Thursday, June 17, 2010 | Headline News from Around the World

Oil rig workers forced to job hunt after drill ban

By CAIN BURDEAU | Posted: Thursday, June 17, 2010 2:25 pm Mr. » read more
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Feds ask judge to drop health care overhaul suit

By BILL KACZOR Associated Press Writer | Posted: Thursday, June 17, 2010 1:45 pm PENSACOLA, Fla. » read more
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Texas lawmaker accuses White House of BP shakedown

Posted: Thursday, June 17, 2010 9:36 am A leading House Republican accused the White House Thursday of a "$20 billion shakedown" of oil giant BP by requiring the company to establish a huge fund to compensate those hurt by the Gulf Coast oil spill. » read more
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Sea creatures flee oil spill, gather near shore

By JAY REEVES, JOHN FLESHER and TAMARA LUSH | Posted: Thursday, June 17, 2010 6:40 am Dolphins and sharks are showing up in surprisingly shallow water off Florida beaches, like forest animals fleeing a fire. » read more
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Contract: MJ doc requested lifesaving gear, nurse

By ANTHONY McCARTNEY and THOMAS WATKINS | Posted: Thursday, June 17, 2010 5:42 am The doctor charged in Michael Jackson's death had requested lifesaving gear and a nurse from the concert promoter organizing the singer's London shows, documents obtained by The Associated Press show. » read more
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Families of 3 jailed Americans criticize Iran

By PATRICK CONDON | Posted: Thursday, June 17, 2010 5:41 am The mothers of three Americans jailed in Iran for nearly a year are demanding the immediate release or trial of their children, saying the Iranian government is using them as pawns in a standoff with the U. » read more
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Oil ends life on the water for Gulf boat captain

By JAY REEVES | Posted: Thursday, June 17, 2010 3:27 am Grounded by oil, the charter boat owner along Alabama's Gulf Coast known as Capt. » read more
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BP chair: Sorry for 'small people' remark on Gulf

By HOLBROOK MOHR | Posted: Thursday, June 17, 2010 2:15 am BP's chairman has apologized for saying the company cares about the "small people" of the Gulf Coast hit by the oil disaster _ a comment met with anger by those who say they are tired of the company's executives making insensitive remarks. » read more
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Spill coverage barriers remain despite promises

By TAMARA LUSH | Posted: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 8:35 pm Journalists covering the Gulf of Mexico oil spill have been yelled at, kicked off public beaches and islands and threatened with arrest in the nearly three weeks since the government promised improved media access. » read more
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Sources: BP agrees to $20B fund for spill victims

By BEN FELLER Associated Press Writer | Posted: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 1:45 pm WASHINGTON | After meeting with top BP officials, President Barack Obama announced on Wednesday that the oil giant has agreed to set aside an initial $20 billion to pay the victims of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, calling it "an important step toward making the people of the Gulf Coast whole again. » read more
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After blasting BP, Obama now faces its leaders

By BEN FELLER | Posted: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 10:36 am President Barack Obama met on his own turf with top BP officials on Wednesday to press his demands that the London-based oil giant pay into a claims fund for victims of the worst oil spill in the nation's history. » read more
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BP executives arrive at WH to meet with Obama

Posted: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 9:14 am Top BP oil company officials, including chief executive Tony Hayward, have arrived at the White House for a meeting Wednesday with President Barack Obama. » read more
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Wisconsin's Democrats have got the blues

By SCOTT BAUER | Posted: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 8:09 am Until recently, Wisconsin seemed to be a Democratic strategist's dream _ a blue state getting bluer. » read more
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Axelrod: BP cannot 'slow-walk' damage payments

Posted: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 6:20 am A leading presidential adviser says a critical goal of a White House showdown with BP executives is to make sure victims of the Gulf oil spill won't be "slow-walked by the company" to their compensation payments. » read more
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Gulf residents seek more than talk from Obama

By JAY REEVES | Posted: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 6:01 am Restaurant owner Regina Shipp was near desperation before President Barack Obama's address on the Gulf oil crisis. » read more
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Gulf Coast welcomes Obama's pledge to restore land

By CAIN BURDEAU | Posted: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 4:45 am After 50 years of watching wetlands created by the fertile Mississippi River turn into open water, Louisiana residents finally got what they'd long awaited: A U. » read more
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Alaska state official objects to polar bear plan

By DAN JOLING | Posted: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 1:55 am The federal plan for designating more than 187,000 square miles as polar bear critical habitat is too large and will lead to huge, unnecessary costs for Alaska's petroleum industry, opponents of the proposal told the U. » read more
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Scientists: Oil leaking up to 2.52M gallons daily

By RAY HENRY | Posted: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 8:15 pm Scientists provided a new estimate for the amount of oil gushing from the ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday that indicates it could be leaking up to 2. » read more
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Feds approve NY tribe recognition

By FRANK ELTMAN | Posted: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 4:26 pm A small Indian tribe on New York's Long Island learned Tuesday that it had won a decades-long fight for formal federal recognition, inching it closer to opening a casino. » read more
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BP oil spill: People in New Orleans loathe the company but they're OK with the British

A friend thought it would be amusing to introduce me as a BP representative It looks as if the Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival is still going ahead this year. » read more
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World Bank says China's economy slowing

By ELAINE KURTENBACH | Posted: Thursday, June 17, 2010 11:38 pm China's economy is showing signs of softening after its strong stimulus-fueled rebound last year, the World Bank says in its latest quarterly update. » read more
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Australian retail CEO quits amid scandal

By ROHAN SULLIVAN | Posted: Thursday, June 17, 2010 11:39 pm The chief executive of upmarket Australian department store company David Jones abruptly resigned on Friday after revealing he had acted inappropriately toward a female staff member. » read more
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Oil extends losses in Asia on US growth concerns

By EILEEN NG | Posted: Thursday, June 17, 2010 11:23 pm Oil prices extended losses but held above $76 a barrel Friday in Asia as weak U. » read more
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Toyota to restart US auto plant, draws UAW ire

By DAN STRUMPF and TOM KRISHER | Posted: Thursday, June 17, 2010 11:27 pm Toyota's announcement that it will resume construction of a car factory in Mississippi was a much-needed piece of good news for both the state struggling with persistent unemployment and the automaker trying to recover some goodwill after a recall crisis bruised its reputation. » read more
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Toyota is latest car maker hit by strike in China

By ELAINE KURTENBACH | Posted: Thursday, June 17, 2010 11:19 pm Strikes have hit two of Toyota's China-based parts suppliers in another sign of growing unrest among the migrant workers who are the backbone of the country's industrial sector. » read more
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Asian stocks mixed as Europe debt worries ease

By COLLEEN BARRY | Posted: Thursday, June 17, 2010 10:31 pm Asian stock markets were mixed Friday but losses were limited on receding worries over Europe's debt crisis after Spain _ one of the region's heavily indebted nations _ successfully sold bonds. » read more
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Afghan mineral wealth may be at least $3 trillion

By DEB RIECHMANN and AMIR SHAH | Posted: Thursday, June 17, 2010 10:24 pm Afghanistan is gearing up to award contracts to mine one the world's largest iron ore deposits buried in a peaceful province of the war-torn nation that has at least $3 trillion in untapped minerals, the country's top mining official said Thursday. » read more
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New jobless claims up sharply as layoffs persist

By ALAN ZIBEL | Posted: Thursday, June 17, 2010 6:29 pm The number of people filing new claims for jobless benefits jumped last week after three straight declines, another sign that the pace of layoffs has not slowed. » read more
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New rules for broken trades proposed

By MARCY GORDON | Posted: Thursday, June 17, 2010 6:30 pm Federal regulators on Thursday put forward proposed new rules spelling out when and at what prices stock trades would be canceled, in a response to last month's "flash crash" in the market. » read more
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Feds announce arrests in mortgage fraud crackdown

By KEN RITTER | Posted: Thursday, June 17, 2010 6:23 pm Some 500 people have been arrested in a nationwide crackdown on mortgage fraud, and federal officials pointed to Las Vegas as one of the centers of the scams that pumped up home prices until the housing market bubble finally burst. » read more
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For BP, a $20 billion drop in a very large bucket

By BERNARD CONDON and MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted: Thursday, June 17, 2010 4:54 pm BP holds enough oil in its reserves to single-handedly supply the United States for two years. » read more
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Stocks eke out gain after downbeat economic data

By TIM PARADIS | Posted: Thursday, June 17, 2010 4:53 pm The stock market managed a slender gain Thursday after traders shook off a pair of disappointing economic reports. » read more
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Couple wants $4.3M in damages for Chinese drywall

By CURT ANDERSON | Posted: Thursday, June 17, 2010 4:25 pm A Florida couple driven from their home by foul-smelling, corrosive Chinese drywall should get at least $4. » read more
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FDA panel backs new emergency contraceptive

By MATTHEW PERRONE | Posted: Thursday, June 17, 2010 3:25 pm Federal health experts said Thursday a new type of morning-after contraceptive that works longer than existing drugs is safe and effective. » read more
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US cars top foreign brands on quality survey

By STEPHEN MANNING | Posted: Thursday, June 17, 2010 2:45 pm U. » read more
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FDA approves Sanofi-Aventis prostate cancer drug

Posted: Thursday, June 17, 2010 2:28 pm The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved the first prostate cancer chemotherapy drug found to extend the survival of men who are no longer being helped by other treatments. » read more
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Demand for imports helps widen trade deficit

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted: Thursday, June 17, 2010 1:17 pm Higher oil prices and stronger demand for imported goods have widened the broadest measure of the U. » read more
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Financial Overhaul 101: Fewer bank bailouts likely

By DANIEL WAGNER | Posted: Thursday, June 17, 2010 12:01 pm As the 2008 financial crisis erupted, the government faced an urgent task: It had to quell fears that big banks might collapse. » read more
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Powerful Austrian publisher dies

Posted: Thursday, June 17, 2010 11:22 am Hans Dichand, the powerful publisher of Austria's largest circulation newspaper, died Thursday at the age of 89. » read more
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France says EU wants global financial tax

Posted: Thursday, June 17, 2010 10:36 am French President Nicolas Sarkozy says European Union leaders will call for a a global tax on financial transactions. » read more
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Leading indicators rise 0.4 percent in May

By TALI ARBEL | Posted: Thursday, June 17, 2010 9:38 am A gauge of future economic activity rose 0. » read more
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Greece on track with reforms, IMF, EU say

By ELENA BECATOROS | Posted: Thursday, June 17, 2010 9:30 am Debt-ridden Greece is on track with the reforms required as part of the rescue package that saved it from bankruptcy, a delegation from the International Monetary Fund, European Central Bank and the European Commission said Thursday. » read more
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Germany wants bank stress tests to be published

By JUERGEN BAETZ | Posted: Thursday, June 17, 2010 8:59 am Germany wants to see the results of stress tests for banks in the European Union to be made public in an effort to restore market confidence, a finance ministry official said Thursday. » read more
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Consumer prices dip again _ break for shoppers

By JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted: Thursday, June 17, 2010 8:50 am Consumer prices fell for the second straight month, extending a break for Americans' pocketbooks. » read more
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Grocer Kroger's 1st-qtr net income off 14 percent

Posted: Thursday, June 17, 2010 8:39 am Supermarket operator Kroger said Thursday that its first-quarter net income fell 14 percent as its costs rose faster than its revenue and it faced tough competitors such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc. » read more
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France claims success in Google privacy breach

By JULIEN PROULT and GREG KELLER | Posted: Thursday, June 17, 2010 8:17 am France has become the latest country to hold Google to account over a privacy breach that saw the search engine giant mistakenly gather and store data over public Wi-Fi networks in more than 30 countries. » read more
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Winnebago posts 3Q net income as RV sales jump

Posted: Thursday, June 17, 2010 7:36 am Motor home maker Winnebago Industries Inc. » read more
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Smithfield Foods posts 4Q loss of $4.6 million

Posted: Thursday, June 17, 2010 6:56 am Smithfield Foods, the nation's largest hog producer and pork processor, said its fourth-quarter loss narrowed to $4. » read more
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BP shares higher on oil spill fund deal

By ROBERT BARR | Posted: Thursday, June 17, 2010 6:42 am Shares in BP rose in London Thursday, as the company's agreement to set up a $20 billion fund and cancel dividend payments to cover damage from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill was seen as reducing uncertainty over its liabilities. » read more
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China says G-20 wrong place to discuss yuan issue

Posted: Thursday, June 17, 2010 6:27 am China's President Hu Jintao will attend next week's G-20 meeting in Toronto but does not want to discuss China's exchange rate policy, the government said Thursday. » read more
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Spanish debt sale sees high demand, but cost rises

By DANIEL WOOLLS | Posted: Thursday, June 17, 2010 5:31 am Spain _ fighting speculation it is headed for a bailout _ raised nearly euro3. » read more
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Swiss parliament clears way for US tax deal

By ELIANE ENGELER | Posted: Thursday, June 17, 2010 5:00 am Swiss lawmakers on Thursday gave final approval to a treaty with the United States that will hand Washington thousands of files on suspected tax cheats, agreeing to drop plans to allow a referendum on the issue. » read more
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Spirit Airlines makes a deal to end pilots' strike

By JOSHUA FREED | Posted: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 10:48 pm Spirit Airlines made a deal with its pilots on Wednesday that will end their strike, and the airline said it would fly again starting Friday. » read more
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Bernanke says Fed is beefing up bank oversight

By JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 10:46 pm The Federal Reserve is working to beef up oversight of financial companies to better protect the nation from another financial crisis in the future, Chairman Ben Bernanke said Wednesday. » read more
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Gates, Buffett lobby the rich for donation pledges

By DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP | Posted: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 6:46 pm Microsoft Corp. » read more
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BP agrees to suspend dividend, shares fluctuate

BY DAVID KOENIG | Posted: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 4:58 pm BP PLC says it will suspend its dividend for the rest of this year and set up a $20 billion fund to assure victims of the Gulf oil spill that they will be compensated for their losses. » read more
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Citi, Fannie, Freddie offer Gulf mortgage relief

Posted: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 4:08 pm Homeowners in areas of the Gulf of Mexico affected by the BP oil spill can get mortgage relief from Citigroup Inc. » read more
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FedEx says global trade recovery is underestimated

By SAMANTHA BOMKAMP | Posted: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 4:06 pm FedEx said people are too pessimistic about a recovery in global trade, after it reported Wednesday that strong exports from Asia and other international shipments drove its improved fourth-quarter results. » read more
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BP shares rebound after dividend dropped

By DAVID KOENIG | Posted: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 3:36 pm Shares of BP PLC rebounded from an early slide and rose Wednesday after the company agreed to set up a $20 billion escrow fund to compensate victims of the Gulf oil spill. » read more
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SEC proposes new disclosures for target-date funds

By MARCY GORDON | Posted: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 2:52 pm Federal regulators on Wednesday proposed new disclosure rules for target-date retirement funds that would require sponsors to spell out how they are investing the money and to warn about risks. » read more
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GM's Opel withdraws European aid applications

By GEIR MOULSON | Posted: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 12:14 pm General Motors Co. » read more
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EU leaders to call for European, global bank levy

By AOIFE WHITE | Posted: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 9:39 am European Union leaders are set to back a European levy on banks to help pay the costs of future collapses, according to a draft text seen by the Associated Press that will be made public after a Thursday summit. » read more
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AT&T, Apple sell out of launch-day iPhone 4s

Posted: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 9:33 am The launch of the new iPhone looks set to cause long lines at stores next week, because Apple and AT&T have stopped taking "pre-orders" for the device. » read more
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Wholesale prices fall 0.3 percent in May

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 8:24 am Wholesale prices fell for a second straight month in May, the first time that has happened in a year, reflecting big declines in the cost of energy and food. » read more
Keywords: straight month second straight wholesale prices Date: 06-18-2010 Posted In: news | business

Colombian coal mine blast kills 16, traps dozens

By LIBARDO CARDONA | Posted: Thursday, June 17, 2010 7:28 pm Relatives held a resigned vigil Thursday outside a coal mine in northwestern Colombia where dozens of miners were trapped and feared dead after an explosion that killed at least 16 workers. » read more
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Work suffers, parties thrive during World Cup

By BRIDGET HUBER | Posted: Thursday, June 17, 2010 4:22 pm Leonardo Munoz, wearing a foot-tall blue-and-white wig, is ready to bare it all for the glory of Argentina. » read more
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EU approves new sanctions on Iran

By SLOBODAN LEKIC | Posted: Thursday, June 17, 2010 1:36 pm The European Union on Thursday adopted new sanctions against Iran, the latest in a series of measures taken by the international community in an effort to halt the country's nuclear program. » read more
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Peruvian judge to ask van der Sloot about killing

By CARLA SALAZAR | Posted: Thursday, June 17, 2010 1:25 pm A judge expects to interrogate Joran van der Sloot next week about the killing of a 21-year-old Peruvian woman in his hotel room. » read more
Keywords: world news peruvian woman interrogate joran judge expects Date: 06-18-2010 Posted In: news | world

EU to publish potential bank losses

By AOIFE WHITE | Posted: Thursday, June 17, 2010 10:57 am European Union leaders agreed Thursday to go public with the results of "stress tests" checking the stability of the bloc's banks, an attempt to restore confidence to markets spooked since Greece demanded a bailout to prevent an embarrassing default. » read more
Keywords: world news restore confidence markets spooked spooked since tests checking Date: 06-18-2010 Posted In: news | world

Icelandic court allows exhumation of Bobby Fischer

By JENNIFER QUINN | Posted: Thursday, June 17, 2010 8:30 am The remains of chess genius Bobby Fischer are to be exhumed to determine whether he is the father of a 9-year-old girl, a lawyer representing the child and her mother said Thursday. » read more
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25 dead in French Riviera floods, new storm coming

By LIONEL CIRONNEAU | Posted: Thursday, June 17, 2010 8:20 am The death toll from flash floods in the hills above the French Riviera rose to 25 on Thursday as new thunderstorms threatened the picturesque region and cleanup efforts, officials said. » read more
Keywords: world news cleanup efforts efforts officials picturesque region thunderstorms threatened Date: 06-18-2010 Posted In: news | world

Shell: $40B in Nigerian investments in jeopardy

By JON GAMBRELL | Posted: Thursday, June 17, 2010 6:17 am Royal Dutch Shell PLC warned Nigeria on Thursday that $40 billion of planned investments in the oil-rich nation could be in jeopardy if lawmakers pass a proposed bill to overhaul the petroleum industry. » read more
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