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Reuters - BILOXI, Mississippi (Reuters) - BP Plc said on Friday it could seal its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well by next week as U.S. lawmakers prepared to vote on reforms that would put tougher restrictions on offshore drilling.
China overtakes Japan as No.2 economy: FX chief
Reuters - BEIJING (Reuters) - China has overtaken Japan to become the world's second-largest economy, the fruit of three decades of rapid growth that has lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty.
Canada seen adding 15,000 jobs in July
Reuters - WHAT: Canadian July employment report
Italy speaker refuses to resign, deepens crisis
Reuters - ROME (Reuters) - The influential speaker of Italy's lower house refused to step down on Friday after being censured by his own party, and said his supporters could vote against the government of former ally Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
Floods kill more than 400 in Pakistan's northwest
Reuters - PESHAWAR (Reuters) - Heavy monsoon rains have triggered the worst floods in decades in Pakistan's northwest, killing more than 400 people and forcing thousands from their homes as authorities struggle to reach stranded villagers.
U.N. tells Darfur peace force to focus on security
Reuters - UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council extended the stay of peacekeepers in Sudan's western Darfur region by another year on Friday, telling the force to focus primarily on protecting civilians and aid deliveries.
Afghan police fire shots to quell protest after accident
Reuters - KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan police fired shots on Friday to disperse hundreds of people protesting the deaths of civilians in an accident involving a U.S. embassy vehicle, police said.
U.N. rights body tells Israel to end Gaza blockade
Reuters - GENEVA (Reuters) - Israel must lift its military blockade of the Gaza Strip and invite an independent, fact-finding mission to investigate its raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, a United Nations rights body said on Friday.
Colombia's Santos comes to power very popular-poll
Reuters - BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's President-elect Juan Manuel Santos will take over the Andean nation's highest office more popular than the incumbent leader credited with a dramatic fall in violence, an opinion poll showed on Friday.
Mexican army kills kingpin in drug war coup
Reuters - GUADALAJARA, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexican soldiers killed drug boss Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel on Thursday, the first major triumph this year for President Felipe Calderon's war against drug cartels but one that is unlikely to end spiraling violence.
