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MOSCOW, July 24 (UPI) -- Many analysts expected Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who visited Moscow on July 22, to sign new agreements in military-technical cooperation, but this did not happen.

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DETROIT, July 24 (UPI) -- The campaigns of U.S. presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and John McCain have opened offices in Michigan, where the race is neck-and-neck, polls indicate.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, July 24 (UPI) -- Swedish clothing company Ellos has pulled two-piece bikinis designed for baby girls and apologized for the products after widespread protests.

WASHINGTON, July 24 (UPI) -- Polygamous groups are criminal gangs that commit welfare fraud and tax evasion as well as sexual abuse, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday.

YIWU, China, July 24 (UPI) -- Two identical couples who run a Yiwu, China, restaurant said they have been branded a "robot couple" by customers who cannot tell them apart.

ERBIL, Iraq, July 24 (UPI) -- Chaldean Christians in northern Iraq seek autonomous rights and may form a coalition to run in the provincial council elections, officials said Thursday.

NEW DELHI, July 24 (UPI) -- Negotiations for the Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline face delays because Iran has been unable to hold trilateral meetings, Indian officials said Thursday.

MOSCOW, July 24 (UPI) -- Several Russian oil and gas firms joined energy giant Gazprom in exploring the development of natural gas projects in Venezuela.

HAMDEN, Conn., July 24 (UPI) -- Republican U.S. presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain has gained support in four key battleground states, polls indicate.

SEATTLE, July 24 (UPI) -- A University of Washington student became the fifth person in the past three years to die from complications related to oral surgery, a state official said.

BRUSSELS, July 24 (UPI) -- Disfigured fruits and vegetables could be allowed in stores after most European Union members voted to loosen restrictions on produce, officials say.

NEW YORK, July 24 (UPI) -- Major U.S. stock indexes fell sharply Thursday with worries over the housing market put into focus with a drop in existing home sales.

LLANAFAN, Wales, July 24 (UPI) -- A Welsh man said he was ticketed for smoking in his privately owned van because officials consider it a workplace under the law.

AUSTIN, Texas, July 24 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush Thursday issued a disaster declaration for parts of Texas slammed by Hurricane Dolly.

WASHINGTON, July 24 (UPI) -- The Thin Mint Cookie Blizzard at Dairy Queen provides a blizzard of calories, officials of a U.S. non-profit group said.

LAS VEGAS, July 24 (UPI) -- Another hepatitis C case linked to a closed Las Vegas endoscopy clinic brings the number of confirmed cases of the disease to nine, health officials said.

MILWAUKEE, July 24 (UPI) -- A young Milwaukee gang member has been sentenced to life with no parole for his part in a robbery that ended with the killing of a Miller Brewing Co. executive.

WASHINGTON, July 24 (UPI) -- The U.S. Agriculture Department Thursday said it was renewing funding for research, education and extension service regarding pig health.

SACRAMENTO, July 24 (UPI) -- A state order under consideration in California to defer wage payment to state workers was met with a rebuke from the state's controller, a spokesman said.