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 | | | | Good Morning Aron, | WED 16 Jun 2010 | | | | |  | | | | | | |  | | | 
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| | June 16, 2010 08:18 AM ET
 | WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, seeking to demonstrate strong leadership on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, will demand on Wednesday that BP set aside billions of dollars to pay damages from the catastrophe.
| | | | June 16, 2010 07:50 AM ET
 | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After suffering more than a year of abuse over its role in the financial crisis, the Federal Reserve is poised to emerge with its powers relatively intact as lawmakers finalize a sweeping overhaul of financial regulations.
| | | | June 16, 2010 09:15 AM ET
 | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Housing starts fell more than expected in May to a five-month low as a homebuyer tax credit expired while plunging energy costs pushed producer prices lower, buying time for the Federal Reserve to maintain its ultra-low interest rate policy.
| | | | | June 16, 2010 09:18 AM ET
 | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top U.S. lawmakers voiced strong concern about the direction of President Barack Obama's war effort in Afghanistan on Tuesday at a congressional hearing abruptly halted after the key U.S. general fainted.
| | | | June 16, 2010 09:12 AM ET
 | JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's security cabinet met on Wednesday to consider easing a Gaza blockade following an international outcry over a deadly raid on an aid flotilla, but adjourned without taking any decisions.
| | | | June 16, 2010 09:33 AM ET
 | OSH, Kyrgyzstan (Reuters) - Kyrgyz troops patrolled the burned-out streets of the southern city of Osh on Wednesday to maintain a fragile peace between ethnic groups after days of fighting that forced tens of thousands to flee.
| | | | | June 16, 2010 08:59 AM ET
 | BRUSSELS/MADRID (Reuters) - The EU and International Monetary Fund on Wednesday denied a report that they and the U.S. Treasury were drawing up a safety net for Spain including a credit line of up to 250 billion euros ($335 billion).
| | | | | June 16, 2010 06:28 AM ET
 | AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A construction worker was killed at BP's Rotterdam refinery after a wall collapsed on him, a spokesman for the oil major said on Wednesday.
| | | | | June 16, 2010 05:10 AM ET
| JAKARTA (Reuters) - Two quakes off Indonesia's easternmost Papua province within minutes of each other killed two people and damaged hundreds of buildings, but did not impact a major LNG project, officials said on Wednesday.
| | | | | June 16, 2010 09:26 AM ET
 | NELSPRUIT (Reuters) - Jean Beausejour scored the only goal as Chile beat Honduras 1-0 in their Group H opening match on Wednesday and secure their first World Cup victory in 48 years.
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Obama to demand BP pay for oil spill damage
