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| Gulf rig on fire as natural gas flows from ruptured well | | | July 24 - Footage shows a shallow-water drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana on fire after natural gas flowing from a ruptured well ignited, according to authorities. Rough Cut (no reporter narration). |
| EU says reaches deal with China to resolve solar dispute | | | BRUSSELS, July 27 (Reuters) - The European Commission said on Saturday it had agreed a deal with Beijing to resolve a dispute over alleged Chinese dumping of solar panels in Europe, agreeing a minimum price for China's imports. |
| Carlos Slim increases stake in NY Times | | | Oct 6 (Reuters) - Carlos Slim, the Mexican billionaire who loaned the New York Times Co $250 million, has upped his stake in the company for the third time in two months. |
| Review 'The Wolverine' | | | There's a reason Marvel conceived the X-Men as a team The menagerie of mutants are more interesting when they come in a pack. When the posse of super-powered outcasts was first brought to the screen by Bryan Singer in 2000, Hugh Jackman's mutton-chopped, adamantium-clawed Wolverine emerged as the stand-out super-freak. And Hollywood accounting being what it is, he was naturally granted his own solo encore in 2009's underwhelming X-Men Origins Wolverine, a silly spin-off that never quite came together. |
| Morsy's son speaks out | | | Osama Morsy, son of former Egypt's president, Mohamed Morsy calls his father's ouster a "coup on democracy" and vows not to let it go. |
| Mandela shows 'sustained improvement' | | | Former South African leader Nelson Mandela still is in critical condition at a Pretoria hospital but "shows sustained improvement," the office of South African President Jacob Zuma said Monday. |
| Famed hacker Barnaby Jack dies a week before hacking convention | | | (Reuters) - Barnaby Jack, a celebrated computer hacker who forced bank ATMs to spit out cash and sparked safety improvements in medical devices, died in San Francisco, a week before he was due to make a high-profile presentation at a hacking conference. |
| Yacht hotel | | | With land at a premium, an increasing number of developers are turning to floating hotels. Introducing Gibraltar's new $200m five-star yacht hotel. |
| Fitch Rates Ghana's USD Bond 'B+' | | | LONDON, July 26 (Fitch) Fitch Ratings has assigned Ghana's new USD bond issue a 'B+' rating. The rating is in line with Ghana's 'B+' Long-term foreign currency Issuer Default Rating, on which the... |
| Venezuela approves tough gun law | | | As the nation struggles with its murder rate, Venezuela passes a new law that bans guns in public places. But some question whether it will really deter gun violence. CNN's Rafael Romo reports. |
| Boeing changes chief 787 engineer in management shuffle | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Boeing Co said on Friday it was rotating five executives in its commercial airplanes division, including Mike Sinnett, the chief engineer on the company's 787 Dreamliner, which was banned from flight earlier this year after its battery system showed a risk of catching fire. |
| Is Zimbabwe ready for elections? | | | Zimbabwe has known only one leader in its entire 33-year history as an independent nation, and President Robert Mugabe hopes that doesn't change any time soon. |
| Rapper's force-feeding video riles U.S. medics at Guantanamo Bay | | | GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - A video protesting force-feeding at Guantanamo Bay detention camp in which rapper Mos Def is seen struggling and weeping while undergoing the procedure has done the rounds at the Navy base. U.S. medics who perform the real thing on hunger-striking prisoners say they're not impressed. |
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