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215-THE price of oil continues to decline on the expectation that world markets will be flush with extra supplies this year. Benchmark US crude yesterday fell by US$1.17 to finish at a seven-month low of US$92.81 per...

492-Download PDF (76.2 KB) Watch the webcast SC/10651 Security Council 6772nd Meeting (AM) Says First Time Court Faces "Admissibility Challenge"; Council Members Say Proceedings Must Follow International Standards, All Perpetrators Held to Account Security Council members today expressed their confidence in the International Criminal Court"s actions in bringing to justice perpetrators of serious crimes in Libya last year, after its Chief Prosecutor notified them that Libyan authorities had r

490-Southwest Airlines Co. chief executive Gary Kelly said Wednesday that the carrier will restrain its fleet growth this year given the economy, the upcoming elections and high fuel prices. "It's just not the kind of environment where I'm willing to be aggressive in expanding our fleet," Kelly said after the company's annual shareholder meeting in Dallas. Flat to reduced fleet growth this year will allow Southwest to save $1 billion through 2014 and strengthen its free cash flow, he said.

426-NEW YORK - The president of the Association of Professional Flight Attendants said Wednesday that she couldn't ask her members to vote on American Airlines Inc.'s last contract proposal because the terms were so bad. American's demand that the flight attendants give up concessions worth $230 million is "not something that I could get ratified," union president Laura Glading said in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in lower Manhattan.

299-Southwest Airlines Co.'s proposal to offer international flights from Houston could come before the Houston City Council as early as May 30. The Dallas-based carrier has been negotiating with city officials to start international service out of Houston's Hobby Airport with flights to Latin America.

451-The single, easiest way to keep track of all the stocks that matter... Your own personalized stock watchlist! It's a 100% FREE Motley Fool service... Europe is at a precipice, as voters across the continent have shown they are fed up with the existing political order and its prescription of austerity. France's conservative government, led by Nicolas Sarkozy, was thrown out of power two weeks ago by Francois Hollande's left-leaning Socialist Party.

445-By Rie Ishiguro and Leika Kihara TOKYO | Wed May 16, 2012 9:24pm EDT TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's economy bounced back from a year-end lull in the first quarter, powering ahead of other major industrial nations thanks to rebuilding of the tsunami-battered northeast, solid private spending and some improvement in exports. The world's third-largest economy grew 1.0 percent in the January-March quarter, just ahead of a median market forecast of 0.

429-CLOVIS, Calif. ? Slovakia's Peter Sagan of Slovakia raced to his event-opening fourth straight stage victory in the Tour of California on Wednesday to increase his overall lead to 16 seconds. The 22-year-old Sagan, riding for Liquigas-Cannondale, finished the 130.2-mile stage from Sonora to Clovis - the longest leg in the race - in 5 hours, 18 minutes, 8 seconds in 95-degree conditions. "Today was a harder stage," Sagan said.

329-By KELLY OLSEN TOKYO-Japan's economy grew an annualized 4.1% in the quarter ended in March as resurgent domestic demand and government spending helped fuel recovery from last year's natural disasters and supply-chain disruptions that suppressed growth. Economists had expected a more modest 3.5% expansion from the prior quarter.

390-A senior judge has been sworn in to head Greece's caretaker government for a month as the debt-crippled country lurches through a political crisis that threatens its membership in the 17-nation eurozone. The political uncertainty is worrying Greece's international creditors as well as Greeks themselves, who have withdrawn hundreds of millions of euros from banks since the May 6 election.

440-Baby time-lapses - which see parents take daily images of their child, and run them together - are becoming increasingly common. So are they now the ultimate way of documenting a child's development? Parents have always been fond of storing sentimental keepsakes - a first tooth or lock of hair - as their child grows up. And pictures marking significant milestones - birthdays or their first day of school - are a mainstay of mantelpieces.

445-By Rie Ishiguro and Leika Kihara TOKYO | Wed May 16, 2012 9:24pm EDT TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's economy bounced back from a year-end lull in the first quarter, powering ahead of other major industrial nations thanks to rebuilding of the tsunami-battered northeast, solid private spending and some improvement in exports. The world's third-largest economy grew 1.0 percent in the January-March quarter, just ahead of a median market forecast of 0.

462-By RICH KARLGAARD In March 1986, Microsoft ended its first day as a public company with a market capitalization of $780 million. Its value grew more than 700 times that over the next 13 years and made Bill Gates, in 1999, the richest man ever with a net worth of $101 billion. When Facebook goes public this Friday its market cap could easily hit $100 billion, bringing founder Mark Zuckerberg's net worth to more than $18 billion. That's about 50 times what Mr.

476-NEW YORK - A threat that's been hanging over the economy is starting to look a lot less menacing. Oil and gasoline prices are sinking, giving relief to businesses and consumers who a few weeks ago seemed about to face the highest fuel prices ever. President Obama's re-election prospects could also benefit, especially if prices keep falling as some analysts expect. A majority of Americans disapproved of Mr. Obama's handling of gas prices in an AP-GfK poll early this month.

349-The death of Mary Richardson Kennedy is another sad event in the long arc of the Kennedy family's story. The estranged wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. died of an apparent suicide on Wednesday, sources confirmed to ABC News. RFK Jr. -- Jack Kennedy's nephew, Bobby Kennedy's son -- had four children with his wife. They filed for divorce two years ago.