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News Wrap: Oil Leak Will Continue Through Tuesday, BP Says

In other news Friday, more oil coated the Louisiana coastline as BP reported a sharp decline in its oil capture rate, and a car bomb killed 23 people and wounded more than 50 in a Shiite town north of Baghdad.

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Korean Ship Sinking Controversy Could Derail Nuclear Progress

For more on the rising tensions over the naval explosion that killed 46 South Korean sailors near the disputed maritime border with the North, Judy Woodruff talks to two experts on Asian politics about the rising hostilities on the Korean…

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News Wrap: White House Unveils Mortgage Plan

In other news Friday, the White House unveiled its new initiatives to help homeowners at risk for foreclosure and Congress sent the final installment of the health care bill to President Obama, with a few adjustments.

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Is there is a chance of rejuvenation of the American textile industry, or is it too late and gone forever to China, Korea, India and Pakistan?

Question/Comment: I felt so encouraged by talk of Rust Belt life improving and of the death of U.S. manufacturing being greatly exaggerated! I am a textile designer and I wonder if you feel there is a chance of any such…

U.S. to Pull Back Troops From Korean Border

The U.S. military will pull thousands of troops back from the Korean peninsula's "demilitarized zone" or "DMZ," the dividing line between North Korea and South Korea, the Pentagon announced Thursday.

No Gun Ri: Update

Military investigators say U.S. soldiers panicked and opened fire on unarmed civilians near the Korean village of No Gun Ri during the Korean War, but there was no evidence that U.S. soldiers received orders to shoot, newspapers reported.

No Gun Ri: Update

Military investigators have found a document in which Army officials instructed U.S. warplanes to fire on groups of South Korean refugees fleeing toward American lines during the Korean War's early days, CBS News reported.