World News Briefs -- June 8, 2010

Obama Has Strong Words As Gulf Spill Spreads -- Yahoo News/Reuters

VENICE, La/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said he wanted to know "whose ass to kick" over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, adding to the pressure on energy giant BP Plc as it sought to capture more of the leak from its gushing well.

"I don't sit around just talking to experts because this is a college seminar. We talk to these folks because they potentially have the best answer so I know whose ass to kick," Obama said in an interview with NBC News' "Today" to air on Tuesday.

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MIDDLE EAST

Israel military investigating deadly flotilla raid.

Iran sanctions vote could come Wednesday: U.N. envoys. Iranian President warns new sanctions could end nuclear talks.

Civilian toll of Iranian raids in northern Iraq enrages Kurds.

Body of fifth Palestinian found after Israeli attack at sea.

ASIA

Bomb kills 2 US troops; NATO losses at 23 for June.

North Korea leadership changes strong on family ties.

Aquino victorious in Philippine presidential race.

Japan PM Naoto Kan vows action on debt and US ties.

Outrage in India over Bhopal disaster verdicts.

AFRICA

South African police deport hooligans, vow to beef up World Cup security.

UN refugee agency says being expelled from Libya.

Somalia: Ongoing violence in capital alarms UN aid agencies.

EUROPE

UK PM Cameron warns Britons of austerity.

EU tightens oversight of governments.

Brussels, civilized E.U. capital, rattled by crime wave.

Russians charged with card theft from Polish wreck.

AMERICAS

Honduras' dismissal is OAS summit's hot topic.

Dozens more bodies found in Mexico drug gang dump.

Police: Dutchman confesses to killing Lima woman.

TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR

US cluster bombs in Yemen: The right weapon in Al Qaeda fight?

Official: Yemen won't extradite US radical cleric.

How Somalia's civil war became new front in battle against al-Qaida.

ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS

DJIA slides under 'flash crash' low.

Vowing not to be 'chumps,' financial inquiry subpoenas Goldman's records.

Global jitters as Britain, Germany announce severe spending cuts.

EU finance ministers seek European bank tax.