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New York attorney general investigating eight banks

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s office issued subpoenas late on Wednesday notifying the banks of his investigation, the Times reported on …
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British Petroleum to try new fix as oil spill threatens Gulf

BP Plc, operator of the well off Louisiana’s coast, said it hoped to have a small containment dome in place by late Thursday, its latest attempt to …
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Oil falls to near $75 on weak U.S. crude demand

Benchmark crude for June delivery was down 27 cents to $75.38 a barrel at midday Singapore time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile …
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Rice bra supports Japan’s farming fad

Trimuph, makers of other eccentric, gimmick bras that include one with a sushi set and another that comes with solar panels, said it came up with the …
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Thai plan to choke Red Shirts put on hold

But it also withdrew its offer to hold elections in November, bringing Thailand’s months-old political crisis back to square one, days after it …
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Eight South Koreans found dead in apparent group suicide

Four women and one man — all in their 20s and 30s — were presumed to have inhaled the fumes by burning coal briquettes inside a parked car in …
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Thailand’s sacred oxen forecast bountiful crops

The ancient ploughing ceremony in Buddhist Thailand, overseen by Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn, marks the end of the dry season and is meant to …
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China child killer wielded cleaver in school lease row

There was no sign of premeditation, said villagers in north China’s Shaanxi province who witnessed the argument on Wednesday between the attacker Wu …
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Children in China school attack were as young as 3

The attacker who charged into the kindergarten Wednesday and hacked at his victims with a cleaver was also a familiar figure to them, said another …
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Shanghai Expo nations sometimes make odd neighbors

The Expo has been drawing hundreds of thousands of visitors since its May 1 opening, and hours-long lines jam around the most popular pavilions, …
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Former Astronauts unhappy with Obama space plan

Neil Armstrong and Eugene Cernan, the last astronaut on the moon, told a Senate Commerce Committee hearing that the Obama plan was short on ambition, …
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Afghan war will worsen before it improves, says Obama

Obama said Wednesday, with Afghan President Hamid Karzai at his side, that the war will get worse before it gets better. "What I’ve tried to emphasize …
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Everest climbers to get free Nepal visas

More than 4,000 climbers have scaled the 8,850 metre (29,035 feet) Everest summit since it was first climbed by New Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary and …
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Somali conference will tackle security and piracy

Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah said the high-level meeting from May 21-23 in Istanbul, Turkey will not seek new funds for the conflict-wracked Horn of Africa …
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Finland approves 1.6 billion euro loan for Greece

The four-party coalition government carried the vote 108-63, with two abstentions and 26 absent, a parliament spokesman said. Finland’s contribution …
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Thai-based corporation files to ban U.S. iPhone, iPad, iPod sales

The case is a response to a patent infringement lawsuit filed by Apple in March against smaller rival HTC, which makes phones based on Google Inc …
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European Union proposes new rules on avoiding volcanic ash

Daniel Hoeltgen, spokesman for the European aviation safety agency, said the new solution adopts the U.S. practice of imposing a 120-mile …
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Analysis: Global support shows euro zone rescue means business

The involvement of the United States, the economies of the Group of Seven and the Group of 20, the International Monetary Fund, the 16-nation euro …
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