Reuters: Top Global and Breaking News

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MIAMI (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Danielle formed over the open Atlantic far from land on Sunday and could become a hurricane by Tuesday night, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

Tropical Storm Danielle forms over Atlantic Ocean

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PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Musician Wyclef Jean plans to appeal his rejection as a candidate in Haiti's November presidential election, his spokeswoman said on Sunday.

Wyclef Jean to appeal Haiti electoral rejection

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NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - A $20 billion compensation fund for economic victims of the BP Gulf oil spill opens for business on Monday amid accusations that the rules established by its administrator are unfair.

Compensation czar takes charge of $20 billion BP fund

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MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine police shot dead a sacked former policeman as they stormed a bus on which he was holding 15 Hong Kong tourists hostage in central Manila on Monday, and the government said eight hostages were killed.

Gunman, eight hostages killed in Manila bus siege

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ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian airlines have gained the right to fly their own planes to the United States after an improvement in the West African nation's aviation safety standards, Nigerian and U.S. officials said.

Nigerian airlines gain right to direct U.S. flights

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MIAMI (Reuters) - A pair of wealthy outsiders who spent their way to prominence in Florida's Senate and governor's races now lag behind the political insiders backed by the party hierarchies in Tuesday's primary election.

Big-spending novices now lag in Florida campaigns

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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The U.S. military said on Tuesday it had cut its troops in Iraq to below 50,000 before an August 31 deadline set by President Barack Obama as he seeks to keep a promise to end the war.

U.S. troops in Iraq below 50,000 as combat ends

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HOUSTON (Reuters) - There was "confusion" over the results of a key pressure test of the Macondo well hours before the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded in April, a senior rig official told federal investigators on Tuesday.

Rig official cites "confusion" over well key test

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Central bankers from around the world will assess a darkening economic outlook at their annual U.S. mountain retreat this week with discussion of printing yet more money to spur growth on the agenda.

Global outlook casts shadow over Fed mountain retreat

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The judge overseeing the liquidation of Bernard Madoff's investment firm has asked Gibraltar's supreme court to transfer $73.1 million so it may be used to compensate victims of the imprisoned Ponzi schemer.

Madoff judge asks Gibraltar to hand over $73.1 million