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* PACE's monitoring committee failed to back a Georgian proposal to deprive Russia of the right to vote at the September session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, a senior legislator said

* The UN General Assembly supported a Georgian-proposed draft resolution concerning people who had fled the former Georgian republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia that Russia recognized a year ago

* Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili welcomed the UN General Assembly's backing for a Georgian-proposed draft resolution on displaced persons and refugees

* Iran presented proposals to six world powers for talks on "global issues," amid Western demands that it halt nuclear activities, Press TV reported

* Maltese investigators are expected on board the Arctic Sea cargo vessel as part of the ongoing probe into the disappearance and seizure of the ship, Russia's foreign ministry said

* Moldovan Prime Minister Zinaida Greceanii has followed the president's example and announced her resignation, the government's press service said

* More than 400 families were left homeless after a powerful earthquake struck northwestern Georgia, the regional governor told RIA Novosti

* The death toll from flooding that has swept parts of Turkey rose to 30, national media said, referring to rescuers

* The United States has successfully launched an Atlas 5 heavy carrier rocket with a satellite built under a commercial arrangement with the U.S. government

* The first metro system in the Persian Gulf opens on Wednesday in Dubai, the largest city in the United Arab Emirates, Arabian media reported

* The U.S. shuttle Discovery with seven crew members onboard has undocked the International Space Station (ISS), NASA said

* An independent commission, which has been monitoring the results of the August 20 presidential polls in Afghanistan, said it had uncovered large-scale election fraud and ordered a partial recount

RUSSIA

* Russia moved to support the UN nuclear watchdog amid accusations it had concealed information on Iran's controversial nuclear program, saying it trusts the organization completely

* The Lord Mayor of the City of London Ian Luder met with his Moscow counterpart Yury Luzhkov in Russia to discuss the economic situation and how the recession has affected the capital, RIA Novosti reported

* Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin congratulated North Korea on the 61st anniversary of the communist state's founding

BUSINESS

* Russia and Iraq have reached agreements on building two gas pipelines and on cooperation in operating two Iraqi thermal power plants, the Russian Energy Ministry said

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