTLE, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Five visiting scholars from Kabul University in Afghanistan have disappeared from the University of Washington, officials say.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- The August military confrontation between Georgia and Russia has highlighted the vulnerability of the West's prize project to bring Caspian oil westward, the $3.6 billion, 1,092-mile Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline. On Aug. 5, BTC exports were halted by a mysterious explosion, temporarily halting Azeri oil exports. Despite the pipeline's vulnerability, Kazakhstan has now decided to use the BTC to transport limited amounts of crude from its Tengiz field westward.

CHICAGO, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Grains closed sharply lower on the Chicago Board of Trade Wednesday, moving in sympathy with both oil and stocks.

NEW YORK, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Crude oil prices fell to a penny more than half July's record price, retracting 50 percent on the New York Mercantile Exchange in just over three months.

MADRID, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- A pair of grand slam titlists led Wednesday's second-round winners at the $2.78 million Madrid Masters tennis tournament in Spain.

GENEVA, Switzerland, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Russia and Georgia have opened their first direct talks since the August military conflict between the two countries ended, officials said.

WASHINGTON , Oct. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush said the United States is making progress with reconstruction efforts in Iraq.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- From Barack Obama's Kenyan birthplace to the library books Sarah Palin tried to ban, the U.S. presidential race has spawned a host of Internet rumors.

U.S. markets resume skid Wednesday ... Iceland's neighbors pitch in with loans ... Feds to scrutinize Wash. Mutual pratfall ... Dole, Del Monte fined over banana pricing ... News from United Press International.

Lunar robot to begin field tests in Hawaii … Most angioplasty patients not stressed … Termites helped destroy New Orleans dikes? … Study: Diabetes found linked with TB ... Health/Science news from UPI.

NEW YORK, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. financial giants, JP Morgan Chase and Wells Fargo both beat expectations with stronger-than-expected third quarter performances, the companies said.

The developing world needs energy to alleviate poverty, but environmentalists say the type of projects supported by big investors like the World Bank perpetuate climate change, exacerbating the problem.

BRUSSELS, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Powerful European business and union groups are calling on governments to turn their attention to economies headed for trouble.

Seniors flock to strip club for flu shots … Couple gets $9.5 million parking ticket … Taser doesn't work on wild boar … Wisconsin car wash polling favors Obama … UPI Quirks in the News.

BASEL, Switzerland, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- A Swiss fisherman made an unusual catch in a tributary of the Rhine River near Basel -- the first wild salmon spotted so far up the Rhine in half a century.

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- The Jim Henson Co. is developing "Happytime Murders," a big-screen noir-ish comedy featuring puppets and aimed at a grown-up audience.

MIAMI, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Hurricane Omar strengthened in the Caribbean Wednesday as it headed for the Leeward Islands, U.S. forecasters said.

CINCINNATI, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- A rural Ohio football fan who once stole the ball from Brett Favre is on the court docket again for a less-publicized vandalism charge.

TIJUANA, Mexico, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- A 14-year-old girl was among the 10 latest reported victims of drug gang violence in and around Tijuana, Mexico, officials said.