* Hayward to be replaced as CEO by American - sources

* Second-quarter results on Tuesday, big loss expected

* BP could start to kill well next week - U.S. official

* BP shares rise nearly 5 percent (Adds quote from Louisiana resident)

By Tom Bergin

LONDON, July 26 (Reuters) - BP Plc (BP.L)(BP.N) is expected to install an American known for diplomacy as chief executive, replacing Tony Hayward who has come under fire for his gaffe-prone handling of the worst oil spill in U.S. history.

Bob Dudley, the U.S. executive managing BP's response to the spill in the Read More

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is scheduled to arrive in Barbados tonight for a one-day meeting tomorrow with Caribbean foreign ministers to discuss issues pertaining to mutual co-operation with a special focus on security and crime.

The meeting, which comes on the heels of the just-concluded General Assembly of the Organisation of American States (OAS) in Peru, is an initiative of President Barack Obama's administration and the suggested agenda largely reflects the concerns and priorities of Washington.

Although Caricom is aware of the US Government's interest in having tomorrow's meeting with Clinton, at which a "framework for security arrangements" will be a core feature of discussions, no approved agenda has been circulated, according to some foreign mi...

Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama plans to meet Thursday with Arizona Governor Jan Brewer -- their first face-to-face since the governor signed the state's controversial immigration reform law.

The president has called the Arizona law misguided.

For her part, Brewer made clear Tuesday she's not worried about a potential legal challenge from the Obama administration over the law.

"We'll meet you in court," Brewer told CNN's John King, USA. "I have a pretty good record of winning in court."

Protesters are planning to gather outside the White House to picket the law.

The American Civil Liberties Union is currently leading a court challenge against the law. Attorney General Eric Holder, who met with a delegation of police chiefs from Arizona and last...

Saying that the prospect of nuclear terrorism had emerged as one of the greatest threats to global security, President Obama called on world leaders “not simply to talk, but to act” to secure or destroy vulnerable stockpiles of nuclear materials.

Mr. Obama, addressing a plenary session of the 47-nation nuclear security conference he had convened here, told fellow leaders Tuesday morning that it was time “not simply to make pledges, but to make real progress for the security of our people.”

“All this, in turn, requires something else, something more fundamental,” Mr. Obama continued. “It requires a new...

I read where Barack Obama, president of the United States of America (USA), has designated Jamaica a narcotics transit country. The Obama administration is claiming that Jamaica is not serious about fighting transnational crime and is corrupt by not charging public officials. This is coupled with the undue delay in the extradition of Christopher Coke. And in the other corner, Bruce Golding has responded by claiming that the wiretaps were illegal.

The reality is that Jamaica has far more to lose than Obama or Golding. Ja...