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Hosts South Africa and disgraced French out
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa went out with heads high on Tuesday, despite being the only hosts ever to exit the World Cup's first round, but France headed home in shame and Latin American giants Argentina cruised into the second round.
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BP starts to reinstall cap on Gulf of Mexico oil leak
HOUSTON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - BP Plc said on Wednesday it was starting to reinstall an oil-siphoning cap on its blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico after an earlier disruption unleashed a torrent of crude.
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Alleged drug lord "Dudus" Coke captured in Jamaica
KINGSTON (Reuters) - Alleged drug kingpin Christopher "Dudus" Coke was arrested by police on the outskirts of Kingston on Tuesday, peacefully ending a manhunt for the fugitive at the center of last month's deadly raids in the Jamaican capital.
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Europeans act alone on bank tax before G20
PARIS/BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany, France and Britain announced plans on Tuesday to introduce a bank levy to help meet the costs of the financial crisis, without waiting for a G20 summit this week, underscoring a rift with key partners.
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Dems soften some of toughest Wall Street restrictions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawmakers softened several of their toughest restrictions on banks' trading activity on Wednesday as they neared completion of a sweeping rewrite of financial regulations.
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Lawmakers renew focus on China after yuan stalls
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senators said on Wednesday they were unmoved by China's steps to partly free the yuan and vowed to push forward legislation to punish a Chinese currency misalignment they say distorts trade and steals jobs.
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Obama fires McChrystal, names Petraeus
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama fired his top Afghanistan commander on Wednesday over inflammatory comments that enraged the White House, and vowed not to let the military shake-up undermine the U.S. war effort.
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Alleged drug lord Coke captured in Jamaica: police
KINGSTON (Reuters) - Jamaican police said they captured alleged drug kingpin Christopher "Dudus" Coke on the outskirts of Kingston on Tuesday.
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U.S. public still backs offshore drilling
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A majority of Americans still support offshore drilling on the U.S. coastline despite the devastating oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Tuesday.
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Subway chain apologizes for Salmonella outbreak
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Subway sandwich chain on Tuesday apologized for a Salmonella outbreak in central Illinois and said it is working with public health officials to pinpoint the source of the contamination.
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Obama budget director Orszag to step down: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House confirmed on Tuesday that Peter Orszag was stepping down as the director of the White House budget office and said the administration was looking at a number of candidates to replace him.
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Fate of top U.S. Afghan commander in doubt
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Tuesday he had yet to decide whether to fire the top U.S. general in Afghanistan, who showed "poor judgment" in a magazine article mocking top administration officials.
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Auto dealers win while banks lose in Wall Street bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Auto dealers scored a win on Tuesday while banks faced the prospect of further trading restrictions as lawmakers raced to complete the biggest overhaul of the financial regulation since the 1930s.
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Hosts South Africa and disgraced French out
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa went out with heads high on Tuesday, despite being the only hosts ever to exit the World Cup's first round, but France headed home in shame and Latin American giants Argentina cruised into the second round.
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Oil drillers, users say world needs deepwater wells
LONDON (Reuters) - Energy chiefs defended deepwater oil as crucial to meeting future demand, saying on Tuesday that a prolonged U.S. drilling ban in response to the giant Gulf of Mexico spill could stoke costs and threaten security of supply.
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Europeans act alone on bank tax before G20
PARIS/BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany, France and Britain announced plans on Tuesday to introduce a bank levy to help meet the costs of the financial crisis, without waiting for a G20 summit this week, underscoring a rift with key partners.
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U.N. to remove Taliban from blacklist: Karzai
KABUL (Reuters) - The United Nations has agreed to remove Taliban members who renounce ties to al Qaeda from a U.N. blacklist on a "gradual" basis, Afghan President Hamid Karzai's office said on Tuesday.
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UK slashes spending, raises VAT and taxes banks
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's new coalition government produced the harshest budget in a generation on Tuesday, slashing spending, raising VAT and slapping a levy on banks to cut a record deficit to almost nothing in 5 years.
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China says "concerned" about South Korea-U.S. drill
BEIJING (Reuters) - China said on Tuesday it was concerned about reports that a U.S. aircraft carrier may join a military exercise with South Korea amid a tense standoff with North Korea over the sinking of a warship from the South.
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Refugees return to shattered Kyrgyz city
OSH, Kyrgyzstan (Reuters) - Thousands of refugees who had fled to Uzbekistan to avoid ethnic bloodshed trekked back to burned-out homes in Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday ahead of a vote on how the Central Asian state will be governed.
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