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British Petroleum’s Hayward set to step aside for Dudley

Bob Dudley, the U.S. executive managing the response operation to the spill in the Gulf of Mexico, is poised to get the top job in a move that could …
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European shares dip, drugmakers offset rising banks

Most banks gained ground on relief that the stress test results announced after European markets closed on Friday contained no major bad …
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High Court quashes policy of speedy deportations

The court ruled that the policy, introduced in 2007 but widened earlier this year, meant those affected had "little or no notice" of removal and so …
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Cholera outbreak kills 77 in northern Cameroon

Cholera, a disease generally spread through food and water contaminated with bacteria, often strikes the central African country where less than …
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Pakistani spy agency denounces US intel docs

The reports, which were released by the online whistle-blower Wikileaks, raised new questions about whether the U.S. can succeed in convincing …
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Lead poisoning hits 84 Chinese kids near smelters

Tests showed at least 84 children from Heqing county in Yunnan province had dangerously high levels of lead in their blood, an online statement …
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Police: 22 killed in Afghan bus crash

The bus ran off the road in Daman district south of Kandahar city just after dawn and flipped over, said the head of traffic police for the …
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Green religion movement hopes spill wins converts

"This is one of those rare moments when you can really focus people’s attention on what’s happening to God’s creation," said Walt Grazer, head of …
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The New Scientist: Die young, live fast

There is no reason to view the poor as stupid or in any way different from anyone else, says Daniel Nettle of the University of Newcastle in the UK. …
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Wired: WikiLeaks releases 90,000 war documents

WikiLeaks’ release of a 2007 Apache gunship video sparked worldwide outrage, but little change in U.S. policy. This massive storehouse – taken, it …
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Big Bang investigators want new atom smasher

Scientists from CERN, a particle physics laboratory outside Geneva, will detail their ambitions at a conference in Paris on Monday. They are …
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U.S. Treasury Secretary says U.S. economy on the rebound

"The economy is starting to heal again," he said in an interview on NBC’s "Meet the Press" program, adding in response to a question that he did not …
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Central Bangkok explosion wounds four people

The explosion occurred near a busy intersection at the heart of Bangkok’s commercial district, the same area occupied by thousands of "red shirt" …
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Ten killed in mass panic at German ‘Love Parade’

Overcrowding at an entrance gate to a former freight rail station where the techno music festival was being held sparked a stampede in the western …
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Week delay seen in British Petroleum relief well drilling

It will take that long to reconnect a rig drilling a relief well intended to halt the leak for good, said Robert Donaldson, a spokesman for the U.S. …
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Al Qaeda claims responsibility for attacks in Iraq

In the deadliest attack, a suicide bomber struck members of the government-backed "Sahwa" militia as they lined up to be paid on Baghdad’s …
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Quake off Philippines, no damage reported

No tsunami warning was issued. In just over an hour early on Saturday, an earthquake and two aftershocks recorded at magnitudes of 7.3 to 7.6 by the …
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North Korea vows nuclear response to U.S.-South Korea drills

North Korea routinely threatens war when South Korea and the U.S. hold joint military drills, which Pyongyang sees as a rehearsal for an attack on the …
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