Morning Digest: Obama to demand BP pay for oil spill damage

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Good Morning Bit, WED 16 Jun 2010    Obama to demand BP pay for oil spill damage French storms and floods kill 9, 12 missing World stocks hit 1-month high as risk sought AT&T hit with order and privacy complaints over iPhone Americans, Russian blast off for space station Lakers and Celtics all square in classic final Critics predict Emmy nods for "Good Wife", "Glee" German student attacks Hell's Angels with puppy Petraeus briefly collapses UK's Bloody Sunday inquiry reports U.N. eyes Kyrgyzstan violence TOP NEWS Obama to demand BP pay for oil spill damage June 16, 2010 05:36 AM ET WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama, seeking to demonstrate strong leadership on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, will demand on Wednesday that BP set aside billions of dollars to pay damages from the catastrophe. Full Article WORLD NEWS French storms and floods kill 9, 12 missing June 16, 2010 03:52 AM ET MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) - Floods caused by heavy rain killed nine people and left 12 missing near France's Mediterranean coast, local officials said on Wednesday. Full Article BUSINESS NEWS World stocks hit 1-month high as risk sought June 16, 2010 04:25 AM ET LONDON (Reuters) - World stocks hit a one-month high on Wednesday and the euro briefly hit a two-week peak as strong gains on Wall Street and the relative success of this week's European debt auctions encouraged fresh risk-taking. Full Article INTERNET NEWS AT&T hit with order and privacy complaints over iPhone June 16, 2010 01:04 AM ET SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Customers trying to reserve the latest version of the iPhone were thwarted by technical glitches that hindered sales on Tuesday, the first day of pre-orders before the device hits stores on June 24. Full Article SCIENCE NEWS Americans, Russian blast off for space station June 15, 2010 07:29 PM ET CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Two U.S. astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut blasted off aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket from Kazakhstan on Tuesday for a two-day trip to the International Space Station. Full Article SPORTS NEWS Lakers and Celtics all square in classic final June 16, 2010 02:23 AM ET LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Back at home and back in form, the Los Angeles Lakers thumped the Boston Celtics 89-67 Tuesday to force the NBA Finals series to a seventh game. Full Article ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Critics predict Emmy nods for "Good Wife", "Glee" June 16, 2010 02:46 AM ET LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - General cynicism about the medium seems to be a job qualification for being a television critic. But this year there has been a sea change of sorts. Contacted for The Hollywood Reporter's annual Emmy survey, they were less critical, heaping praise on a wide swatch of contenders. Here are wish lists in the major categories. Full Article ODDLY ENOUGH NEWS German student attacks Hell's Angels with puppy June 15, 2010 10:55 AM ET BERLIN (Reuters) - A German student created a major traffic jam in Bavaria after making a rude gesture at a group of Hell's Angels motorcycle gang members, hurling a puppy at them and then escaping on a stolen bulldozer. Full Article   REUTERS www.reuters.com Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add mail@nl.reuters.com to your address book.Details Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Send this mailing to a friend or colleague Reuters.com: Help and Contact Us | Advertise With Us | Mobile | Newsletters | RSS | Interactive TV | Labs | Reuters in Second Life | Archive | Site Index | Video Index Thomson Reuters Corporate: Copyright | Disclaimer | Privacy | Professional Products | Professional Products Support | About Thomson Reuters | Careers