miércoles, 11 de agosto de 2010

U.S. Top News Early Edition: Colorado Democrat Bennet escapes anti-incumbent mood

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Colorado Democrat Bennet escapes anti-incumbent mood
U.N. warns of second wave of Pakistani flood deaths
Setback for BlackBerry in India
GM results to show gain over first quarter
Scotland defends Lockerbie bomber prognosis doctor
Direct talks in sight as U.S. envoy sees Netanyahu
Storm delays BP relief well by 2-3 days
Ex-Senator Stevens dies in Alaska plane crash
Israel wasn't ready for flotilla resistance: general
Scientists find new superbug spreading from India


Colorado Democrat Bennet escapes anti-incumbent mood
August 11, 2010 08:30 AM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic Senator Michael Bennet of Colorado bucked a national anti-incumbent mood to beat an insurgent challenger on Tuesday, and a Tea Party-backed conservative narrowly defeated an establishment favorite in the state's Republican Senate primary.

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U.N. warns of second wave of Pakistani flood deaths
August 11, 2010 09:17 AM ET
SUKKUR, Pakistan (Reuters) - The United Nations warned on Wednesday of a second wave of deaths from floods in Pakistan unless help arrives soon as President Asif Ali Zardari defended his decision to travel abroad as the disaster unfolded.

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Setback for BlackBerry in India
August 11, 2010 08:24 AM ET
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India may temporarily shut down BlackBerry services if security concerns are not addressed in a meeting on Thursday, sources said, in a signal the Canadian firm's tussle with authorities around the world is far from over.

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GM results to show gain over first quarter
August 11, 2010 08:24 AM ET
NEW YORK/DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co is preparing to report second-quarter results that will show a substantial gain over the first quarter in a report it will use to bolster its bid to return to capital markets and pay back taxpayers, two people familiar with the matter said.

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Scotland defends Lockerbie bomber prognosis doctor
August 11, 2010 09:25 AM ET
LONDON (Reuters) - Scottish authorities defended the doctor who said Lockerbie bomber Abdel Basset al-Megrahi had three months to live, after U.S. senators asked them to release the Libyan's medical records.

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Direct talks in sight as U.S. envoy sees Netanyahu
August 11, 2010 09:11 AM ET
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday he wanted to quickly get down to full-scale peace talks on Wednesday as he met U.S. envoy George Mitchell to hear the latest from the Palestinian camp.

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Storm delays BP relief well by 2-3 days
August 10, 2010 11:24 PM ET
HOUSTON (Reuters) - An approaching storm in the Gulf of Mexico will delay by two to three days BP Plc's work on a relief well, the final step in permanently killing the source of the world's worst offshore oil spill, the top U.S. spill official said on Tuesday.

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Ex-Senator Stevens dies in Alaska plane crash
August 11, 2010 08:31 AM ET
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Former Senator Ted Stevens, who for several years played a leading role in controlling the nation's purse strings, died with four other people in a small plane crash in his home state of Alaska, officials said on Tuesday.

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Israel wasn't ready for flotilla resistance: general
August 11, 2010 09:04 AM ET
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli troops were not ready for the violent resistance they met when they boarded a Gaza-bound aid ship and killed nine pro-Palestinian activists, the country's top military officer said on Wednesday.

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Scientists find new superbug spreading from India
August 11, 2010 07:54 AM ET
LONDON (Reuters) - A new superbug could spread around the world after reaching Britain from India -- in part because of medical tourism -- and scientists say there are almost no drugs to treat it.

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