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APEC trade ministers vow to press on with stalled Doha talks on global trade

The ministers of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum also agreed to craft by November a plan outlining possible ways to reach a regional free …
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BP chief hopes cap will capture most of Gulf oil

"The containment cap is producing around 10,000 barrels of oil a day to the surface which is being processed on the surface," he said during an …
Reuters

Update: Ban offers panel on Israeli ship raid, official says

Ban has suggested establishing a panel that would be headed by former New Zealand prime minister Geoffrey Palmer and include representatives from …
Reuters

Thai Prime Minister says election possible early next year

Abhisit, interviewed by Reuters on the sidelines of aWorld Economic Forummeeting in Vietnam, also said he wanted to lift an emergency decree, now in …
Reuters

Iran to approve Pakistan gas pipeline deal this week

"The $7-billion Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline contract will be finalised this week, and based on the approved time framework the export of gas to …
Reuters

Two men with militant ties arrested in NY-report

The men were arrested as they tried to board flights to Egypt. They were charged with conspiring to commit an act of international terrorism through a …
Reuters

UN aid official frustrated with Haiti progress

John Holmes told The Associated Press that the complex process of finding available land for transitional shelters, slow decision-making by the …
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BP apology ads get criticism in US, not sympathy

The new radio, TV, online and print ads feature BP CEO Tony Hayward pledging to fix the damage caused by a gusher of crude oil unleashed by an April …
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Ban offers panel on Israeli ship raid, official says

Ban has suggested establishing a panel that would be headed by former New Zealand prime minister Geoffrey Palmer and include representatives from …
Reuters

IMF: Controls an option for volatile capital flows in Asia

Over the past several months the region saw a wave of capital flow in, then ebb in more recent weeks, and Naoyuki Shinohara, deputy managing director …
Reuters

Gulf containment cap closely watched in 2nd day

Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said Saturday that after its first full day of work, the cap placed on the gusher near the sea floor trapped about 252,000 …
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Bangladesh lifts Facebook ban

Facebook was blocked last week after publication of caricatures of the Prophet that hurt the religious sentiments of the country’s majority Muslim …
Reuters

Next Japan PM to tap fiscal reformers

Support for the ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) has jumped since the Democrats voted in Kan on Friday to replace Yukio Hatoyama, who quit as …
Reuters

Hayward: not quitting over spill

"It hasn’t crossed my mind. It’s clearly crossed other people’s minds but not mine," he told The Sunday Telegraph in an interview when asked if he had …
Reuters

Caribbean group warns of risk from Gulf oil spill

The Caribbean Community says a recent change in wind patterns could push the oil past the southern tip of Florida and toward its northern member …
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Bomb at Afghan governor office kills 1, wounds 14

The attack reflects deteriorating security in the largest city in the country’s volatile south — also the Taliban’s spiritual home — where NATO is …
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Egyptians married to Israelis to lose citizenship

The case underlines the deep animosity many Egyptians still hold toward Israelis, despite a peace treaty signed between the two countries 31 years …
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Moist-eyed Dutch murder suspect interrogated

Joran van der Sloot arrived at criminal police headquarters in a brown Interpol SUV and was escorted across an auditorium of shouting, …
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