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(Reuters) - Bailed-out insurer American International Group Inc will sell its shares in Asian insurer AIA Group Ltd after a lock-up period expires in early September, Chief Executive Bob Benmosche said on Wednesday.

Moscow authorities broke up a week-long Occupy protest on Wednesday that sprung up in response to President Vladimir Putin's inauguration, warning they would prevent similar action during his third term.

LONDON (Reuters) - England fans assessing their team's tournament prospects usually trot out the weary prediction "We'll lose in the quarters on penalties" but many would see that as a major achievement at Euro 2012 after digesting Roy Hodgson's squad on Wednesday.

Several Western embassies in Islamabad received letters on Wednesday containing suspicious powder and threats to poison supplies for NATO soldiers in Afghanistan, officials said.

LONDON (Reuters) - England manager Roy Hodgson cast aside Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand, probably signalling the end of his international career, but included former captain John Terry in his squad for next month's European Championship.

Annie Au of Hong Kong became the first Chinese player into the quarter-finals of a major tournament when she made a tremendous comeback from two games down in the British Open on Wednesday.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Apple Inc plans to use a larger screen on the next-generation iPhone and has begun to place orders for the new displays from suppliers in South Korea and Japan, people familiar with the situation said on Wednesday.

BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) - EU nations should pledge that funds from paying for airline emissions will help poor countries deal with global warming, the bloc's climate chief said on Tuesday, after finance ministers stopped short of a firm commitment.

A group of Communist Party veterans has written a daring open letter calling for the removal of China's top security official, in the latest sign of disunity ahead of a once-a-decade leadership transition.

Several Western embassies in Islamabad on Wednesday received letters containing suspicious powder and threats to poison NATO soldiers in Afghanistan, Pakistan officials said.

North Korea on Wednesday lambasted South Korea's conservative ruling party and its leading presidential hopeful Park Geun-Hye, linking her ambitions to the dictatorship of her late father Park Chung-Hee.

Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, who was moved from jail to hospital last week, resumed medical treatment Wednesday after halting it a day earlier in protest, officials said.

A Dane who survived a Nepal plane crash this week miraculously suffered only a bruise, telling a Danish newspaper on Wednesday that he and his girlfriend were just glad to be alive.