In this image taken from video provided by BP PLC at 15:47 p.m. CDT, a remotely operated vehicle maneuvers around the containment stack at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico Monday, July 19, 2010. Oil and gas are leaking from the cap on BP's ruptured oil well, but federal officials intend to leave the cork in place for now. Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen says Monday afternoon that the leaks are so far not a major concern. (AP Photo/BP PLC) NO SALESAP - BP's broken well was leaking oil and gas again Monday for the first time since the company capped it last week, but the Obama administration's spill chief said it was no cause for alarm. The stopper was left in plac for now.


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AP - Work on the best chance at stopping a massive Gulf of Mexico oil leak is ahead of schedule, but BP is sticking with its mid-August estimate of when the job will be done.
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Toyota Motors, the world's largest automaker, has been hit by a series of safety recalls and has pulled around 10 million vehicles worldwide since late last year.(AFP/File/Fabrice Coffrini)Reuters - Toyota Motor Corp said on Friday it would recall 270,000 of its luxury Lexus models and Toyota Crown sedans for the chance that faulty valve springs may cause engine stalling.


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DETROIT (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp said on Friday it would recall 270,000 of its luxury Lexus models and Toyota Crown sedans for the chance that faulty valve springs may cause engine stalling.


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FILE - In this Nov. 8, 1989 file photo Panamanian military strongman Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega talks to reporters in Panama City. Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega's lawyers argued for his release as he went on trial in France on Monday June 28, 2010, saying he should be set free instead of facing money laundering charges that could put him back in jail for a decade. Noriega, who spent 20 years in U.S. custody for drug trafficking, started his testimony with a stumble, when he was asked about discrepancies in his date of birth on different legal documents.  (AP Photo)AP - Relishing the chance to defend himself before a judge, former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega blamed a "conspiracy" against him for French money-laundering charges that landed him in a Paris court after 20 years in a U.S. jail.


Russian President Dmitry Medvedev smiles during a speech at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif., Wednesday, June 23, 2010. Medvedev is in California for a two-day visit to Silicon Valley. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's daylong tour of Silicon Valley Wednesday started with a "tweet" — his first — and ended with a declaration of optimism that his country also would be able to adopt a high-tech economy that would give everyone a chance to succeed.


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The Transocean Deepwater Discoverer drilling rig operates over the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico Sunday, June 13, 2010. Oil continues to flow from the wellhead some 5,000 feet below the surface.  (AP Photo/Dave Martin)AP - In the chaotic days after the oil rig explosion, BP engineers and federal regulators desperate to plug the blown-out well scrambled to complete plans for a pair of deepwater relief wells that represent the best chance to end the disastrous spill in the Gulf of Mexico.


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Leader of the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union-Democratic Party Iveta Radicova casts her vote in the village of Nova Dedinka, about 20 km (12 miles) from Bratislava, June 12, 2010. Slovaks went to the polls on Saturday to choose between economic liberals whose reforms led Slovakia into the European Union and the outgoing leftist government, which has taken a tough line on protecting workers. REUTERS/Radovan Stoklasa (SLOVAKIA - Tags: ELECTIONS POLITICS)Reuters - Slovak center-right opposition parties won a parliamentary majority in Slovakia's election on Saturday, exit polls showed, giving them a chance to replace leftist Prime Minister Robert Fico.


MONTREAL (Reuters) - There is a good chance that a sweeping U.S. financial reform bill will be passed in a "reasonable form," White House economic adviser Paul Volcker said on Wednesday, adding the bill could provide a basis for international coordination on coherent legislation.


Paul Volcker, chairman of the newly formed Economic Recovery Advisory Board, attends a speech by President Barack Obama about Wall Street reforms at Cooper Union in New York April 22, 2010. REUTERS/Natalie BehringReuters - There is a good chance that a sweeping U.S. financial reform bill will be passed in a "reasonable form," White House economic adviser Paul Volcker said on Wednesday, adding the bill could provide a basis for international coordination on coherent legislation.