Afghan official: Country's top banker flees nation (AP) FACT CHECK: Bachmann bomblets raising eyebrows (AP) Williams sisters, Wozniacki all lose at Wimbledon (AP) International court orders Gaddafi's arrest (Reuters)
Obama steps into high-stakes debt-limit talks (AP)
AP - Struggling to break a perilous deadlock, President Barack Obama took direct control Friday of national debt-limit negotiations with both Republicans and Democrats. With the White House warning the nation's economic stability is at stake, it's one of the most severe tests yet of Obama's presidency.
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