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Monday, June 27, 2011 12:08 AM PDT

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News: Greece to debate austerity package under EU pressure "Boil order" issued after Minot water supply breach Regulator signs off on threatened nuclear plant Republicans firm on taxes ahead of Obama meeting Goldman's Solomon: Dark horse contender in CEO race China to stimulate domestic demand: Wen Gaddafi's future not up for debate:Libyan government New Yorkers celebrate marriage law at Gay Pride Parade Yemen's Saleh to reappear as violence grips south U.S. considers 56.2 mpg vehicle fuel standard: report Floodwaters surround nuke plant after breach Greek rebel MPs may curb austerity reforms: deputy PM Levees hold as Souris River crests at historic high Knox murder appeal resumes Monday with key witness Afghans step up as U.S. troops withdraw: Karzai "Probably inevitable" a country will exit euro: Soros Prominent Chinese dissident freed from jail Syrian activists to meet to chart way out of crisis LulzSec hackers disband after last data dump Exclusive: Yemen's Saleh was injured by planted bomb: source Interest rates need to rise globally No Greek budget cuts, no bailout aid: German finance minister Twelve wounded after suicide bomber hits Iraq police station Yemen president to appear in media within 48 hours Europe worried about Spain not Ireland: Irish finance minister New York's same-sex marriage law sets off waves of engagements Romney and Bachmann lead Iowa poll NATO says hit military targets in Libya's Brega Central bankers agree on bank capital surcharge plan Death toll rises to six in Amtrak collision Wal-Mart hikes branded diabetes drug prices-study Wal-Mart plaintiffs seek more time to pursue cases Greek ministers urge backing for austerity plan Death toll expected to rise in Amtrak collision Casey Anthony trial delayed by unexplained "legal issue" China to remain long-term investor in Europe's debt Prominent China dissident Hu Jia freed from At least 20 killed in suicide bombing in east Afghanistan Flooding submerges parts of North Dakota city Obama says committed to working to cut debt Greece to debate austerity package under EU pressure Sun,26 Jun 2011 05:25 PM PDT Reuters - ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's parliament begins on Monday to debate a deeply unpopular austerity plan which international lenders are demanding to see approved this week to avert the threat of bankruptcy. Full Story1 Top "Boil order" issued after Minot water supply breach Sun,26 Jun 2011 05:04 PM PDT Reuters - MINOT, North Dakota (Reuters) - As record floodwaters began to ebb on Sunday, the swollen Souris River infiltrated the city of Minot's drinking water supply forcing officials to turn their attention disease prevention. Full Story1 Top Regulator signs off on threatened nuclear plant Sun,26 Jun 2011 09:06 PM PDT Reuters - BROWNVILLE, Neb (Reuters) - A top regulator said on Sunday that a nuclear power plant threatened by flooding from the swollen Missouri River was operating safely and according to standards. Full Story1 Top Republicans firm on taxes ahead of Obama meeting Sun,26 Jun 2011 10:33 AM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate's top two Republicans on Sunday stood firm against including tax increases in any deal to raise the debt limit and shrink budget deficits one day before a meeting with President Barack Obama, but said the showdown need not go down to the "11th hour." Full Story1 Top Goldman's Solomon: Dark horse contender in CEO race Sun,26 Jun 2011 03:56 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - David Solomon isn't your typical master of the universe, but he might have what it takes to lead Wall Street's most powerful bank. Full Story1 Top China to stimulate domestic demand: Wen Sun,26 Jun 2011 02:11 PM PDT Reuters - LONGBRIDGE, England (Reuters) - China plans to stimulate domestic demand and reduce its foreign trade surplus to encourage balanced trade growth, premier Wen Jiabao said on Sunday during the British leg of a visit to Europe. Full Story1 Top Gaddafi's future not up for debate:Libyan government Sun,26 Jun 2011 04:31 PM PDT Reuters - TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi is the historical choice of the Libyan people and cannot be moved aside, his government said on Sunday, stepping back from earlier statements offering an election on his future role. Full Story1 Top New Yorkers celebrate marriage law at Gay Pride Parade Sun,26 Jun 2011 02:45 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two days after the state legalized same-sex marriages, New York's annual Gay Pride Parade seemed more like a brash, colorful wedding procession on Sunday than an annual rally. Full Story1 Top Yemen's Saleh to reappear as violence grips south Sun,26 Jun 2011 11:25 AM PDT Reuters - RIYADH/SANAA (Reuters) - Wounded Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, not seen in public since an attack on his palace in early June, is well enough to return soon to Yemen and will make a media appearance within the next couple of days. Full Story1 Top U.S. considers 56.2 mpg vehicle fuel standard: report Sun,26 Jun 2011 11:51 AM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Obama administration is considering requiring all new cars and trucks sold in the United States to get an average of 56.2 miles per gallon by 2025, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. Full Story1 Top Floodwaters surround nuke plant after breach Sun,26 Jun 2011 03:02 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A tear on Sunday in a temporary berm allowed Missouri River flood waters to surround containment buildings and other vital areas of a Nebraska nuclear plant, but reactor systems were not affected. Full Story1 Top Greek rebel MPs may curb austerity reforms: deputy PM Sun,26 Jun 2011 03:41 PM PDT Reuters - ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's deputy prime minister warned on Sunday that rebel lawmakers may block some reforms sought by international lenders but parliament would probably back an overall austerity package this week to avert a sovereign default. Full Story1 Top Levees hold as Souris River crests at historic high Sun,26 Jun 2011 10:44 AM PDT Reuters - MINOT, North Dakota (Reuters) - The Souris River crested to historic heights in North Dakota's fourth largest city of Minot early on Sunday, but emergency levees held providing respite to officials battling to keep areas dry. Full Story1 Top Knox murder appeal resumes Monday with key witness Sun,26 Jun 2011 11:02 AM PDT Reuters - ROME (Reuters) - An appeal by U.S. student Amanda Knox against her conviction for the 2007 murder of her British housemate resumes in Italy on Monday when a key witness will be heard. Full Story1 Top Afghans step up as U.S. troops withdraw: Karzai Sun,26 Jun 2011 10:53 AM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration's plan to withdraw some U.S. troops from Afghanistan is a welcome sign the country can start defending itself, President Hamid Karzai said in remarks aired on Sunday. Full Story1 Top "Probably inevitable" a country will exit euro: Soros Sun,26 Jun 2011 05:28 AM PDT Reuters - VIENNA (Reuters) - Billionaire investor George Soros thinks a country will eventually exit the euro zone and urged policymakers on Sunday to come up with a "plan B" that could rescue the European Union from looming economic collapse. Full Story1 Top Prominent Chinese dissident freed from jail Sun,26 Jun 2011 04:40 AM PDT Reuters - BEIJING, Jun (Reuters) - One of China's most prominent dissidents, Hu Jia, was reunited with his family early on Sunday after serving three-and-a-half-years in jail on subversion charges, but he needed rest and was not ready to speak in public, his wife said. Full Story1 Top Syrian activists to meet to chart way out of crisis Sun,26 Jun 2011 11:27 AM PDT Reuters - AMMAN (Reuters) - Some of Syria's most prominent intellectuals will meet in Damascus on Monday to seek a way out of the country's crisis, but anti-government activists said the meeting could give political cover to President Bashar al-Assad. Full Story1 Top LulzSec hackers disband after last data dump Sun,26 Jun 2011 04:56 AM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Lulz Security group of rogue hackers announced it was disbanding on Saturday with one last data dump, which included internal AOL Inc and AT&T documents. Full Story1 Top Exclusive: Yemen's Saleh was injured by planted bomb: source Sun,26 Jun 2011 05:23 AM PDT Reuters - RIYADH (Reuters) - Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh was injured earlier this month by a bomb planted in a mosque within the presidential palace, but he is recovering and will return to Yemen soon, a source close to Saleh told Reuters. Full Story1 Top Interest rates need to rise globally Sun,26 Jun 2011 07:13 AM PDT Reuters - BASEL, Switzerland (Reuters) - Global interest rates must rise to avoid high inflation becoming entrenched, the Bank for International Settlements said on Sunday. Full Story1 Top No Greek budget cuts, no bailout aid: German finance minister Sun,26 Jun 2011 07:01 AM PDT Reuters - FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble warned that a veto of the Greek government's austerity plans by parliament this week could mean Athens will not receive a bailout tranche it needs to remain solvent. Full Story1 Top Twelve wounded after suicide bomber hits Iraq police station Sun,26 Jun 2011 04:35 AM PDT Reuters - BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least 12 people were wounded when a suicide bomber in a wheelchair blew himself up at a police station in the northern outskirts of Iraq's capital on Sunday, a spokesman for the Baghdad operations command said. Full Story1 Top Yemen president to appear in media within 48 hours Sun,26 Jun 2011 04:50 AM PDT Reuters - SANAA (Reuters) - Wounded Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who has not been seen in public since an attack on his palace earlier this month, will make a media appearance within 48 hours, his media secretary said on Sunday. Full Story1 Top Europe worried about Spain not Ireland: Irish finance minister Sun,26 Jun 2011 06:51 AM PDT Reuters - DUBLIN (Reuters) - Europe is more concerned about the fallout on Spain and other large euro zone economies from the Greek financial crisis than on Ireland and Portugal, which are already receiving emergency funding, the Irish finance minister said on Sunday. Full Story1 Top New York's same-sex marriage law sets off waves of engagements Sat,25 Jun 2011 01:28 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Waves of gay couples rushed on Saturday to make wedding plans that had been dreams for decades, as euphoria over New York's legalization of same-sex marriage promised to turn a traditional pride parade into an enormous roving engagement party. Full Story1 Top Romney and Bachmann lead Iowa poll Sun,26 Jun 2011 08:35 AM PDT Reuters - DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - Republican front-runner Mitt Romney and U.S. Representative Michele Bachmann led a closely watched presidential poll of Iowa Republicans, the state that holds the first contest in the nomination battle. Full Story1 Top NATO says hit military targets in Libya's Brega Sat,25 Jun 2011 03:45 PM PDT Reuters - TRIPOLI (Reuters) - NATO said on Saturday its missiles had hit a site in Libya used by Muammar Gaddafi's forces to stockpile military supplies and vehicles, while Gaddafi's state media said 15 civilians had been killed. Full Story1 Top Central bankers agree on bank capital surcharge plan Sat,25 Jun 2011 09:34 AM PDT Reuters - BASEL, Switzerland/LONDON (Reuters) - Global banking regulators have agreed on a proposal to slap an extra capital charge on the world's biggest banks to make them safer by 2019. Full Story1 Top Death toll rises to six in Amtrak collision Sun,26 Jun 2011 12:12 AM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - At least six people were killed when a tractor-trailer rig barreled through railroad gates and into an Amtrak train early Friday in Nevada, authorities said on Saturday. Full Story1 Top Wal-Mart hikes branded diabetes drug prices-study Sat,25 Jun 2011 03:37 PM PDT Reuters - SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Big-box retailers Wal-Mart Stores and Kmart, pioneers in the push to cut consumer prices for generic drugs, have been raising prices for the most popular brand-name diabetes drugs, according to a new study. Full Story1 Top Wal-Mart plaintiffs seek more time to pursue cases Sat,25 Jun 2011 11:51 AM PDT Reuters - CHICAGO (Reuters) - Attorneys representing women who unsuccessfully sued Wal-Mart Stores Inc for gender discrimination filed a motion on Friday asking a U.S. District Court to freeze the statute of limitations for their complaints against the retailer. Full Story1 Top Greek ministers urge backing for austerity plan Sat,25 Jun 2011 11:04 AM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Greek ministers and policy makers urged parliament on Saturday to do its duty next week and pass a deeply unpopular set of austerity measures international lenders have demanded as the price for staving off bankruptcy. Full Story1 Top Death toll expected to rise in Amtrak collision Sat,25 Jun 2011 02:50 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Federal transportation safety investigators on Saturday were investigating the Nevada crash between a tractor-trailer rig and an Amtrak train, where authorities believe more bodies may be found in the wreckage. Full Story1 Top Casey Anthony trial delayed by unexplained "legal issue" Sat,25 Jun 2011 10:10 AM PDT Reuters - ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - The Saturday session of Casey Anthony's first-degree murder trial was scuttled by an unspecified "legal issue" announced by Judge Belvin Perry. Full Story1 Top China to remain long-term investor in Europe's debt Sat,25 Jun 2011 03:52 AM PDT Reuters - BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Saturday he was "still confident" that Europe can overcome the debt crisis and said China would remain a long-term investor in Europe's debt market. Full Story1 Top Prominent China dissident Hu Jia freed from Sat,25 Jun 2011 04:17 PM PDT Reuters - BEIJING (Reuters) - One of China's most prominent dissidents, Hu Jia, was reunited with his family in the early hours of Sunday after serving three-and-a-half-years in jail on subversion charges, but he was not ready to speak in public, his wife said. Full Story1 Top At least 20 killed in suicide bombing in east Afghanistan Sat,25 Jun 2011 08:02 AM PDT Reuters - PULE ALAM, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A suicide car bomber killed at least 20 people, and possibly as many as 35, in an attack at a hospital in a remote district of eastern Afghanistan on Saturday that damaged its maternity ward, officials said. Full Story1 Top Flooding submerges parts of North Dakota city Sat,25 Jun 2011 03:59 PM PDT Reuters - MINOT, North Dakota (Reuters) - The swollen Souris River whose waters deluged North Dakota's fourth-largest city of Minot, was expected to crest early on Sunday, with storms threatening to complicate efforts to contain the biggest flood in area history. Full Story1 Top Obama says committed to working to cut debt Sat,25 Jun 2011 03:05 AM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Saturday he remained committed to working with Congress to find a solution to the government's debt problem, but the focus could not only be on spending cuts. Full Story1 Top

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