Paraguay's government announced that it would disperse a cavalry division to the interior after some of its officers had taken part in an attempted military coup , in which armoured cars fired at the Congress building.

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President Obama's drilling moratorium officially includes only projects in more than 500 feet of water, but the U.S. Minerals Management Service, a division of the Interior Department that regulates deepwater drilling, has held up shallow-water permits, too, until it can review safety standards.

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