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BP's efforts to shut off its broken well
feature BP installed a new cap on its damaged Macondo well, while its primary relief well burrowed to within 30 feet of intersecting the oil field nearly 18,000 feet beneath rock and sea.
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New tensions in the Koreas
feature Tensions between South and North Korea escalated sharply after Seoul officially accused Pyongyang of torpedoing the Cheonan, the South Korean warship that sank in March.
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Fears of ‘double-dip’ recession
feature Will Europe’s mounting debt woes derail the still-fragile U.S. recovery?
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A growing environmental disaster
feature Engineers launched another dramatic bid to cap the gushing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, as the slick extended across 150 miles of water in what may become the nation’s worst spill, surpassing the Exxon Valdez disaster.
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The battle over Kagan begins
feature Liberal and conservative activists searched for clues about a nominee to the Supreme Court with a thin paper trail.
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Britain gets a new government
feature Conservative David Cameron became Britain’s new prime minister, ending 13 years of Labor rule and presiding over the country’s first coalition government since World War II.
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The criminal investigation into the spill
feature U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder opened civil and criminal investigations into the Deepwater Horizon explosion in the Gulf of Mexico as BP made yet another attempt to stanch the flow of oil.
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Israel faces outcry after deadly battle on relief ship
feature Israel faced international condemnation after its soldiers killed at least 10 pro-Palestinian activists while intercepting a protest flotilla of six Turkish-flagged ships seeking to break the Israeli-Egyptian blockade of the Gaza Strip.
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A new START with Russia
feature President Obama and President Dmitri Medvedev announced plans to sign a new arms-control treaty that would set equal limits on the numbers of missiles, launchers, and nuclear warheads that each country can deploy.
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A dangerous power struggle in Iraq
feature After a close election, Iraq’s two leading politicians will try to woo other parties in an attempt to form a coalition government.
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The cap is on, but oil continues to flow
feature In spite of a containment cap on the ruptured undersea well in the Gulf of Mexico, experts say that at least 10,000 barrels are still pouring out.
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A downbeat jobs outlook
feature The Labor Department reported that the American economy added only 41,000 private-sector jobs last month.
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‘Don’t ask’ survives
feature Senate Republicans blocked a repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell,” the policy banning gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military.
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In a sluggish recovery, deepening poverty
feature One in seven Americans—14.3 percent of the population—has fallen below the poverty line.
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