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Under pressure, BP readies 'top-kill' for leak
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A BP cleanup crew shovels oil from a beach at Port Fourchon, Louisiana. BP nervously carried out final tests Wednesday before a risky deepwater bid to cap the Gulf of Mexico oil leak under huge pressure to get it right this time and plug the five-week-old spill. BP nervously carried out final tests Wednesday before a risky deepwater bid to cap the...

In this photo taken during Kim Jong Il's May 3-May 7, 2010 visit to China and released by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service in Tokyo Tuesday, May 11, 2010, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il waves good-bye to Chinese leaders at a station in Beijing, China.

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Korea Strife Is a Dilemma for Beijing
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By JAY SOLOMON And ANDREW BROWNE BEIJING—North Korea's new belligerence has exposed cracks in the thinking of Chinese officials toward their erratic neighbor, a factor that is playing into an unfolding crisis following the sinking of a South Korean warship, allegedly by a Northern torpedo. China is the chief supplier of food, energy and arms...

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Some states were living beyond their means, EU's Barroso admits
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test Brussels - The debt crisis gripping the European Union at the moment is a sign that 'many' countries in the bloc have been too reckless with their spending, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said on Wednesday. In a bid to quell growing market concerns, which have caused the euro to plunge against the dollar, several EU...

Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir attends the closing session of the Arab summit in Doha, Qatar, Monday, March 30, 2009. Sudan's president, who is charged by an international court for war crimes, has lashed out at the U.N. Security Council and accused it of corruption. Speaking at an Arab League summit in Qatar, Omar al-Bashir criticized the Security Council for asking the International Criminal Court to launch an investigation into war crimes in Darfur. On March 4, the court issued an arrest warrant for al-Bashir.

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International Criminal Court reports Sudan to UN for failure to arrest war crimes suspects
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The International Criminal Court said Wednesday it has reported Sudan to the U.N. Security Council for refusing to arrest a government minister and a militia leader suspected of war crimes in Darfur. Judges at the court said in a report that Sudan has refused to hand over Humanitarian Affairs Minister Ahmed Harun and...

European Union Commissioner for Internal Market and Services Michel Barnier gestures while talking to the media during a press conference at the EU Commission headquarter in Brussels, Wednesday, May 26, 2010.

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Europe moves to levy bank failure tax
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BRUSSELS (AFP) – Banks will never again be allowed to call on taxpayers to clean up their mess under plans for a new Europe-wide crisis insurance levy unveiled on Wednesday. "What I'm proposing is logical -- banks paying for banks, not taxpayers," the European Union's financial services chief, former French foreign minister...

File - President Barack Obama listens during an economic policy meeting in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Sept. 11, 2009.

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Finally, a 9-11 Commission President?
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Article by WorldNews.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. When President Barack Hussein Obama rejected his predecessor's emphasis on unilateral American power and the right to wage preemptive wars, and when he announced a new national security strategy rooted in diplomatic engagement and the use of international alliances, it reminded me of the final...

A Thai woman prays to Buddhist monks for peace in front of Central World, Thailand's biggest mall, which was burnt down by rioters in downtown Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, May 26, 2010.

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Thais pray for peace
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Thousands of Thais have joined interfaith ceremonies in the capital Bangkok to pray for peace and unity after last week's deadly crackdown on anti-government protesters. Buddhists, Muslims, Christians and Hindus gathered in the upscale Rajaprasong district where the so-called red shirt protesters had camped out for weeks, for the event. The chants...

Contract employees with BP America, Inc. prepare an oil containment boom at Naval Air Station Pensacola to assist in oil recovery efforts from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

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BP readies to plug source of oil gushing into Gulf
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WASHINGTON - Marking five disastrous weeks, BP readied yet another attempt to slow the oil gushing into the Gulf yesterday as a federal report accused drilling regulators of having been so close to oil and gas companies that they accepted gifts and even negotiated to go work for them. President Obama prepared to head to the Gulf on Friday to review...

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, right, shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton during their meeting at the Presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea Wednesday, May 26, 2010.

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Hillary Clinton in South Korea for talks
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Seoul for crisis talks with South Korean leaders Wednesday as tensions between North and South Korea have soared to their highest point in a decade. She touched down in the South Korean capital after intense discussions on the deteriorating...

Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi addresses the media at the end of an extraordinary EU summit on the financial crisis at the EU Council headquarters in Brussels, Friday, Nov.7, 2008.

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Italy approves 24 billion euro austerity drive
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Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi delivers a speech at the Italian e... Nurses are seen at work in Italy. Civil servants will pay a high price in t... A petrochemical worker takes part in an occupation protest near Sardinia. W... The Italian government has approved austerity measures worth 24 billion euros for 2011-2012 in a bid to stabilise...