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U.S. Top News Early Edition: BP monitors "top kill" attempt to plug spewing oil

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Good Morning Aron, THU 27 May 2010 
 
BP monitors "top kill" attempt to plug spewing oil
North Korea vows to rip up military safeguards with South
Obama to keep drilling moratorium for 6 months-aide
Obama security doctrine stresses diplomacy and economy
China boosts euro, Spain wins austerity vote
Another death at China iPhone maker's plant
China says Europe key market
Troops not militarizing Mexico border: U.S. envoy
Iraq vote results face another possible delay
Spain parliament backs austerity by one vote


BP monitors "top kill" attempt to plug spewing oil
May 27, 2010 08:34 AM ET
VENICE, Louisiana (Reuters) - BP Plc faces a defining day in its five-week Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster on Thursday when its latest attempt to seal a gushing well deep underwater will be deemed either a success or a failure.

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North Korea vows to rip up military safeguards with South
May 27, 2010 07:31 AM ET
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Thursday it was ripping up military agreements signed with the South in a step seen as a prelude to shutting down a joint factory park, just as Seoul staged anti-submarine drills in tense border waters.

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Obama to keep drilling moratorium for 6 months-aide
May 27, 2010 07:59 AM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will announce a six month extension on a deepwater oil drilling moratorium on Thursday while a special commission studies the reasons for the Gulf of Mexico spill, a White House aide said.

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Obama security doctrine stresses diplomacy and economy
May 27, 2010 07:07 AM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Thursday unveiled a new national security doctrine that would join diplomatic engagement and economic discipline with military power to bolster America's standing in the world.

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China boosts euro, Spain wins austerity vote
May 27, 2010 09:16 AM ET
BEIJING/BERLIN (Reuters) - The euro rebounded on Thursday after China reaffirmed its long-term strategy of diversifying currency holdings away from the dollar and denied it was reviewing its holdings of euro sovereign bonds.

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Another death at China iPhone maker's plant
May 27, 2010 09:10 AM ET
HONG KONG/TAIPEI (Reuters) - A 10th employee of iPhone-maker Foxconn jumped to his death late Wednesday, just hours after the company's chairman promised to make life better for employees at the sprawling production site in southern China.

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China says Europe key market
May 27, 2010 07:34 AM ET
BEIJING (Reuters) - Europe remains a key investment market for China's foreign exchange reserves, the Chinese central bank said on Thursday, helping to soothe markets unnerved by a report that it was reviewing its euro-zone bond holdings.

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Troops not militarizing Mexico border: U.S. envoy
May 26, 2010 07:35 PM ET
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - U.S. troops deployed to the Mexican border will take a backseat role to civilian security forces combating illegal flows of drugs and migrants and will not militarize the frontier, the U.S. ambassador to Mexico said on Wednesday.

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Iraq vote results face another possible delay
May 27, 2010 07:51 AM ET
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's Supreme Court asked election officials on Thursday to clear up legal issues surrounding an appeal against a candidate, a move that could further delay the certification of March 7 election results.

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Spain parliament backs austerity by one vote
May 27, 2010 07:45 AM ET
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's governing Socialists won approval for a 15 billion euro ($18.4 billion) austerity package by just one vote on Thursday, avoiding a defeat that would have rattled markets and potentially brought down the government.

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