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 | | | | Good Morning Aron, | WED 26 May 2010 | | | | |  | | | | | | |  | | | 
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| | May 26, 2010 09:14 AM ET
 | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - BP Plc told congressional investigators on Tuesday that pressure tests on a drill pipe showed a fundamental mistake hours before the deadly explosion that caused the Gulf of Mexico oil leak, a memo released by two congressmen showed.
| | | | May 26, 2010 09:10 AM ET
 | SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea threatened to close the last road link with the South if Seoul goes ahead with propaganda broadcasts across the militarized border, as Washington pressured China to help persuade the North to change its ways.
| | | | May 26, 2010 09:06 AM ET
 | LONDON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner urged Europeans on Wednesday to work for a globally consistent approach to financial reform as the European Union said it might go it alone with a crisis levy on banks.
| | | | | May 26, 2010 06:24 AM ET
 | PARIS (Reuters) - The global economy is recovering faster than expected from recession with Asia leading the way, but it is at risk from huge debts in developed countries and possible overheating in countries such as China, the OECD said on Wednesday.
| | | | May 26, 2010 09:05 AM ET
 | CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The space shuttle Atlantis landed in Florida on Wednesday, capping a 12-day mission to deliver a new module to the International Space Station before NASA retires the shuttle fleet after two more flights.
| | | | May 26, 2010 08:43 AM ET
 | HOUSTON (Reuters) - Under intense pressure from the Obama administration, the chief executive of BP Plc said he expects to decide later on Wednesday whether to proceed with a tricky "top kill" procedure to try to contain leaking oil in the Gulf of Mexico.
| | | | | May 26, 2010 03:42 AM ET
 | TOKYO (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke stepped up calls to preserve Fed independence on Wednesday, saying central banks best deliver steady economic growth and low inflation when free from political meddling.
| | | | | May 25, 2010 09:21 PM ET
 | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will seek $500 million for security and send up to 1,200 National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexican border, an administration official said on Tuesday, after demands from both Republicans and Democrats for more federal resources along the frontier.
| | | | | May 26, 2010 12:20 AM ET
 | BAGRAM, Afghanistan (Reuters) - With his wrists and ankles handcuffed, Lahur Gul sits before a panel of U.S. military officers who will decide whether he is a threat to Afghanistan's security or can go free.
| | | | | May 26, 2010 07:39 AM ET
 | LONGHUA, China (Reuters) - Dressed in white, the traditional color of mourning in China, the father of 19-year-old Ma Xiangqian weeps outside the gates of a sprawling electronics complex. His wife and daughter kneel alongside.
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This blog offers a compilation of recent news and world events given by RSOE-Emergency and Disaster Information Service, Reuters News Agency, BBC News , CNN International and Al Jezeera News
BP had warning signs before Gulf blast: panel
