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Police clash with G20 protesters, end in standoff
TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto police clashed with protesters for a second straight day on Sunday, with a final standoff played out in the downtown core near the just-finished G20 summit of world leaders.
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Do-little G20 summit cheers spared bankers
PARIS (Reuters) - Bankers voiced relief on Monday after world leaders abandoned a global bank levy and eased the timetable for new capital requirements at a G20 summit in Canada which posed questions about the forum's effectiveness.
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Storm threatens spill cleanup, BP says CEO to stay
HOUSTON/LONDON (Reuters) - A growing storm delayed efforts to capture more oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico as BP Plc and Russia's government traded words on Monday over the future of the energy giant's chief executive.
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G20 offers no big boost for fearful markets
TORONTO (Reuters) - Deficit pledges made by Group of 20 leaders on Sunday won't provide a big boost for financial markets, with uncertainty about the strength of global economic recovery still the larger concern for investors.
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G20 urges phasing out of fossil fuel subsidies
TORONTO (Reuters) - Leaders of the world's biggest economies will pledge on Sunday to phase out subsidies for "inefficient" fossil fuels, in a statement toughened at the last minute at the urging of the United States, Group of 20 sources said.
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Toronto police fired tear gas on G20 protesters
TORONTO (Reuters) - Police in Toronto fired tear gas on protesters for a second straight day on Sunday as new violence surrounding the G20 summit erupted and the arrest tally climbed toward 600.
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Senator Byrd, 92, "seriously ill" in hospital
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic Senator Robert Byrd, the longest-serving member of Congress, is "seriously ill" and has been hospitalized, a spokesman for the West Virginia lawmaker said on Sunday.
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Giantkillers Slovakia take on the Dutch
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Slovakia face the mighty Dutch on Monday hoping to keep their giantkilling run alive and join Germany and Argentina in the World Cup quarter-finals.
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No good info on bin Laden for years: CIA's Panetta
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It has been years since the United States has had good intelligence on the whereabouts of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin laden, although he is thought to be in Pakistan, CIA director Leon Panetta said on Sunday.
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Germany humiliate old foes England
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Germany's thrilling strike force tore apart old rivals England to reach the World Cup quarter-finals on Sunday in a 4-1 win marked by an extraordinary blunder from the match officials who ruled out a good goal.
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G20 walks tightrope between growth and deficits
TORONTO (Reuters) - World leaders put the finishing touches on plans to build a more stable global economy on Sunday, but backed away from one-size-fits-all pledges as two years of crisis give way to an uneven recovery.
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Kyrgyz vote wins 62 pct support: preliminary data
BISHKEK (Reuters) - Kyrgyzstan's central election commission said that 62 percent of the electorate voted on Sunday in favor of a new constitution to create a parliamentary democracy, according to partial results. The commission published the preliminary results on its website, www.shailoo.gov.kg, citing data from 24 percent of polling stations.
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No good info on bin Laden for years: CIA's Panetta
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It has been years since the United States has had good intelligence on the whereabouts of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin laden, although he is thought to be in Pakistan, CIA director Leon Panetta said on Sunday.
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Squid studies: Hope and disappointment
Editor's Note: Marine biologist William Gilly is on an expedition to study Humboldt squid on the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System research vessel New Horizon in the Gulf of California. He and other scientists are learning about the giant squid, their biology and ecology on this National Science Foundation-funded expedition. This is his fifth blog post about the trip. [More]
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Storm Alex downgraded to tropical depression
CANCUN, Mexico (Reuters) - Storm Alex was downgraded to a tropical depression as it moved over the Yucatan Peninsula but was likely to regain strength over the Gulf of Mexico later on Sunday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
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Germany thrash England to reach last eight
BLOEMFONTEIN (Reuters) - Germany, fueled by a second half double from Thomas Mueller, crushed long-standing rivals England 4-1 in a controversy-filled World Cup encounter on Sunday to book a spot in the last eight.
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Oil spill teams keep wary eye on storm in Gulf
CHETUMAL, Mexico (Reuters) - The Atlantic hurricane season's first named storm posed an uncertain threat to the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday, as a report said relief wells may halt the worst U.S. oil spill ahead of schedule.
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Court to rule on Sarbanes-Oxley and gun rights
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court could strike down a key part of a 2002 corporate reform law and extend gun rights in the United States on Monday when the justices issue their final rulings of the term.
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Pope calls Belgian police Church raids "deplorable"
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict denounced on Sunday as "surprising and deplorable" raids by Belgian police on Church offices and the home of a cardinal this week during an investigation into pedophilia by Roman Catholic priests.
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