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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.

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.

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."

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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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.

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.

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."

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.