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Afghan mineral wealth could top $1 trillion: Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Untapped mineral deposits in Afghanistan may be worth more than $1 trillion, a finding that could reshape the country's economy and help U.S. efforts to bolster the war-battered government, Pentagon officials said on Monday.
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Jobs key to housing recovery
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. labor market will hold the key to a recovery in the hard-hit housing sector, according to a Harvard University report released on Monday.
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Honda China strike could spur broader worker demands
ZHONGSHAN, China/TOKYO (Reuters) - A strike at a Honda Motor parts supplier in China could augur broader demands across China's vast manufacturing belt as workers seek a bigger piece of the nation's growing economic wealth.
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AT&T to work with law enforcement on iPad breach
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - AT&T Inc said on Sunday it would cooperate with law enforcement in any investigation of a security breach of Apple Inc's iPad that exposed personal information of the telephone company's customers.
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BP unveils new oil spill plan as shares tumble
THEODORE, Ala./HOUSTON (Reuters) - Lawmakers accused BP Plc on Monday of taking risky shortcuts on its blown-out Gulf of Mexico oil well, while President Barack Obama kept up pressure on the energy giant to swiftly compensate victims of the worst spill in U.S. history.
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Police use teargas on disgruntled World Cup workers
DURBAN (Reuters) - South African police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at hundreds of workers protesting over pay in the early hours of Monday outside the stadium where Germany had just trounced Australia in their World Cup opener.
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Obama steps up push for added economic stimulus
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and his aides are stepping up a push for further government spending to boost the economy as signs grow of the recovery's fragility.
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Iran arrests 13 terrorist group members: report
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran said on Sunday it had arrested 13 members of a terrorist group that authorities in the Islamic state say carried out attacks on minority Sunnis, state television reported.
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Watching grass grow gets exciting: New videos show plants' cellular development
Throughout their growth cycle, plants sprout all kinds of intricate and complex structures that range from scarcely apparent to invisible in the seedling stage. Leaves, flowers and seeds can appear, seemingly out of nowhere, from a smooth stem or branch. But the details of how cellular development occurs --why one cell might give rise to petal cells and another to bark--have often remained obscure to botanists and other scientists. [More]
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Germans show power, Ghana pride of Africa
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Germany gave a devastating display of their nation's traditional power Sunday to overrun Australia and Ghana were the toast of Africa after taking the continent's first victory in its inaugural World Cup.
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BP oil storage tank washes ashore on Florida beach
MIAMI (Reuters) - An oil storage tank suspected to have been on the Deepwater Horizon rig has washed ashore on a northwest Florida beach, local officials said on Sunday.
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Honda China lock factory workers say still on strike
HONG KONG/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Workers at a factory making locks for Honda Motors cars in China remained on strike on Sunday, two workers said, although Honda said the dispute had been resolved and production had resumed.
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Obama to call for escrow fund for BP claims
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will tell BP executives this week that he wants the oil company to establish an escrow account to pay damage claims by individuals and businesses hurt by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster, a U.S. official said on Sunday.
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Afghan president visits Taliban spiritual home
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai visited the Taliban's spiritual home on Sunday, launching a campaign that promises better governance and development alongside a security push by foreign forces.
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The Full Price of Oil
The oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico continues to grow. The screw top placed on top of the broken well now captures more than 600,000 gallons a day and, yet, remains largely invisible behind a veil of oil that continues to spill, adding to the as much as 50 million gallons already in the ocean depths.
Whereas it is the worst oil spill in U.S. history--it's just a piece of the devastation around the globe .
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Gunmen, bombs target Iraq central bank, killing 15
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Fifteen people were killed and dozens wounded Sunday when suicide bombers detonated at least one bomb at Iraq's central bank and gunmen battled troops in what officials said may have been a raid on the vaults.
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Kyrgyz ethnic clashes spread, Russia sends troops
OSH, Kyrgyzstan (Reuters) - Russia sent at least 150 paratroopers to Kyrgyzstan on Sunday to protect its military facilities as ethnic clashes spread in the Central Asian state, bringing the death toll from days of fighting to 113.
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Stricken teenage U.S. sailor rescued
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Teenage U.S. sailor Abby Sunderland was rescued safely from her stricken yacht Wild Eyes in the remote southern Indian Ocean on Saturday.
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Obama takes aim at Republicans on healthcare
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama called on Republicans on Saturday to vote for a delay in cutting government Medicare insurance payments to doctors, taking aim at the opposition party in a renewed election-year push for his new healthcare law.
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Foxconn suicide probe to be made public
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will publish the results of an official probe into recent suicides at electronics maker Foxconn's giant manufacturing plant in south China, a Chinese labor affairs official said.
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