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Ingolstadt, Germany - Audi has announced an upgrade of its luxury A6 class that will be unveiled at the Paris Motor Show prior to the complete makeover scheduled for 2011.

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan/Moscow - Kyrgyz authorities Monday ruled out terrorism as the cause of an air crash in which at least 65 passengers died near the Central Asian state’s capital of Bishkek, saying mechanical failure was the probable cause.

Guatemala City - At least 10 people including five US citizens died in the crash of a private plane Sunday in eastern Guatemala, Guatemalan aviation authorities said.

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan/Moscow - At least 65 people are believed dead in the crash of an Itek Air Boeing 737 passenger liner shortly after takeoff from Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek, the Kyrgyz authorities said early Monday.

Ankara - Two suspected bomb explosions rocked the Istanbul suburb of Gungoren late Sunday night with reports that at least eight people were killed.

Bucharest - At least four people died and two people were still missing in Romania’s North West after four rivers flooded, Romanian media reported Sunday.

Berlin - German politicians Tuesday urged Barack Obama not to call for greater troop contributions from Europeans in Afghanistan when he outlines his plans for US foreign policy in a major speech in Berlin later this week.

Athens - A Greek court on Tuesday ruled a gay rights group can use the name Lesbian, saying people from the Aegean island of Lesbos did not have sole claim to the name.

Spanish police dismantled the most active cell of the militant Basque separatist group ETA on Tuesday, detaining at least nine people, police said.

Health experts feel that if you are over 50 then you only need to keep track of your systolic reading to monitor your blood pressure. Systolic blood pressure is the top number of the reading.