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After blasting BP, Obama now faces its leaders
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BEN FELLER Associated Press Writer= WASHINGTON (AP) — Fresh from admonishing BP before the world, President Barack Obama now gets his moment with the oil company's leaders. It will be on his turf and, he vowed to an angry nation, on his terms. "We will make BP pay for the damage their company has caused," Obama declared in his first Oval Office...

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Dozens Held Amid Fears of More Unrest in Kyrgyzstan
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OSH, Kyrgyzstan — Fearful that violence could spread to the north of Kyrgyzstan, police in the capital of Bishkek said on Wednesday that 111 people had been detained on suspicion of trying to foment unrest, as evidence mounted that days of brutal bloodletting in the country’s south had been deliberately organized. “The population...

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Flash floods kill 15 in France
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DRAGUIGNAN, France - Flash floods caused by torrential rain killed 15 people and left 12 missing near France's Mediterranean coast, local officials said Wednesday. More than 14 inches of rain fell on the Var department in southern France in a few hours on Tuesday. "Draguignan was the worst-hit town, with hundreds...

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Two Darfur rebel leaders to appear at Hague court
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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Two Sudanese rebel leaders suspected of war crimes in Darfur will appear on Thursday at the International Criminal Court to face questions over the killing of 12 African Union peacekeepers in Darfur in 2007. Abdallah Banda Abakaer Nourain and Saleh Mohammed Jerbo Jamus are suspected of committing murder, intentionally...