CBC.ca | UN Security Council Holds Emergency Session on Israeli Raid Voice of America Photo: AP The UN Security Council met in emergency session Monday on how to respond after Israeli commandos intercepted a ship carrying humanitarian aid in international waters and killed at least nine pro-Palestinian activists. ... UN members decry Gaza boat deaths Australian shot in leg during Israeli raid Thousands protest flotilla deaths |
The Guardian | Government Scientists Are Consulting But Unable to FOXNews AP May 29: This image made from video released by British Petroleum (BP PLC) shows the gushing oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. In what is measuring up to be the biggest environmental disaster in US history, the government is nearly helpless to stop the ... Gulf oil spill: 'This disaster just got enormously worse' BP Shifts Gears in Gulf Oil Fight |
Telegraph.co.uk | BP abandons 'top kill', to try new strategy msnbc.com ROBERT, La. - BP said Saturday that its "top kill" bid to plug the worst oil spill in US history wasn't working and that it would try another approach next. "We have not been able to stop the flow," BP PLC Chief Operating Officer Doug Suttles told ... BP fails to plug oil well with 'top kill' AP ENTERPRISE: Spill grew, BP's credibility faded BP announces 'top kill' has failed to stop Gulf oil leak |
Reuters | 'We'll see this through,' Obama says of spill cleanup USA Today By Evan Vucci, AP By Rick Jervis, USA TODAY GRAND ISLE, La. â€" After touring an oil-tainted beach here and meeting with local leaders, President Obama on Friday promised Gulf Coast residents he will not abandon the fight against the ongoing oil crisis. ... Visiting Gulf, Obama Tells Residents 'You Are Not Alone' Oil spill cam becomes Internet sensation 'You will not be abandoned' Obama says on Gulf Coast visit |
Reuters | 'Top kill' plugs gulf oil leak, official says Los Angeles Times Drilling fluid has blocked oil and gas, US Coast Guard Adm. Thad » |
The Guardian | BP's handle on Gulf spill pivots on 'top kill' Reuters HOUSTON, May 26 (Reuters) - Dogged by delays and intense pressure from the Obama administration, BP Plc faces a pivotal day on Wednesday as it attempts a tricky plan to clog the gushing Gulf of Mexico oil well five weeks into the ... As oil spills, Obama touts alternative energy NJ monitors spill, prepares action plan Louisiana residents confront officials at oil spill meeting |
Washington Post | Heat on White House to do more about Gulf spill Washington Post AP COVINGTON, La. -- The Obama administration's environmental chief dipped a sm » |
Telegraph.co.uk | US Backs South Korea in Cutting Trade With the North New York Times SEOUL, South Korea â€" Tensions escalated sharply Monday on the Korean peninsula, as South Korean President Lee Myung-bak said that his nation would cut nearly » |
Reuters | US environment chief to visit Gulf, spill spreads Reuters VENICE, La., May 23 (Reuters) - The top US environmental official was to visit the Gulf Coast on Sunday as energy giant BP Plc (BP.L) scrambled to contain a widening oil spill. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson ... Obama Picks Democrat Graham, Republican Reilly to Probe Spill Tempers run high in Louisiana as black goo hits beach BP agreed to parts changes on oil rig, 2004 letter shows |
CBC.ca | Air India plane crashes, killing at least 160 people Los Angeles Times Flight IX-892 goes down in a wooded v » |
New York Times (blog) | Specter loses as the "Tea Party"' wins in US voting Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Disenchanted US voters in both parties turned against the establishment on Tuesday, choosing a conservative "Tea Party" newcomer over a handpicked Republican favorite and dumping veteran Democratic Senator Arlen Specter ahead of ... Specter Defeat Signals a Wave Against Incumbents Arlen Specter's party switch and subsequent f » |
New York Times (blog) | Two US senators in jeopardy on big day of voting Reuters US Democratic Senator Arlen Spector of Pennsylvania speaks to reporters about the healthcare bill outside the Capitol in Washington December 15, 2009. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With voter anger running high, two veteran US senators face potential ... Obama Offers Democrats His Support but Not His Presence in Key Primaries Primaries may help foreshadow November elections Specter, Pa. primary foe spar over tenure, trust |
Globe and Mail | Rogue Thailand general who backed protests dies BBC News Renegade Thai general Khattiya Sawasdipol, who was shot on Thursday as he backed protesters in Bangkok, has died, hospital officials have said. The announcement came amid fresh fighting between the protesters and soldiers after Thai officials rejected ... Rogue "red shirt" military adviser dies - hospital Red shirts' military leader dies Thai red-shirts commander dies of head injury |
ABC News | Oil spill imperils an unseen world at the bottom of the gulf Washington Post As cleanup and containment efforts continue at the Gulf of Mexico site of the Deepwater Horizon explosion, oil executives are in Washington to answer to a Senate committee. Scientists are not quite sure what the effects of the oil spill will be to the ... BP Making Second Attempt to Funnel Oil to Gulf Recovery Ship BP Expects Siphon To Work After Setback |
BBC News | Obama assails oil industry's 'cozy relationship' with government Los Angeles Times The president says he will 'close the loophole that has » |
Telegraph.co.uk | Times Square probe: three arrested in raids The Hindu Federal investigators conducted raids on Thursday in three north-eastern states in connection with the probe into the botched car bombing of Times Square in New York. Federal prosecutors and the Federal Bureau of Investigation confirmed that search ... Pakistan arrests man with militant ties who says he aided Times Square bomb ... Pakistani men held over links to Times Square bomb suspect, says FBI Pakistan detainee claims he's bomber accomplice: report |
Kansas City Star | SPOILER: American Idol Picks Its Top 3! People Magazine Tuesday on American Idol, the top four contestants performed songs from Hollywood movies like Caddyshack and Free Willy. Wednesday on Idol, one of them was eliminated. The others will continue on the road to the finale, stopping in their hometowns ... Once saved, Michael Lynche exits "American Idol" Michael Lynche Sent Packing On 'American Idol' TODAYshow.com contributor |
Seattle Post Intelligencer | 4 dead in Oklahoma tornado outbreak The Associated Press TECUMSEH, Okla. â€" Four people were killed Monday in an outbreak of violent weather that dropped tornadoes across parts of the Southern Plains, tossing cars off highways and flipping mobile homes, officials said. Oklahoma Department of Emergency ... 5 dead in Oklahoma tornado outbreak 'Tornado Season' Begins in the United States Four Killed, Scores Injured By Tornadoes In US State Of Oklahoma - Report |
The Hindu | EU Crafts $962 Billion Show of Force to Halt Euro Crisis BusinessWeek May 10 (Bloomberg) -- European policy makers unveiled an unprecedented loan package worth almost $1 trillion and a program of bond purchases as they spearheaded a global drive to stop a sovereign-debt crisis that ... Euro rises, stocks jump on EU crisis plan EU Details $957 Billion Rescue Package European Union approves $647-billion stabilization package |
Telegraph.co.uk | Crews dealt setback in placing containment dome in Gulf oil spill CNN By the CNN Wire Staff The four-story oil containment dome made its way beneath the Gulf of Mexico early Friday to capture leaking oil. Biloxi, Mississippi (CNN) -- The effort to place a massive containment dome over a gushing underwater wellhead in the ... New Setback in Attempt to Contain the Gulf Oil Spill BP suffers snag in Gulf oil containment effort Despite Gulf Disaster, Don't Sell BP â€"Yet |
Reuters | Massive dome lowered at site of huge U.S. oil spill Reuters ROBERT, Louisiana (Reuters) - BP Plc engineers using undersea robots maneuvered a massive metal chamber to fit over a gushing ruptured oil well in the Gulf of Mexico on Friday in their best chance yet to contain a leak that threatens an environmental ... Dome to Capture Oil Is Lowered to Near Sea Floor Gulf coast holds its breath as dome is lowered on well Box to contain oil leak touches down on Gulf floor |
Reuters | Steven Pearlstein: Greek crisis exposes cracks in Europe's foundation Washington Post It is easy to dismiss Thursday's 30-minute, 1000-point boomerang on the Dow Jones industrial average as a freak event that resulted when everyday human error collided with high-speed, high-volume computerized trading. ... US stock plunge raises alarm on algo trading Electronic Trading to Blame for Plunge, NYSE Says Dramatic stock plunge could reinforce investors' fear of getting back into the ... |
Reuters | BP touts itself as 'green,' but faces PR disaster with 'BP oil spill' Washington Post Cleanup and containment efforts continue after an oil platform explosion in the Gulf of Mexico. Oil is leaking into the water at a rate of up to 5000 barrels a day. By Paul Farhi What do you c » |
