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News: Greece needs Herculean reforms to secure bailout Thaksin sister prepares to lead Thailand after stunning win Casey Anthony murder case may go to jury Monday Exxon Mobil says oil leaked into Yellowstone River Banks cutting principal on some mortgages: report French Socialist party head calls for calm amid DSK affair Afghan drawdown may hurt battle for east: McCain Gaddafi can stay in Libya if he quits: rebel chief Huge rare earth deposits found in Pacific: Japan experts Evidence "increasingly against" phone cancer risk Afghan drawdown may hurt battle for east: McCain Top dog Djokovic living the dream Euro zone warns Greeks on sovereignty and privatization Thaksin party wins Thai election by a landslide Casey Anthony murder trial nears conclusion Saleh clings to power while unrest rises in south Chavez supporters rally and pray for "comandante" Mexico's former ruling party set to win state votes Witness: Practice key to risky, high-speed shuttle landing Exxon Mobil says oil leaked into Yellowstone River Florida divers find new treasure from famed wreck Mladic to boycott war crimes court UBS reviewing goals in tough conditions: report French leftists want Strauss-Kahn return to politics: poll Syrian tanks deploy at Hama after large protest Japan officials draw up Tepco breakup plan: report Greek sovereignty to be massively limited: Juncker Minnesotans frustrated, angry over state government shutdown Obama says ending tax breaks required to cut deficit Euro zone approves further $17.4 billion for Greece Los Alamos residents return as evacuation lifted Britain to pull 800 troops from Afghanistan: report Puerto Rico's police chief resigns as crime soars More questions raised about Strauss-Kahn accuser Small plane strays into Camp David airspace while Obama there Los Alamos lab prepares to reopen as fire threat eases Clinton slams Gaddafi threat to attack Europe More questions raised about Strauss-Kahn accuser Euro zone approves further $17.4 billion for Greece Edgy Thailand votes, bracing for further turmoil Greece needs Herculean reforms to secure bailout Sun,3 Jul 2011 03:20 PM PDT Reuters - ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece is set for an uphill struggle this week launching sell-offs and tax system reforms to meet European Union and IMF conditions for bailing it out. Full Story1 Top Thaksin sister prepares to lead Thailand after stunning win Sun,3 Jul 2011 06:54 PM PDT Reuters - BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai opposition leader Yingluck Shinawatra, a political newcomer, prepared to lead her country after a stunning weekend election victory but huge challenges lie ahead, including how quickly to bring home her brother, exiled ex-premier Thaksin. Full Story1 Top Casey Anthony murder case may go to jury Monday Sun,3 Jul 2011 06:43 PM PDT Reuters - ORLANDO, Fla (Reuters) - Tired jurors in the trial of Casey Anthony accused of killing her daughter Caylee decided to rest overnight on Sunday before hearing prosecutors' final arguments and beginning deliberations on Independence Day. Full Story1 Top Exxon Mobil says oil leaked into Yellowstone River Sun,3 Jul 2011 04:40 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - A pipeline operated by Exxon Mobil Corp leaked as many as 1,000 barrels of crude oil into the Yellowstone River in Montana and has been shut down, the company said. Full Story1 Top Banks cutting principal on some mortgages: report Sun,3 Jul 2011 02:54 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bank of America Corp and JPMorgan Chase & Co have started modifying tens of thousands of mortgages where the banks deem the loans especially risky, even if the borrowers have not asked, the New York Times reported on Sunday. Full Story1 Top French Socialist party head calls for calm amid DSK affair Sun,3 Jul 2011 11:48 PM PDT Reuters - PARIS (Reuters) - The head of France's Socialists urged calm in the party on Sunday as speculation over the political future of former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn grew, threatening preparations for the left's 2012 challenge to President Nicolas Sarkozy. Full Story1 Top Afghan drawdown may hurt battle for east: McCain Sun,3 Jul 2011 11:46 PM PDT Reuters - KABUL (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's decision to bring troops home from Afghanistan faster than the military recommended could jeopardize the next major push of the war, to unseat insurgents in the east, Senator John McCain said on Sunday. Full Story1 Top Gaddafi can stay in Libya if he quits: rebel chief Sun,3 Jul 2011 04:27 PM PDT Reuters - BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi is welcome to live out his retirement inside Libya as long as he gives up all power, Libya's rebel chief said in the clearest concession the rebels have so far offered. Full Story1 Top Huge rare earth deposits found in Pacific: Japan experts Sun,3 Jul 2011 08:46 PM PDT Reuters - TOKYO (Reuters) - Vast deposits of rare earth minerals, crucial in making high-tech electronics products, have been found on the floor of the Pacific Ocean and can be readily extracted, Japanese scientists said on Monday. Full Story1 Top Evidence "increasingly against" phone cancer risk Sun,3 Jul 2011 11:33 PM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Despite a recent move to classify mobile phones as possibly carcinogenic, the scientific evidence increasingly points away from a link between their use and brain tumors, according to a new study on Saturday. Full Story1 Top Afghan drawdown may hurt battle for east: McCain Sun,3 Jul 2011 03:05 PM PDT Reuters - KABUL (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's decision to bring troops home from Afghanistan faster than the military recommended could jeopardize the next major push of the war, to unseat insurgents in the east, U.S. senator John McCain said on Sunday. Full Story1 Top Top dog Djokovic living the dream Sun,3 Jul 2011 01:07 PM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Twelve years after leaving home with a racket bag full of dreams Novak Djokovic saw two of them come true in three remarkable days at Wimbledon, culminating in an emphatic victory over Rafa Nadal in the men's singles final on Sunday. Full Story1 Top Euro zone warns Greeks on sovereignty and privatization Sun,3 Jul 2011 07:35 AM PDT Reuters - BRUSSELS/BERLIN (Reuters) - Euro zone finance ministers have approved a 12 billion euro ($17.4 billion) installment of Greece's bailout, but signaled that the nation must expect significant losses of sovereignty and jobs. Full Story1 Top Thaksin party wins Thai election by a landslide Sun,3 Jul 2011 02:51 PM PDT Reuters - BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's opposition won a landslide election victory on Sunday, led by the sister of former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra in a triumph for red-shirt protesters who clashed with the army last year. Full Story1 Top Casey Anthony murder trial nears conclusion Sun,3 Jul 2011 03:52 PM PDT Reuters - ORLANDO, Fla (Reuters) - The murder trial of Casey Anthony barreled toward a close on Sunday, with an angry judge reprimanding feuding lawyers and promising to throw them out of the courtroom for any more inappropriate behavior. Full Story1 Top Saleh clings to power while unrest rises in south Sun,3 Jul 2011 08:47 AM PDT Reuters - RIYADH/SANAA (Reuters) - Yemen's president, in hospital in Riyadh, will not cede power until he returns to oversee a transition, a Yemeni cabinet official said Sunday, extending a period of political limbo. Full Story1 Top Chavez supporters rally and pray for "comandante" Sun,3 Jul 2011 11:10 AM PDT Reuters - CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's supporters rallied and prayed on Sunday for the speedy recovery of a man whose cancer has rattled the country he has dominated for more than a decade. Full Story1 Top Mexico's former ruling party set to win state votes Sun,3 Jul 2011 12:45 PM PDT Reuters - TOLUCA, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexicans voted for new governors in three states on Sunday in races slated to be big wins for the main opposition party and a blow to President Felipe Calderon ahead of next year's presidential election. Full Story1 Top Witness: Practice key to risky, high-speed shuttle landing Sun,3 Jul 2011 08:14 AM PDT Reuters - CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - I have watched as space shuttles nosedive toward the runway more than 100 times, knowing that there are no engines available to carry them back into the sky if something goes wrong. Full Story1 Top Exxon Mobil says oil leaked into Yellowstone River Sun,3 Jul 2011 10:31 AM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - A pipeline operated by Exxon Mobil Corp leaked as many as 1,000 barrels of crude oil into the Yellowstone River in Montana and has been shut down, the company said. Full Story1 Top Florida divers find new treasure from famed wreck Sun,3 Jul 2011 08:10 AM PDT Reuters - KEY WEST, Florida (Reuters) - Divers in the Florida Keys have recovered a large emerald ring and two silver spoons believed to come from Nuestra Senora de Atocha, a shipwrecked Spanish galleon that has already yielded one of the greatest treasures ever recovered from the sea. Full Story1 Top Mladic to boycott war crimes court Sun,3 Jul 2011 03:14 PM PDT Reuters - THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Former Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic plans to boycott the U.N. war crimes court on Monday, when he is scheduled to enter a plea against charges of genocide during the Bosnian war. Full Story1 Top UBS reviewing goals in tough conditions: report Sun,3 Jul 2011 04:57 AM PDT Reuters - ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland's UBS is still facing difficult market conditions after a tough second quarter and is reviewing its mid-term goals, the bank's chairman was quoted as saying on Sunday. Full Story1 Top French leftists want Strauss-Kahn return to politics: poll Sun,3 Jul 2011 04:27 AM PDT Reuters - PARIS, July 3 - Sixty percent of left-leaning French voters want former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, whose high-profile trial on sexual assault charges could now collapse, to return to French politics, a poll released on Sunday showed. Full Story1 Top Syrian tanks deploy at Hama after large protest Sun,3 Jul 2011 04:46 AM PDT Reuters - AMMAN, Jul (Reuters) - Syrian tanks have deployed at the entrances to the city of Hama, activists and residents said on Sunday, two days after it saw the largest protest against President Bashar al-Assad since an uprising began three months ago. Full Story1 Top Japan officials draw up Tepco breakup plan: report Sat,2 Jul 2011 08:30 PM PDT Reuters - TOKYO (Reuters) - A group of Japanese government heavyweights have written a secret proposal to break up Tokyo Electric Power Co and nationalise its nuclear operations, a newspaper said on Sunday. Full Story1 Top Greek sovereignty to be massively limited: Juncker Sun,3 Jul 2011 05:07 AM PDT Reuters - BERLIN (Reuters) - Greece faces severe restrictions on its sovereignty and must privatize state assets on a scale similar to the sell off of East German firms in the 1990s after communism fell, Eurogroup chairman Jean-Claude Juncker said. Full Story1 Top Minnesotans frustrated, angry over state government shutdown Sat,2 Jul 2011 12:19 PM PDT Reuters - (Warning: Use of strong language in paragraph 3) Full Story1 Top Obama says ending tax breaks required to cut deficit Sat,2 Jul 2011 10:33 AM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama pressed his case on Saturday for achieving deficit reduction, in part by ending tax breaks and singling out hedge fund managers, oil companies and billionaires to take the hit. Full Story1 Top Euro zone approves further $17.4 billion for Greece Sat,2 Jul 2011 06:18 PM PDT Reuters - BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone finance ministers agreed on Saturday to disburse a further 12 billion euros ($17.4 billion) to Greece and said the details of a second aid package for Athens would be finalised by mid-September. Full Story1 Top Los Alamos residents return as evacuation lifted Sun,3 Jul 2011 12:51 PM PDT Reuters - Santa Fe, New Mexico (Reuters) - Evacuation orders were lifted on Sunday over 10,000 residents of Los Alamos displaced by the largest wildfire in New Mexico history, as the blaze burns to the north away from the town. Full Story1 Top Britain to pull 800 troops from Afghanistan: report Sat,2 Jul 2011 03:41 PM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will announce this week that it is to withdraw up to 800 troops by the end of next year, according to a report in the Sunday Times newspaper. Full Story1 Top Puerto Rico's police chief resigns as crime soars Sat,2 Jul 2011 02:07 PM PDT Reuters - SAN JUAN (Reuters) - Puerto Rico's top police official resigned Saturday as the U.S. Caribbean territory battles a crime wave with killings on pace to set a record this year. Full Story1 Top More questions raised about Strauss-Kahn accuser Sat,2 Jul 2011 10:55 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Scrutiny of the accuser in the sexual assault case against former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn intensified on Saturday after more revelations about her conduct following the purported May 14 attack. Full Story1 Top Small plane strays into Camp David airspace while Obama there Sat,2 Jul 2011 03:24 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A small plane wandered into the airspace around Camp David, Maryland, on Saturday while President Barack Obama was there, prompting an F-15 fighter jet to scramble to intercept it, authorities said. Full Story1 Top Los Alamos lab prepares to reopen as fire threat eases Sat,2 Jul 2011 02:42 PM PDT Reuters - SANTA FE, N.M (Reuters) - The Los Alamos nuclear weapons laboratory has ended a state of emergency and was taking small steps on Saturday toward reopening as the threat from a record New Mexico wildfire subsided. Full Story1 Top Clinton slams Gaddafi threat to attack Europe Sat,2 Jul 2011 04:08 PM PDT Reuters - MADRID/TRIPOLI, July 2 (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stepped up Western calls on Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to quit, brushing off his threat to attack Europeans in their homes and offices. Full Story1 Top More questions raised about Strauss-Kahn accuser Sat,2 Jul 2011 01:17 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Scrutiny of the accuser in the sexual assault case against former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn intensified on Saturday after more revelations about her conduct following the purported May 14 attack. Full Story1 Top Euro zone approves further $17.4 billion for Greece Sat,2 Jul 2011 03:17 PM PDT Reuters - BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone finance ministers agreed on Saturday to disburse a further 12 billion euros ($17.4 billion) to Greece and said the details of a second aid package for Athens would now be finalised by mid-September. Full Story1 Top Edgy Thailand votes, bracing for further turmoil Sat,2 Jul 2011 03:15 PM PDT Reuters - BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand votes on Sunday in a general election that could trigger a new crisis after six years of turmoil centred on a man revered by the poor and living in luxury, and exile, in the Middle East. Full Story1 Top

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