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| | Good Morning Aron, | THU 24 Jun 2010 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| | June 24, 2010 09:26 AM ET | WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) - The Gulf of Mexico oil spill piled pressure on Barack Obama on Thursday as the hurricane season closed in and voters angry at his crisis management hammered the U.S. president in a poll rating. | | | | June 24, 2010 07:42 AM ET | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With the historic overhaul of U.S. financial rules nearly complete, lawmakers have waited until the final, frantic hours to sort out the most controversial provisions in the bill. | | | | June 24, 2010 09:29 AM ET | KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan expressed regret on Thursday at the removal of the U.S. commander credited with reducing civilian casualties in the war against the Taliban but said it did not expect the shake-up to bring strategic changes. | | | | | June 23, 2010 09:33 PM ET | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's job performance rating has dropped to the lowest level of his presidency as Americans grow less confident in his leadership, according to an opinion poll published on Wednesday. | | | | June 24, 2010 08:36 AM ET | CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela will nationalize a fleet of oil rigs belonging to U.S. company Helmerich and Payne, the latest takeover in a push to socialism as President Hugo Chavez struggles with lower oil output and a recession. | | | | June 24, 2010 07:54 AM ET | SARGODHA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Five American students were on Thursday sentenced to 10 years in jail for contacting militants online and plotting attacks by a court in Pakistan, fighting its own battle with Islamist radicals. | | | | | June 24, 2010 07:01 AM ET | BISHKEK/OSH (Reuters) - An international police force may be needed to restore stability in southern Kyrgyzstan after the ethnic bloodshed that has killed hundreds and sparked a wave of refugees, an OSCE official said Wednesday. | | | | | June 24, 2010 08:19 AM ET | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev will seek to kick start trade and investment on Thursday to complement a political reset between the former Cold War foes. | | | | | June 23, 2010 10:32 PM ET | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Wednesday appealed a court ruling that blocked its six-month moratorium on deepwater oil drilling after a judge said it was not adequately justified despite the crude oil spill from BP Plc's leaking well in the Gulf of Mexico. | | | | | June 24, 2010 09:21 AM ET | MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Tropical storm Darby strengthened off Mexico's Pacific coast on Thursday and could become a hurricane but is not expected to threaten land before next week, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. | | | | | | | | |
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