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Thursday, 9 Sep, 2010 - 2:10 am BP points fingers in oil spill blame game * LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - BP Plc and its Gulf of Mexico oil well partners traded blame on Wednesday after an internal BP investigation tried to downplay the company's role in the world's biggest offshore spill.
Thursday, 9 Sep, 2010 - 1:33 am Obama: U.S. can't afford to extend tax cuts for rich * PARMA, Ohio (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, fighting to keep Democrats in charge of Congress, said on Wednesday the United States could not afford to extend Bush-era tax cuts for the rich and accused Republicans of being fiscally irresponsible.
Thursday, 9 Sep, 2010 - 12:58 am Florida pastor not backing down on Koran-burning * GAINESVILLE, Florida (Reuters) - An obscure U.S. Christian pastor whose plan to burn copies of the Koran on September 11 has sparked an international outcry said on Wednesday he would go ahead with the event despite warnings it would endanger American troops in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Thursday, 9 Sep, 2010 - 12:40 am Seven Mexican gunmen arrested in migrant massacre * MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican authorities arrested seven suspected drug cartel members believed to have killed 72 migrants heading to the United States, in what is said to be the worst massacre in the country's escalating drug war, the government said on Wednesday.
Thursday, 9 Sep, 2010 - 2:24 am B vitamins found to slow progression of dementia in the elderly * LONDON (Reuters) - Daily tablets of large doses of B vitamins can halve the rate of brain shrinkage in elderly people with memory problems and may slow their progression toward dementia, data from a British trial showed on Wednesday,
Wednesday, 8 Sep, 2010 - 5:10 pm Special Report: The Tea Party goes to school * HANNIBAL, Missouri (Reuters) - Some Tea Partiers admit mistakes were made. Others are quick to describe the movement's recent efforts in the political arena as not quite ready for prime time.
Wednesday, 8 Sep, 2010 - 7:28 pm Fidel Castro says Cuban model no longer works * HAVANA (Reuters) - Fidel Castro said Cuba's economic model no longer works, a U.S.-based journalist reported on Wednesday following interviews with the former president last week.
Wednesday, 8 Sep, 2010 - 7:24 pm Pakistan to charge three men in Times Square plot * ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan will soon charge three men with terrorism in connection with the failed attempt to bomb New York's Times Square, a police official said on Wednesday.
Thursday, 9 Sep, 2010 - 12:27 am Google seeks to speed up Web searches * SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc's search engine now displays results before users finish typing.
Wednesday, 8 Sep, 2010 - 5:00 pm UK extradition review to scrutinize U.S. requests * LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Wednesday it would review its extradition laws after criticism that treaty arrangements with other nations, in particular the United States, make it too easy to transfer suspects for trial there.
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