* Russian opposition launches 'alternative' national assembly
* Calf injury forces Sharapova out of Italian Open
* Fire at electric substation in Moscow, no threat to power supply
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* 'Taliban' free kidnapped Pakistan envoy to Afghanistan
* Death toll in China earthquake approaching 30,000
* Ahmadinejad sacks Iranian interior minister
* Naples residents attack firemen extinguishing blazing garbage
* Bush and Mubarak discuss Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts
* Spanish police detain notorious hacker group
* Russian rescuers call off search for quake survivors in China
