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Venezuela raids forex firms, arrests one man
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan authorities have raided four money-changing businesses and arrested one man in the start of a clampdown on what President Hugo Chavez calls capitalist speculators distorting the currency market.
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Sudan army says killed 108 Darfur rebels
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's army said it seized a key rebel stronghold in Darfur and killed 108 insurgents late on Friday, dealing a heavy blow to already floundering peace talks in the remote western region.
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Key Mexican ruling party politician feared dead
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A major figure in Mexican President Felipe Calderon's conservative party was missing and feared dead on Saturday after his abandoned car was found with signs of violence, the attorney general's office said.
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White House keeps up heat on BP over oil spill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top Obama administration officials demanded "immediate public clarification" from BP Plc about paying for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill in a letter released on Saturday, as the White House kept up heat on the British energy giant over the environmental disaster.
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Europe needs quantum leap in budget oversight: Trichet
BERLIN/ZAGREB (Reuters) - Europe's central bankers said on Saturday their governments had at best bought time with a $1 trillion rescue, and called for radical action to curb budget deficits and harsh punishments for those who strayed.
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Pakistan holds two over funding Times Square plot
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pakistani authorities have taken into custody at least two men who may have helped provide funding for a botched car-bombing in New York's Times Square, U.S. officials said Saturday.
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U.S., UK issue warnings on Bangkok
BANGKOK (Reuters) - The U.S. Embassy will soon issue a new alert urging its citizens against any travel to Thailand's capital, the embassy spokesman said on Saturday.
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UK airspace may close due to volcanic ash
LONDON (Reuters) - Parts of British airspace may have to close from Sunday until Tuesday due to volcanic ash from Iceland, the government said on Saturday.
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Suspected militants kidnap 60 in NW Pakistan: police
PARACHINAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Suspected militants dressed as policemen kidnapped about 60 people in troubled northwestern Pakistan near the Afghan border on Saturday, government and police officials said.
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Obama pushes Wall Street reform with populism
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Saturday called for swift Senate action on a sweeping overhaul of Wall Street rules to "secure America's economic future" as a reform bill moves into the decisive stage next week.
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ECB's Trichet seeks quantum leap in budget oversight
BERLIN (Reuters) - European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet denied the euro is under speculative attack despite its steep fall, and called instead for a quantum leap in monitoring to ensure government budgets are kept under control.
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BP tussles with latest bid to contain oil spill
GALLIANO, La./WASHINGTON (Reuters) - BP Plc struggled on Saturday to get its latest effort to contain the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill to work as the Obama administration demanded that the British energy giant clarify its intentions on paying for damage caused by the accident.
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Thai violence spirals as both sides seek reinforcements
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva vowed on Saturday to stop protesters from toppling his government as fighting in Bangkok spiraled into chaotic urban warfare, with both sides calling for reinforcements.
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Genetic ancestry testing is an inexact science, task force says
As store-based distribution of genetic health tests remains stalled pending federal review, genetic ancestry tests are also drawing widespread concern from experts. [More]
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The Laser at 50: Advancing Science through Beams of Coherent Light
May 16 marks the 50th anniversary of the first working laser, invented at Hughes Research Laboratories in 1960. We take a look at the past, present and potential future of this groundbreaking technology [More]
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UK's Hague lavish, not "slavish," on first U.S. trip
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - British Foreign Secretary William Hague, who has pledged "solid but not slavish" ties with the United States, lavished praise on what he called their "unbreakable" bond on Friday on his first trip abroad since taking office.
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Lasers at the cutting edge of science
"When you flash a laser for the first time…it's like you've created something magical." Tom Baer , executive director of the Stanford Photonics Research Center, said this to me recently when I asked him why he's spent the past three decades both studying and developing the technology. [More]
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Moscow envoy vows tax breaks for volatile North Caucasus
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian government's envoy to the turbulent North Caucasus on Friday promised tax breaks and a special investment regime for the impoverished region, scene of the bloodiest war in the former Soviet Union.
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How Long Will the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Last?
More than 20 years after the Exxon Valdez foundered off the coast of Alaska, puddles of oil can still be found in Prince William Sound. Nearly 25 years after a storage tank ruptured, spilling oil into the mangrove swamps and coral reefs of Bahia Las Minas in Panama , oil slicks can still be found on the water. And more than 40 years after the barge Florida grounded off Cape Cod, dumping fuel oil, the muck beneath the marsh grasses still smells like a gas station. [More]
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Greek, Turkish PMs meet, discuss defense cuts
ATHENS (Reuters) - Long-time rivals Greece and Turkey agreed on Friday to try and ease tensions and attempt to cut heavy defense budgets, seeking to gain something positive from the Greek debt crisis currently shaking the euro.
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