Obama vows national response to Missouri tornado

JOPLIN, Missouri (Reuters) - President Barack Obama promised victims of the deadliest U.S. tornado in 65 years that the federal government would help them rebuild, saying on Sunday it was a national tragedy.

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Lockheed's cyber cops sift through hacker evidence

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Last week's attack on Lockheed Martin Corp's computer networks has galvanized dozens of cyber "detectives" at the company's cavernous security intelligence center outside Washington.

A Libyan rebel fighter walks during a reconnaissance patrol near Zlitan after Dafniyah's western front line, some 35 kilometres (22 miles) from the city centre of Misrata May 24, 2011. Reuters/Zohra Bensemra

NATO war-lite means Libyan rebels must improvise

NATO planes, flying at high altitude are fighting a war at arm's length, keeping Gaddafi's forces from the rebel gates, without removing the threat altogether. The rebels are left to make it up as they go along.  Full Article | Slideshow 

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Macho-man Vladimir Putin, the saint and saviour?

Vladimir Putin cultivates a hard-as-nails, rugged outdoorsman image, but a nun-like sect in central Russia believe he's actually the reincarnation of St. Paul the apostle.  Full Article 

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LSE says not in talks with LCH.Clearnet

LONDON (Reuters) - The London Stock Exchange said it is not in talks with LCH.Clearnet, following speculation that it had been one of a number of exchanges that had made a bid for the European clearinghouse.

Beware a manufacturing slowdown

BERLIN (Reuters) - Add a manufacturing slowdown to the growing risks facing the world economy.

Ice melt to close off Arctic's interior riches: study

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Global warming will likely open up coastal areas in the Arctic to development but close vast regions of the northern interior to forestry and mining by mid-century as ice and frozen soil under temporary winter roads melt, researchers said.

EU, IMF expected to judge Greece as protests swell

ATHENS (Reuters) - European and IMF officials are expected to deliver their verdict this week on Greece's faltering drive to bring its budget deficit under control, but ordinary Greeks have warned that their patience is running thin.

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