Sydney Morning Herald | 9 dead as Israeli forces storm Gaza aid convoy CNN By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- The international community on Monday condemned an Israeli naval commando raid on a flotilla carrying aid for Palestinians in Gaza, leaving 9 people dead. Israel claimed it was defending itself, with the Israel Defense ... Concern for Scots on Gaza aid flotilla Ship clash leaves Israel in diplomatic hot water Gaza flotilla deaths spur concerns, condemnation |
The Guardian | RPT-UPDATE 1-BP to know by week's end if new plan contains spill Reuters WASHINGTON May 30 (Reuters) - BP Plc (BP.L) will know by the end of the week whether its latest plan to contain the oil gushing into the Gulf Mexico is successful, BP Managing Director Bob Dudley said on Sunday. The London-based energy giant will now ... Next Steps to Confront the Big Spill After Another Failure, BP Scrambles to Stem Leak BP operation to halt US oil leak fails |
Reuters | Gulf oil spill: Obama's big political test Christian Science Monitor President Obama is facing a critical test of his political philosophy: If the federal government can do so much, why can't it stop the slow-motion Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf? Jonathan Henderson, of Gulf Restoration Network and a sm » |
The Guardian | US official: Flow of oil from spill has stopped msnbc.com WASHINGTON - The flow of oil from the broken well in the Gulf of Mexico has stopped, the Coast Guard Admiral Thad » |
Opposing Views | Arizona immigration law will boost crime in US cities, police chiefs say Washington Post Arizona's new crackdown on illegal immigration will increase crime in US cities, not reduce it, by driving a wedge between police and immigrant communities, police chiefs from several of the state's and the nation's largest cities ... Attorney general, police chiefs to meet about Arizona immigration law March to open 'freedom summer' planned for Phoenix Activists blast Mexico's immigration law |
Telegraph.co.uk (blog) | Brittany Murphy's Husband Found Dead People Magazine Five months after the death of actress Brittany Murphy, her husband, British screenwriter Simon Monjack, was found dead Sunday night in the couple's Hollywood home, according to the Los Angeles County coroner's office. ... Brittany Murphy's husband, Simon Monjack, found dead in Hollywood Hills home Brittany Murphy's husband found dead Actress Murphy's husband found dead in LA |
Telegraph.co.uk | 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 EPA chief to return to Gulf Coast to monitor spill Bob Graham vows to give BP, big oil a fair hearing |
CBC.ca | Too early to speak on cause of crash: Patel NDTV.com PTI, Saturday May 22, 2010, Mangalore Civil Aviation Minister Parful Patel on Saturday said that 158 people were killed and eight survived in the Air India Express plane crash in Mangalore. Addressing a press conference after the Mangalore air crash he ... Plane Overshoots Runway in Southern India, 158 Killed Survivors tell of Indian plane crash horror India crash survivors' stories |
Globe and Mail | German house approves euro rescue BBC News Germany's lower house of parliament has approved the country's contribution to a 750bn euro ($938bn, £651bn) rescue deal for the eurozone. The upper house is also expected to back a German contribution of up to 148bn euros. Chancellor Angela Merkel has ... Germany's Lower House Approves Euro-Zone Bailout |
Reuters | Torpedo accusation raises Korean security stakes Los Angeles Times After weeks of investigation and leaks, the announcement that North Korea killed 46 South Korean sailors sets the stage for more hostile relations. South Korean Rear Adm. Park Jung-Soo talks in front of the wreckage of the naval vessel Cheonan on May ... Excerpts: South Korea ship sinking report North Korea slams report that it torpedoed South Korean ship China must not be » |
National Post | Voters turn away from high-profile party switcher The Associated Press » |
Globe and Mail | Explosion in Afghan Capital Kills at Least 17 Voice of America Afghan authorities say a suicide car bomber attacked a NATO convoy in Kabul, Tuesday, killing at least 17 people and wounding many others. Officials say the dead include at least five foreign troops. The Taliban have claimed responsibility for the ... Taliban bombing kills 18, including 5 US troops Suicide attack in Kabul kills 12, wounds 47: Interior Ministry Deadly suicide blast hits Kabul |
The Hindu | Giant Plumes of Oil Found Forming Under Gulf of Mexico New York Times Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar visited a wildlife treatment center in Louisiana on Saturday. By JUSTIN GILLIS Scientists are finding enormous oil plumes in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico, including one as large as 10 miles long, ... A huff and boom ended Deepwater Horizon's lucky streak Oil's sway in Gulf states may be tempering politicians' response to spill Scientists find vast unreported oil leak from Deepwater Horizon |
Globe and Mail | BP scrambles to cap flow as oil closes in on marsh Reuters PORT FOURCHON, La., May 15 (Reuters) - Energy giant BP scrambled on Saturday to make good on its latest attempt to contain oil from a ruptured wellhead in the Gulf of Mexico as the government approved the use of dispersants underwater, ... BP chief backs oil drilling in wake of US disaster How they're fighting the oil spill Obama scolds oil execs, federal regulators |
Reuters | BP hopes tube will siphon oil to tanker Forbes Undersea robots were trying to thread a sm » |
Telegraph.co.uk | The Paradox of Deep Water: Lots of Oil, Lots of Danger BusinessWeek The ability to extract oil in hard-to-reach places has zoomed ahead. Disaster preparation has not By Stanley Reed and Joe Carroll On May 7, in a darkened room c » |
Globe and Mail | Political patience wanes as Gulf oil spill grows Washington Post AP ON THE GULF OF MEXICO -- Political patience was whittling away for BP executives who can't stop a broken underwater well from pouring oil into the Gulf where crews tried the latest solution - submerging a second ... Oil execs face more questions about Gulf spill Big oil to get more grilling as oil gushes in Gulf BP's Dispersant Strategy on Spill Veers Into Uncharted Science |
Telegraph.co.uk | Kagan's role against military recruitment studied Washington Post AP BOSTON -- In a widely circulated 2003 memo, Harvard Law School dean Elena Kagan blasted the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy for gay soldiers as "a moral injustice of the first order." Kagan was explaining to students and ... Pitf » |
Times Online | A Climb Marked by Confidence and Canniness New York Times David Banks/AP Solicitor General Elena Kagan spoke during the annual meeting of the 7th Circuit Bar Association & Judicial Conference of the 7th Circuit Monday, May 3, 2010 in Chicago. The latest on President Obama, his administration and other news ... Obama to name Kagan to Supreme Court Obama to nominate Kagan for Supreme Court: sources Obama will pick Elena Kagan for high court: source |
Telegraph.co.uk | BP Oil-Collection Chamber Clogs, Removed From Leaking Gulf Well BusinessWeek May 9 (Bloomberg) -- BP Plc's latest effort to prevent oil leaks from damaging wildlife and tourism on the US coast are being stymied as cold and pressure a mile below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico formed ice that clogged a ... BP Suffers Setback on Containment |
Reuters | UK set for hung Parliament with Tories largest party BBC News With more than 500 general election results in out of 650, the BBC is predicting a hung Parliament with the Tories as the largest party. Labour cannot now win a majority, but it is not clear which party will be in a position to form a government. ... Cameron: Labour has lost its mandate to govern Conservatives take slim lead in Britain vote Conservatives Lead in Close U.K. Vote |
Reuters | US asks Pakistan for help in NY bomb probe-report Reuters NEW YORK, May 6 (Reuters) - The United States has asked Pakistan for help investigating a failed plot to bomb New York's Times Square, The Washington Post reported on Thursday, as investigators kept questioning a Pakistani-American ... Catching bomb suspect was rare moment for Holder to celebrate US terror arrest leaves Pakistani villagers stunned Bomb suspect likely aided by Taliban in Pakistan |
Telegraph.co.uk | Investigators still interviewing NY bomb suspect Reuters NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Pakistani-American admitted trying to detonate a bomb in New York's busy Times Square and receiving bomb-making training in a known Taliban and al Qaeda stronghold in Pakistan, US prosecutors said on Tuesday. ... Dramatic arrest at NY airport nets Times Square bomb suspect FBI 'lost' Times Square suspect Faisal Shahzad before flight Smoking Car to an Arrest in 53 Hours |
