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Oil spill sparks criminal probe
VENICE, La./LONDON (Reuters) - BP Plc faced a grim future on Tuesday as its failure to stop a Gulf of Mexico oil spill prompted a plunge in the energy giant's shares and the Obama administration said it opened a criminal investigation.
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China economy slows on tightening and seasonal factors
BEIJING (Reuters) - The pace of China's factory output eased last month as gradual policy tightening took a toll on new orders, suggesting to some economists that Beijing will take its time before nudging interest rates higher.
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New target for antidepressants
The slow-working, scatter-gun action of current antidepressants may become a thing of the past, thanks to new research that has identified the specific serotonin receptor that is linked to anti-depressive and anti-anxiety behavior...
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Gunmen attack Pakistan hospital in Lahore, kill 5
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - At least four gunmen attacked a hospital in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore on Tuesday morning, killing up to a dozen people and holding several hostage before escaping, a senior doctor told Reuters.
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South Korea probes war rumours ahead of elections
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean police are probing leaflets and Internet messages spreading rumours of imminent war and questioning an investigation into the sinking of a naval vessel which they say could affect Wednesday's local elections.
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U.S. believes it killed al Qaeda No. 3
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's third-in-command, whose role spanned from operations to fundraising, is believed to have been killed last month in a U.S. missile strike in Pakistan, dealing a serious blow to the embattled group.
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Israel deports flotilla activists after world outcry
JERUSALEM/ANKARA (Reuters) - Israel, facing mounting international outrage at its raid on an aid convoy sailing to Gaza, said on Tuesday that it would expel all activists seized on the ships and dropped threats to prosecute some of them.
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Fallen bridges hamper Guatemala storm rescue
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Collapsed roads and highway bridges complicated rescue efforts in Guatemala on Tuesday after Tropical Storm Agatha drenched Central America, burying homes under mud and killing at least 178 people.
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Peru says Berenson could be deported soon
LIMA (Reuters) - American Lori Berenson, released from a jail in Peru last week, was branded a "public nuisance" on Monday by a Peruvian official who said the government could decide to deport her from the country soon.
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Iran expands atom work, U.S. sees defiance
VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran is preparing extra equipment to enrich uranium to higher levels and continues to stockpile nuclear material, a U.N. watchdog report said, developments likely to raise tensions with the West over its atomic work.
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Old oyster shells reveal dry, salty details of Jamestown settlers' hardships
What can a handful of old oyster shells reveal about the trials some of the New World's early European settlers? A lot, it turns out. [More]
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Gunmen attack Pakistan hospital in Lahore, kill 5
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - At least four gunmen attacked a hospital in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore on Tuesday morning, killing up to a dozen people and holding several hostage before escaping, a senior doctor told Reuters.
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Attorney general to visit Gulf Coast Tuesday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Attorney General Eric Holder will survey the damage from the Gulf Coast oil spill on Tuesday and meet with federal prosecutors and state attorneys general, the Justice Department said on Monday.
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Netanyahu won't hold White House talks
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has canceled plans to meet U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington on Tuesday, an Israeli statement said, in the wake of a deadly Israeli raid on Gaza-bound ships.
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German president quits in blow for Merkel
BERLIN (Reuters) - German President Horst Koehler unexpectedly resigned on Monday after a wave of criticism over his comments about military action abroad, in a move that compounds conservative Chancellor Angela Merkel's problems.
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100 Years Ago: Flying from New York to Philadelphia
JUNE 1960 STUNT MAN -- “‘Putting a man in space is a stunt: the man can do no more than an instrument, in fact can do less.’ So said Vannevar Bush, chairman of the Board of Governors of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in a statement to the House Committee on Science and Astronautics. ‘There are far more serious things to do than to indulge in stunts. As yet the American people do not understand the distinctions, and we in this country are prone to rush, for a time, at any new thing. I do not discard completely the value of demonstrating to the world our skills. Nor do I undervalue the effect on morale of the spectacular. But the present hullabaloo on the propaganda aspects of the program leaves me entirely cool.’”
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Final China quake toll near 3,000 dead and missing
BEIJING (Reuters) - Nearly 3,000 people are dead or missing after a strong quake in China's northwest last month, the official Xinhua agency said on Monday, giving a final toll for the tremor in largely Tibetan Yushu county.
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Thai opposition challenge PM over deadly crackdown
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's parliamentary opposition accused Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva of human rights abuses Monday in a no-confidence motion centered on the use of violence during a crackdown on anti-government protests.
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