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Obama calls court pick Kagan a consensus builder
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama nominated Solicitor General Elena Kagan for the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, calling her a consensus-builder who has championed the rights of ordinary citizens.
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"Shock and awe" euro rescue lifts global markets
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A $1 trillion emergency package to stabilize the euro zone unleashed a spectacular rally in world stocks on Monday but the euro wiped out initial gains as worries about the region's debt problems persisted.
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Pakistan to come under more U.S. pressure
AMMAN (Reuters) - Pakistani forces, under U.S. pressure to enter the militant bastion of North Waziristan, will do so but in their own time and when adequate resources are available, a Pakistani general said on Monday.
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Mice pull pained expressions
By Janelle Weaver
Humans are not the only ones to grimace when they are in pain, scientists have found. [More]
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NYSE, Nasdaq halt bickering, pledge co-operation
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The two largest U.S. stock exchange operators, NYSE Euronext and Nasdaq OMX Group, called a truce and issued a joint statement on Sunday, pledging to co-operate with each other and regulators to get to the bottom of last week's dramatic stock market plunge.
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Oil spill alarm rises after containment dome setback
By Erwin Seba
ROBERT, Louisiana (Reuters) - BP Plc engineers on Sunday desperately explored options to control oil gushing from a ruptured Gulf of Mexico well after a setback with a huge containment dome fueled fears of a prolonged and growing environmental disaster.
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UK's Brown meets Lib Dem leader Clegg
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown held a meeting on Sunday with Liberal Democrat Nick Clegg, who is trying to clinch an agreement with the Conservative Party to govern together.
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BP seeks solution after U.S. oil spill setback
By Erwin Seba
ROBERT, Louisiana (Reuters) - BP Plc engineers searched on Sunday for ways to control gushing oil from a ruptured Gulf of Mexico well after a setback with a huge metal containment dome dashed hopes for a quick, temporary solution to a growing environmental disaster.
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Cardinal accuses Vatican official of abuse cover-up
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Internal Catholic Church bickering over the handling of its sexual abuse scandal has escalated to a new level, with one cardinal accusing another of a cover-up.
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EU to fend off market "wolves" in Greek crisis
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union finance ministers on Sunday promised to counter the "wolfpack" of the financial markets as they sought agreement on a 600 billion euro ($805 billion) plan to keep Greece's debt crisis from spreading.
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U.S. says Pakistani Taliban behind bomb attempt
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is convinced that a Pakistani Taliban group closely allied with al Qaeda was behind the attempted bombing in New York's Times Square, administration officials said on Sunday.
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Russia offers olive branch as NATO joins parade
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Dmitry Medvedev struck a conciliatory note at Russia's Victory Day military parade on Sunday, urging world powers to unite for peace and defending his decision to invite NATO troops to march on Red Square.
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Palestinians say indirect talks with Israel have begun
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinians declared on Sunday the start of indirect talks with Israel mediated by the United States, which said both sides had taken steps to help its peace efforts succeed.
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Afghanistan's Karzai faces muted Washington reception
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai will visit Washington on Monday without the fanfare and celebration he once enjoyed, but with a more hard-hearted welcome from a skeptical host and his legitimacy under sharp scrutiny.
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Thai PM sticks with peace plan; wants quick answer
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Sunday he would not abandon efforts to find a peaceful solution to a two-month political crisis despite renewed violence in Bangkok that took the death toll to 29.
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Dozens hurt as NY Staten Island ferry hits dock
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A ferry that was involved in a deadly crash in 2003 slammed into a dock in New York's borough of Staten Island on Saturday, injuring dozens of passengers in an accident authorities blamed on a mechanical problem.
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U.S. drone missiles kill nine in Pakistan
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (Reuters) - A U.S. drone aircraft fired two missiles into a Taliban compound in Pakistan's North Waziristan region on the Afghan border on Sunday, killing nine militants, Pakistani security officials said.
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Mexico sends ex-governor to U.S. to face drug charges
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico extradited a former state governor to the United States on Saturday to face charges he helped move hundreds of metric tones of Colombian cocaine into America via the Caribbean tourist resort of Cancun.
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China disbars two rights defense lawyers
BEIJING (Reuters) - Two human rights lawyers who represented defendants in sensitive cases, including members of the banned Falun Gong sect, have been permanently disbarred, according to the Beijing bureau of justice.
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UK parties to resume government formation talks
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Conservatives and Liberal Democrats will hold further talks on Monday to try to stitch together a deal to govern, with markets anxious for an agreement following an inconclusive election.
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