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Obama wants BP escrow account

Reuters - Sun, 2010-06-13 03:21
WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will press BP executives this week to set up an escrow account to pay damage claims by individuals and businesses hurt by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster.


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Report says Pakistan meddling in Afghanistan

Reuters - Sun, 2010-06-13 02:20
KABUL (Reuters) - Pakistani military intelligence not only funds and trains Taliban fighters in Afghanistan but is officially represented on the movement's leadership council, giving it significant influence over operations, a report said.


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Iran's Guards warn opposition on vote anniversary

Reuters - Sun, 2010-06-13 01:27
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's Revolutionary Guards warned the opposition on Saturday, the first anniversary of a disputed presidential election, that they would crack down on any attempts to create a "security crisis."


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Green blunder hands U.S. draw with England

Reuters - Sun, 2010-06-13 00:42
RUSTENBURG (Reuters) - A shocking howler from England goalkeeper Robert Green gifted the United States a goal as the two sides tipped to qualify from Group C battled to a 1-1 stalemate at the Royal Bafokeng Stadium on Saturday.


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Green blunder hands U.S. draw with England

Reuters - Sat, 2010-06-12 21:32
RUSTENBURG (Reuters) - A shocking schoolboy howler from England goalkeeper Robert Green gifted the United States a goal as the two sides tipped to qualify from Group C battled to a 1-1 stalemate at the Royal Bafokeng Stadium on Saturday.


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Tsunami alerts canceled after strong Indian Ocean quake

Reuters - Sat, 2010-06-12 19:50
PORT BLAIR, India (Reuters) - A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 struck in the ocean near India's Nicobar Islands on Sunday, sparking some tsunami warnings, the U.S. Geological Survey and local officials said.


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Swiss bus crash kills two in Canadian tour group

Reuters - Sat, 2010-06-12 16:32
ZURICH (Reuters) - A bus carrying 48 Canadian tourists crashed in the Swiss canton of Valais on Saturday, killing two people and injuring at least 15 others, five of them seriously, police said.


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U.S. tells BP to devise better leak response in 48 hours

Reuters - Sat, 2010-06-12 16:25
BOSTON (Reuters) - A top U.S. Coast Guard official has told BP Plc the company's plans to contain the gushing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico do not go far enough or contain enough back-up measures.


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U.N. report raises concerns about North Korea sanctions

Reuters - Sat, 2010-06-12 14:46
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A report from a U.N. panel that monitors compliance with sanctions on North Korea showed more than 100 countries may not be doing enough to implement the punitive steps.


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The Staying Power of Alcoholics Anonymous

Scientific American Online - Sat, 2010-06-12 14:00

In 1934, a Westchester stockbroker, Bill Wilson , promised his wife he’d never drink again. Then during the following spring, he nearly fell off the wagon. In a desperate move he called a local surgeon and drunk Bob Smith . It was that conversation that marked the first meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous .

Celebrating its 75th Anniversary this year A.A.--with its 12 guiding principles to sobriety--is a hallmark institution for addicts. But does it work?

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Slick South Korea make sloppy Greece pay

Reuters - Sat, 2010-06-12 13:36
PORT ELIZABETH (Reuters) - South Korea chalked up the first win of this year's World Cup finals with a fluent 2-0 victory over a Greece side that paid a heavy price for defensive frailties in their Group B opener on Saturday.


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Pilots strike at Spirit Airlines, flights canceled

Reuters - Sat, 2010-06-12 12:46
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pilots at Spirit Airlines went on strike on Saturday after U.S.-mediated contract talks failed to reach an agreement, a small-carrier stalemate that could influence workers at bigger carriers.


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Iran's Guards warn opposition on vote anniversary

Reuters - Sat, 2010-06-12 11:57
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's Revolutionary Guards warned the opposition on Saturday, the first anniversary of a disputed presidential election, that they would crack down on any attempts to create a "security crisis."


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Obama takes aim at Republicans again on healthcare

Reuters - Sat, 2010-06-12 10:04
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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Kyrgyzstan asks Russia to help end ethnic clashes

Reuters - Sat, 2010-06-12 04:41
OSH, Kyrgyzstan (Reuters) - Kyrgyzstan granted shoot-to-kill powers to its security forces and appealed for Russia's help on Saturday to stop ethnic fighting that has killed at least 77 and left parts of two major cities in flames.


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Obama fights critics on spill response: report

Reuters - Sat, 2010-06-12 02:11
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama accused opponents in Congress of having double standards after they criticized his government for not taking greater control of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill response, according to Politico, a news organization that covers U.S. politics and government.


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Stricken teenage U.S. sailor rescued

Reuters - Sat, 2010-06-12 00:37
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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At least 18 dead in Arkansas flood

Reuters - Sat, 2010-06-12 00:35
LANGLEY, Ark (Reuters) - Search crews recovered 18 bodies and were hunting for others on Saturday along a 10-mile stretch of river after a flash flood swept through a popular Arkansas campground on Friday, rescue officials said.


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Obama says BP must meet economic claims

Reuters - Sat, 2010-06-12 00:27
BURAS, La./LONDON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama told British Prime Minister David Cameron on Saturday that he will insist BP Plc pays clean-up costs and meets economic claims from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.


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Celebrity money man Kenneth Starr pleads not guilty to fraud

Reuters - Fri, 2010-06-11 22:07
NEW YORK (Reuters) - An investment adviser to celebrities and wealthy New Yorkers pleaded not guilty on Friday to defrauding clients of at least $59 million.


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