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BP estimates oil spill up to 100,000 barrels per day in document
BURAS, Louisiana (Reuters) - BP Plc estimates that a worst-case scenario rate for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill could be about 100,000 barrels of oil per day, according to an internal company document released Sunday by a senior U.S. congressional Democrat.
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U.N. to cut staff in Afghanistan over security fears
KABUL (Reuters) - Already facing chronic staff shortages, the United Nations has said it plans to withdraw some of its foreign workers from Afghanistan following sustained reports of insurgent threats against its workforce.
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White House criticizes BP CEO over yacht race
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House renewed its sharp criticism of BP Plc CEO Tony Hayward after he attended a yacht race off the English coast on Saturday as his company struggles to plug its huge Gulf of Mexico oil leak.
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France ready to start Iran talks at IAEA: Sarkozy
ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - France is ready to start talks with Iran over its nuclear program at the International Atomic Energy Agency "without delay," French President Nicolas Sarkozy told Russian President Dmitry Medvedev Saturday.
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For U.S., yuan talk is good, action is better
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China's unexpected pledge on Saturday to allow its currency to rise more rapidly will probably make for a less contentious meeting with Group of 20 world leaders in Toronto next week.
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Al Qaeda network severely degraded: U.S. envoy
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's network had been "severely degraded" by joint U.S.-Pakistani efforts, the U.S. special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan said on Saturday.
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Peg is dead as China vows yuan flexibility before G20
BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China said on Saturday it would gradually make the yuan more flexible, in a gesture that may deflect foreign criticism at next week's G20 summit but will not quickly yield a big move by its currency.
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U.S. urges Kyrgyzstan to end humanitarian crisis
BISHKEK (Reuters) - The U.S. envoy for Central Asia urged Kyrgyzstan on Saturday to create conditions for a safe return of hundreds of thousands of refugees uprooted by last week's outburst of ethnic violence.
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Afghan debate spotlights Pentagon's mixed messages
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Debate over the U.S. war strategy in Afghanistan is exposing what some see as discord within the Pentagon about how to cast the fight for Kandahar and the extent and pace to which progress can be shown.
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Gulf Coast residents battle to clean up oil spill
BURAS, Louisiana (Reuters) - Residents of the Gulf Coast battled to save their beaches on Saturday as tar balls washed ashore at Panama City, the most easterly point in Florida where oil has been found from BP Plc's ruptured deep-sea well.
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Cameroon head out, Brazil look forward
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Brazil and Paraguay hope to extend Latin America's great start to the World Cup on Sunday while holders Italy would love to restore some European pride.
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Ghana aim to cheer Africa as underdogs shine in World Cup
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Ghana hope to lift flagging African spirits at the continent's first World Cup on Saturday in a tournament livened by the success of other underdogs against supposed heavyweights of global soccer.
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Senate restores Medicare pay for doctors
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate agreed on Friday to rescind a 21 percent pay cut that went into effect earlier this month for doctors treating patients under the Medicare health program for the elderly.
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Underdogs shine at World Cup
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Serbia beat an out-of-sorts Germany and Algeria held dire England on Friday in the latest setbacks for Europe's soccer aristocrats during an increasingly tight battle for World Cup second round berths.
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BP escrow account will pay claims fast: Feinberg
JACKSON, Mississippi (Reuters) - A $20 billion fund set up by energy giant BP Plc to compensate financial losses due to a big oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico will pay legitimate claims fast, the fund's independent administrator said on Friday.
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"I killed, cut off heads" says repentant Mexico hitman
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - The kills started with a telephone call and often ended with a beheading, but they were all just jobs for the drug hitman, one of maybe hundreds that have scarred Ciudad Juarez's streets. He now says the tortured faces of the dead haunt him.
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One million people caught up in Kyrgyz violence: U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) - An estimated one million people have been affected by the violent conflict in Kyrgyzstan and need food and other aid supplies, U.N. officials said on Friday.
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Obama prods China on currency rates in G20 letter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama raised the prospect of a clash with China at a summit next week by calling for market-determined exchange rates, shortly after Beijing told the world not to criticize its currency policy.
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Utah firing squad executes convicted killer
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - A Utah firing squad shot to death a convicted killer early on Friday in the third U.S. execution by that means since 1976.
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U.S. envoy urges probe into Kyrgyz killings
ANDIZHAN, Uzbekistan (Reuters) - The United States called on Friday for an international investigation into ethnic violence in Kyrgyzstan, as the country's leader said the death toll could be 10 times higher than the official tally of 190.
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