miércoles, 31 de marzo de 2010

U.S. Top News Early Edition: Obama to permit oil exploration off Virginia coast

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Obama to permit oil exploration off Virginia coast
Bombs kill 12 in Russia, days after metro attacks
U.S. rebound on good footing: Fed's Fisher
Copenhagen Accord climate pledges too weak: U.N.
Some Yahoo email accounts hacked in China, Taiwan
Obama wants U.N. sanctions on Iran in weeks
Haiti hopes for $4 billion to rebuild after quake
Iranian nuclear scientist defects to U.S.: report
AIG lawsuit alleging missed "red flags" dismissed
Putin orders Moscow bombers "scraped from sewers"


Obama to permit oil exploration off Virginia coast
March 31, 2010 08:19 AM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is to announce on Wednesday a plan to permit exploration for oil and natural gas off the coast of Virginia as a way to create jobs and reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil.

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Bombs kill 12 in Russia, days after metro attacks
March 31, 2010 08:34 AM ET
MAKHACHKALA, Russia (Reuters) - Suspected suicide bombers killed at least 12 people in Russia's North Caucasus on Wednesday, two days after deadly attacks in Moscow that authorities linked to insurgents from the region.

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U.S. rebound on good footing: Fed's Fisher
March 31, 2010 05:17 AM ET
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - The U.S. economic recovery is gathering speed as business activity picks up pace, despite lingering weakness in employment, Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Richard Fisher said on Tuesday.

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Copenhagen Accord climate pledges too weak: U.N.
March 31, 2010 06:46 AM ET
OSLO (Reuters) - More than 110 countries have signed up to the Copenhagen Accord on fighting global warming but the United Nations said on Wednesday that their pledges for cutting greenhouse gas emissions were insufficient.

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Some Yahoo email accounts hacked in China, Taiwan
March 31, 2010 06:44 AM ET
BEIJING/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo email accounts of some journalists and activists whose work relates to China were compromised in an attack discovered this week, days after Google announced it would move its Chinese-language search services out of China due to censorship concerns.

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Obama wants U.N. sanctions on Iran in weeks
March 31, 2010 05:11 AM ET
WASHINGTON/GATINEAU, Quebec (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Tuesday he wanted tougher U.N. sanctions in weeks against Iran over its nuclear program, and the world's leading industrial nations expressed optimism that China will agree on possible next steps.

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Haiti hopes for $4 billion to rebuild after quake
March 31, 2010 08:09 AM ET
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Haiti will ask the world on Wednesday for $4 billion to help it rebuild and modernize in the wake of the earthquake that destroyed the Caribbean nation's capital and killed up to 300,000 people.

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Iranian nuclear scientist defects to U.S.: report
March 31, 2010 12:03 AM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An Iranian nuclear scientist who has been missing since June has defected to the United States and is helping the CIA, ABC news reported on Tuesday.

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AIG lawsuit alleging missed "red flags" dismissed
March 31, 2010 08:14 AM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Manhattan federal judge dismissed a shareholder lawsuit accusing current and former American International Group Inc executives and directors of ignoring "red flags," leading to the insurer's near collapse and about $180 billion of federal bailouts.

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Putin orders Moscow bombers "scraped from sewers"
March 31, 2010 12:36 AM ET
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin Tuesday said the culprits behind twin suicide bombings that killed 39 people in Moscow's metro must be scraped "from the bottom of the sewers" and exposed.

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