Obama says Gulf residents not alone amid oil spill
President Obama toured a fouled Gulf beach and pledged intensified cleanup after the largest oil spill. He announced tripled manpower, urged faster claims processing with government help, and called for volunteers as governors of Louisiana Florida and Alabama joined him.
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Volcanic Eruptions Hit Guatemala and Ecuador
Explosive eruptions from Pacaya near Guatemala City and a major South American volcano disrupted air travel and forced thousands to flee. Guatemala declared a state of calamity as ash covered the capital and an airpot closure occurred, with at least one reporter killed and several missing.
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Nuclear session advances plan to ban doomsday arms in Middle East
At the United Nations, 189 NPT members backed a 28 page Final Declaration outlining steps toward nuclear disarmament. The plan includes a proposal for a Middle East zone free of nuclear weapons and other WMD with a 2012 conference and progress reports due by 2014. Iran and Syria opposed parts of the text while the five nuclear powers commit to faster arms reductions.
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