International Headlines

Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2010 20:02:07 -0400
>TOP STORIES as of 0800 HKT -- 06 June, 2010

> GAZA-BOUND AID BOAT SEIZED BY ISRAEL ENTERS PORT
Gaza-bound humanitarian aid ship, the MV Rachel Corrie, enters
the Israeli port of Ashdod hours after it was seized at sea by
Israeli Navy commandos.

> BP 'PLEASED' WITH OIL CONTAINMENT GAINS
BP said it has collected more than 1,800 barrels of oil since
placing a cap over its ruptured undersea well, but video taken
Saturday still shows a stream of crude escaping into the Gulf of
Mexico.l

> 'FURIOUS' OBAMA RETURNS TO OIL HIT COAST
U.S. President Barack Obama returns to Louisiana -- his second
trip to the Gulf region in two weeks -- as his administration
continues efforts to contain the BP oil spill.

> DUTCH MURDER SUSPECT RETURNED TO PERU
Murder suspect Joran van der Sloot arrives in Peru to face
charges that he killed a Peruvian woman as police say they have
identified the weapon that killed her.

> G-20 DROPS SUPPORT FOR FISCAL STIMULUS
Finance ministers from the world's leading economies ripped up
their support for fiscal stimulus on Saturday, recognising that
financial market concerns over sovereign debt had forced a much
greater focus on deficit reduction.

> U.S. POLICE FOLLOW 9-MILE TRAIL OF BLOOD
This week's shooting death and subsequent dragging of a black
man in South Carolina are being investigated as a possible hate
crime.

> BEACHCOMBER FINDS HISTORICAL SHIPWRECK
Ray Midgett hunts the Corolla beaches on the Outer Banks of
North Carolina almost every day.

> SPACEX ROCKET PASSES 1ST LAUNCH TEST
Paid for by the money and dreams of a millionaire, a newly
developed rocket stands ready to blast off from Cape Canaveral
on its first test flight. It serves as a symbol of the future
and could carry astronauts and cargo to the international space
station.

BUSINESS
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> HUNGARY'S ECONOMY IN 'GRAVE SITUATION'
Hungary's currency fell to a one-year low against the euro on
Friday after a senior official warned for the second time in two
days about the weakness of its economy and public finances.

> MICROSOFT CHIEF DEFENDS WINDOWS' FUTURE
Steve Ballmer, chief executive of Microsoft, on Thursday gave a
spirited defence of the software company's strategy following
comments from Steve Jobs that personal computers are in
permanent decline.

> EASYJET UNVEILS ASH CLOUD DETECTOR
British budget airline easyJet unveiled a volcanic ash detector
on Friday that it says will allow aircraft to safely navigate
around potentially lethal ash clouds.