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FAIRBANKS, Alaska, July 10 (UPI) -- The Trans-Alaska oil pipeline system is set to pass a volume milestone this summer as plans commence to ease its reliance on North Slope oil reserves.

WASHINGTON, July 10 (UPI) -- Visitors to the 2009 National Barbie Doll Collectors Convention in Washington said a rift has formed among doll fans surrounding a key accessory: the box.

ANKARA, Turkey, July 10 (UPI) -- Ankara said it has extended invitations to key Caspian gas suppliers in preparation for the signing of an intergovernmental agreement on the Nabucco pipeline.

KIEV, Ukraine, July 10 (UPI) -- TNK-BP closed the necessary transactions to take near-complete control over the shares in the Lisichansk refinery, a top producing refinery in Ukraine.

NEW YORK, July 10 (UPI) -- General Motors Corp. vowed it would focus on customers after selling a majority of the company to the U.S. government Friday morning.

L'AQUILA, Italy, July 10 (UPI) -- Marco Bersani of the Attac Italy anti-globalization activist group says the concluding G8 summit in the Italian city of L'Aquila will face a protest.

EDINBURGH, Scotland, July 10 (UPI) -- The United Kingdom's Council of Mortgage Lenders says most young homeowners purchased their first home through funding assistance from their parents.

EDINBURGH, Scotland, July 10 (UPI) -- The discovery of a mutant gene that doubles the risk of allergies could lead to therapies that would prevent severe cases of asthma, Scottish scientists said.

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WASHINGTON, July 10 (UPI) -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told lawmakers Friday that over-the-counter derivatives trading should be subject to strong regulatory oversight.

L'AQUILA, Italy, July 10 (UPI) -- France's first lady says her country will share with Italy the cost of repairing the historic Anime Santa church in L'Aquila damaged during April's earthquake.

MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif., July 10 (UPI) -- The Harajuku District in Tokyo topped a California-based travel Web site's list of the top five destinations for people watching.

JERUSALEM, July 10 (UPI) -- Israel's Chief of Staff Lt.Gen.Gabi Ashkenazi and Defense Minister Ehud Barak named Maj.Gen. Benny Gantz as the army's next deputy chief of staff.

L'AQUILA, Italy, July 10 (UPI) -- Group of Eight leaders meeting in Italy said Friday they would commit $20 billion to help the world's poorest countries in agricultural development.

GLASGOW, Scotland, July 10 (UPI) -- Police in the Scottish council area of Fife launched a pilot program Friday aimed at stemming the number of alcohol-related crimes, officials say.

LOS ANGELES, July 10 (UPI) -- Los Angeles Police Chief William Bratton says detectives are still interviewing the late Michael Jackson's former doctors about his prescription drug use.

KIEV, Ukraine, July 10 (UPI) -- Ukraine's gross domestic product for 2009 is expected to decline 14 percent, a big drop from an original forecast of 8 percent, a global banking official said.

OTTAWA, July 10 (UPI) -- Senior nuclear medicine doctors in Canada say the federal government is dropping the ball as a major global supplier of radioactive medical isotopes.

LOS ANGELES, July 10 (UPI) -- Tremors deep within the San Andreas Fault suggest California should not become complacent about future earthquakes, a leading seismologist said.