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BP set to publish report on oil spill rig blast (Reuters) E-mail
Reuters - BP is due to release its internal investigation into what caused a rig blast that led to the United States' worst ever oil spill on Wednesday and investors will be looking for clues as to whether BP will be able to fend off accusations of gross negligence.
 
US terror training in Yemen reflects wider program (AP) E-mail

FILE - In this Saturday, Jan. 9, 2010 file photo, soldiers from the anti-terrorism force of the Yemeni Defense Ministry take part in an exercise at a training camp at the Sarif district, north of the capital San'a, Yemen. U.S. special operations forces are expanding their training of the Yemeni military as the Obama administration broadens its program to counter terrorism in countries reluctant to harbor a visible American military presence. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser, File)AP - U.S. special operations forces are expanding their training of the Yemeni military as the Obama administration broadens its program to counter terrorism in countries reluctant to harbor a visible American military presence.


 
Philippine massacre 'carefully planned': witness (AFP) E-mail

Police investigators look at the victims of a massacre in Ampatuan town in the Maguindanao province of the Philippines, November 2009. A powerful Muslim clan carefully planned and carried out the killings of 57 people -- including 30 journalists -- in the Philippines' worst massacre, a witness said Wednesday as the landmark trial began.(AFP/File/Mark Navales)AFP - A powerful Muslim clan carefully planned and carried out the killings of 57 people -- including 30 journalists -- in the Philippines' worst massacre, a witness said Wednesday as the landmark trial began.


 
China's Hu calls for stable ties with US (AP) E-mail

U.S. Deputy National Security Adviser Tom Donilon, fourth from left, reacts during a meeting with Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo, third from right, during a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, Pool)AP - Trying to smooth over recently rocky relations before a visit to Washington, Chinese President Hu Jintao told American officials on Wednesday that he wants to see healthy and stable ties between the two countries.


 
AP Exclusive: Back to work after salmonella case (AP) E-mail

FILE - In this March 12, 2009 file photo, Peanut Corporation of America's president Stewart Parnell, arrives a federal court in Lynchburg, Va. The peanut industry executive whose filthy processing plants were implicated in a salmonella outbreak that killed nine people and sickened hundreds more is back in the business, as the federal government's criminal. (AP Photo/Don Petersen, File)AP - The peanut industry executive whose filthy processing plants were blamed in a salmonella outbreak two years ago that killed nine people and sickened hundreds more is back in the business.


 
All eyes on BP report on Gulf oil spill disaster (AP) E-mail

FILE - In this April 21, 2010 file aerial photo taken in the Gulf of Mexico more than 50 miles southeast of Venice, La., the Deepwater Horizon oil rig is seen burning. Before the key piece of evidence has even been analyzed, oil giant BP PLC on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010, planned to release the conclusions of its internal investigation into the rig explosion that killed 11 workers and led to the massive Gulf of Mexico spill. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)AP - Oil giant BP PLC on Wednesday planned to release the conclusions of its internal investigation into the rig explosion that killed 11 workers and led to the massive Gulf of Mexico spill.


 
Thai plane searched in L.A. after bomb threat (Reuters) E-mail
Reuters - Investigators found no evidence of a bomb aboard a Thai Airways flight on Tuesday after a written threat was discovered in a lavatory shortly before its arrival in Los Angeles, officials said.
 
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