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| | Good Morning Aron, | FRI 28 May 2010 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| | May 28, 2010 08:56 AM ET | VENICE, Louisiana (Reuters) - BP reported some progress on Friday in its struggle to shut off its gushing deepwater Gulf of Mexico oil well, and President Barack Obama was set to assert control with a visit to coastal areas threatened by the largest oil spill in U.S. history. | | | | May 28, 2010 08:18 AM ET | SEOUL (Reuters) - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao told South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak on Friday he condemned acts threatening stability on the Korean Peninsula and understood South Korean grief over the sinking of a naval ship, which Seoul has blamed on the North. | | | | May 28, 2010 09:14 AM ET | LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - At least 53 people were killed in attacks on two mosques in the northeastern Pakistani city of Lahore, hospital officials said. | | | | | May 28, 2010 08:16 AM ET | NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Maoist rebels sabotaged a high-speed train in eastern India on Friday that killed at least 71 people after it derailed and smashed into the path of a goods train, a top Indian police official said. | | | | May 28, 2010 07:14 AM ET | UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Talks on shoring up the global anti-nuclear arms treaty were on the edge of failure on Friday as the United States and its allies clashed with Egypt over a push to pressure Israel to scrap any atom bombs it has. | | | | May 28, 2010 09:03 AM ET | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawmakers in both chambers of the Congress took steps on Thursday toward repealing a ban on gays and lesbians serving openly in the U.S. military, a goal championed by President Barack Obama. | | | | | May 27, 2010 10:05 PM ET | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama urged Republicans on Thursday to help him develop a comprehensive U.S. immigration overhaul even as they pushed for tougher border security measures. | | | | | May 27, 2010 09:11 PM ET | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional Democrats floated more cuts on Thursday to a package of tax increases and safety-net spending as final passage of the measure looked likely to slip into June. | | | | | May 28, 2010 09:04 AM ET | MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's support for fresh U.N. sanctions against Iran and its help on Afghanistan show how Washington's "reset" of relations with Moscow is delivering results, President Barack Obama's top adviser on Russia said. | | | | | May 28, 2010 08:30 AM ET | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Spain turned to austerity while China and the United States offered soothing words about Europe on Thursday, providing a respite in the euro-zone debt crisis that allowed markets to recover. | | | | | | | | |
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