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Lakers win NBA title in Game Seven thriller
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Los Angeles Lakers rallied from a big early deficit to win their second successive NBA championship with a cliff-hanging 83-79 Game Seven victory over the Boston Celtics on Thursday.
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Times Square bomb suspect indicted in New York
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The man suspected of trying to set off a car bomb in New York's Times Square on May 1 was indicted by a federal grand jury on Thursday on terrorism-related charges.
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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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Swaps plan seen staying in Wall Street reform bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A sweeping overhaul of financial regulations will include a controversial plan to insulate banks from risky swap dealing, aides said on Thursday as lawmakers hammered out a final bill.
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Anadarko heaps all blame on BP
HOUSTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - As BP Plc rushed to raise cash to pay for the Gulf of Mexico disaster, a partner in the out-of-control well said the British company was likely guilty of "willful misconduct" and should shoulder the financial burden for the worst U.S. oil spill.
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Israel says easing Gaza land blockade
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel said on Thursday it was easing a land blockade of the Gaza Strip that drew heightened international criticism after its deadly raid on an aid flotilla bound for the Hamas-run Palestinian territory.
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U.S. may strip-search Guantanamo suspect: judge
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. officials may strip-search a former Guantanamo prisoner suspected in the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Africa despite his claims the searches are debilitating, a U.S. judge has ruled.
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Europe could face hundreds of Iranian missiles: Gates
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. intelligence showing Iran likely would have the capability to attack Europe with "scores or even hundreds" of missiles factored into the Obama administration's decision to overhaul missile defenses, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Thursday.
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Regulators take step toward broadband rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Communications authorities on Thursday took a small but significant step toward regulating high-speed Internet in a bid to reclaim oversight, setting the stage for an eventual legal showdown with industry heavyweights.
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Apology to BP's Hayward triggers uproar
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Republican U.S. representative apologized to BP CEO Tony Hayward on Thursday, saying BP was victim of a White House "shakedown" by having to set up a $20 billion Gulf oil spill fund, a comment that angered both Democrats and Republicans.
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Court allows search of text messages on pager
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that a search of sexually explicit text messages sent by a police officer on a department pager was reasonable and did not violate his privacy rights.
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Higuain hat-trick gives Argentina victory
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Gonzalo Higuain scored the first hat-trick of this World Cup as Argentina took a huge step toward the second round when they thrashed South Korea 4-1 in their Group B match at Soccer City on Thursday.
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U.N. says 400,000 Kyrgyz refugees
SURATASH, Kyrgyzstan (Reuters) - Makeshift camps on both sides of Kyrgyzstan's border with Uzbekistan are home to 400,000 refugees uprooted by ethnic violence, the United Nations said on Thursday, and the area remains extremely tense.
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Jobless claims and price data back low rates policy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New claims for jobless aid rose last week while consumer prices notched their largest decline in nearly 1-1/2 years in May, suggesting interest rates will remain ultra low to nurse the fragile economic recovery.
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Israel says easing Gaza land blockade
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel said on Thursday it was easing a land blockade of the Gaza Strip that drew heightened international criticism after its deadly raid on an aid flotilla bound for the Hamas-run Palestinian territory.
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Nelson Mandela attends funeral of great-grandchild
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Nelson Mandela joined hundreds of mourners Thursday at the funeral of the former South African president's great-granddaughter who was killed in car crash last week.
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Europe to publish bank stress tests in July
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European leaders agreed on Thursday to publish details of "stress tests" showing the financial health of individual banks next month and to toughen budget rules to restore confidence in their currency union.
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China warns finger-pointing could derail G20
BEIJING (Reuters) - Finger-pointing at the G20 will be self-defeating for an international forum that should be focused on coordination, not criticism, of economic policies, a senior Chinese government official said.
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Swiss parliament approves UBS-U.S. tax deal
ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland's parliament backed a Swiss-U.S. tax treaty crucial to the future of UBS AG, ending months of uncertainty over the deal and paving the way for renewed recovery at the Swiss bank.
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Swaps plan seen staying in Wall Street reform bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A sweeping overhaul of financial regulations will include a controversial plan to insulate banks from risky swap dealing, aides said on Thursday as lawmakers hammered out a final bill.
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