Reuters | Ship clash leaves Israel in diplomatic hot water Reuters JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel could pay a heavy price -- including damage to peace efforts with the Palestinians -- over the killing of 10 international activists on a Turkish ship trying to break a blockade of Gaza. Foreign anger at the boarding of the ... Security Council Debates Criticism of Israeli Raid Rift between crucial Middle East » |
New York Times (blog) | Stopping the Oil Leak: BP Faces Credibility Crisis ABC News After BP couldn't kill what it now c » |
Telegraph.co.uk | Gloom grows as BP's 'top kill' effort fails Los Angeles Times 'This scares everybody â€" the fact that we can't make this well stop flowing,' an official says. Some hope lies with a new maneuver to cap the leak. By Margot Roosevelt and Louis Sahagun, Los Angeles Times BP acknowledged the failure Saturday of its ... BP's top kill effort fails to plug Gulf oil leak Top Kill fails to plug oil gusher; now robots get their chance Obama says it's clear "top kill" has not worked |
CBC.ca | BP nears decision on 'top kill' procedure CNN By the CNN Wire Staff Venice, Louisiana (CNN) -- BP's top official said the oil company will make a decision later Wednesday on whether to proceed with a "top kill" procedure designed to contain oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico. ... BP poised for 'top kill' to try to plug spill; final decision to come Wednesday SPECIAL REPORT-Civil fine in Gulf spill could be $4300 a barrel Is the BP Oil Spill Re » |
Reuters | White House: Undoubtedly Worst Oil Spill in US History ABC News The oil leak that has spewed millions of g » |
MSN Money | Brittany Murphy's Husband, Simon Monjack, Found Dead MTV.com Five months after actress Brittany Murphy was found dead in her Los Angeles home, the late actresses' husband, Simon Monjack was discovered dead in the same house on Sunday night. The Los Angeles Times reports that British screenwriter ... Brittany Murphy's Husband Found Dead 'Lost' finale is a head-scratcher; Brittany Murphy's husband found dead Brittany Murphy's husband, Simon Monjack, found dead; early reports indicate ... |
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 Are BP and Obama Hiding Size of Gulf Oil Spill To Lessen Lawsuit Damages? |
Times Online | About 158 Dead In Air India Plane Crash Voice of America Photo: AP An Air India passenger plane has crashed while trying to land in southern India, killing about 158 people on board. It is the worst air accident in India in over a decade. The plane crashed as it overshot the runway after landing in the ... Scores Feared Dead in Plane Crash in Southern India Survivors tell of Indian plane crash horror Too early to speak on cause of crash: Patel |
The Guardian (blog) | How South Korean ship was sunk BBC News It might seem odd that it has taken a six-week-long investigation to produce proof of something as dramatic as a torpedo strike on a warship. When it was fin » |
National Post | Specter ousted in backlash Detroit Free Press WASHINGTON - A growing wave of discontent with government came crashing down on "establishment" candidates running in primary elections Tuesday as voters turned five-term Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter out of office and nominated a ... Voters turn away from high-profile party switcher Pennsylvania Primary Ends Arlen Specter's 30-Year Reign: 'Hard to Imagine ... The end of the Specter era |
CBC.ca | China welcomes Iran nuclear declaration Press TV China welcomes a nuclear fuel declaration Iran released in talks with Brazil and Turkey, signaling that it may oppose a US-led drive to impose sanctions on Tehran. The presidents of Iran and Brazil and the Turkish prime minister issued a landmark ... Netanyahu's 'Septet' discusses response to Iran nuke deal Israel quietly mulls Iran nuclear deal, sanctions Iran awaits swift response to nuclear swap deal |
CBC.ca | Deep sea oil plumes, dispersants endanger reefs The Associated Press NEW ORLEANS â€" The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has already spewed plumes over ecologic » |
The Guardian | A huff and boom ended Deepwater Horizon's lucky streak MiamiHerald.com NEW ORLEANS -- It had been a lucky ship, a charmed vessel among the 130 or so rigs that poke straws into the mud, rock and sand beneath the Gulf of Mexico to suck out its crude. Its job had been to prowl for oil, and the Deepwater ... BP Making Second Attempt to Funnel Oil to Gulf Recovery Ship Oil's sway in Gulf states may be tempering politicians' response to spill US demands oil spill costs 'clarification' from BP |
ABC News | Feds approve use of underwater dispersants for oil spill CNN New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN) -- The Coast Guard and the Environmental Protection Agency planned a new tactic Saturday against the massive oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, authorizing BP to use oil dispersants. Oil dispersants are chemicals that can ... How they're fighting the oil spill BP chief backs oil drilling in wake of US disaster Obama rips execs over oil spill blame game |
Times Online | Troops Clash With Thai Protesters as Tension Grows New York Times BANGKOK â€" Troops fired tear gas and bullets on Friday at anti-government protesters who responded with stones, slingshots and homemade rockets, turning central Bangkok into a battlefield as the military moved to seal ... Thai troops clash with protesters Foreign journalist shot during Bangkok clashes Thai Army says it did not shoot protest leader |
The Guardian (blog) | Factbox: Chronology of Gulf of Mexico oil spill Reuters (Reuters) - A drilling rig explosion on April 20 left 11 workers missing and presumed dead, and the rig's subsequent collapse unleashed a major oil spill that threatens the ecosystems and economy of the US Gulf of Mexico. Also threatened is the heart ... Political patience wanes as Gulf oil spill grows Oil execs face more questions about Gulf spill Will the Gulf Oil Spill Block Alaska Drilling Plans? |
The Guardian | Kagan has presumption of court confirmation The Associated Press WASHINGTON â€" Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan embarks on her quest for Senate confirmation with a strong presumption of success, drawing praise from majority Democrats and nary the threat of an » |
Telegraph.co.uk | Elena Kagan's Goldman Sachs "Connection" CBS News Paul Campos may be right to worry that Elena Kagan's track record doesn't suggest much about her judicial philosophy. And Senate inquisitors may unearth issues that some find will troubling during Kagan's upcoming Supreme Court confirmation hearings. ... A Climb Marked by Confidence and Canniness Kagan had rapid ascent to high court nomination Kagan is no stranger to confirmation travails |
CBC.ca | Gulf spill reminds America: The era of easy oil' is over MiamiHerald.com WASHINGTON -- To meet the world's boundless thirst for oil, drillers are searching in the sand and mud of remote western Canada, the tough shale rock of North Dakota and more than a mile under the seas off the southern US coast, ... BP Oil-Collection Chamber Clogs, Removed From Leaking Gulf Well Helicopter view of oil spill in Gulf of Mexico New Setback in Attempt to Contain Gulf Oil Spill |
The Hindu | Pieces still missing in NYC car bomb plot puzzle The Associated Press NEW YORK â€" The Pakistani-American who police say admitted to igniting a failed car bomb in busy Times Square has made no court appearance since his arrest early this week and, though he is cooperating, authorities remain unsure he was acting alone. ... Pakistanis Questioned in Bomb Probe |
Globe and Mail | Containment chamber expected as oil spill hits land Reuters VENICE, Louisiana (Reuters) - BP Plc engineers were expected to lower a massive metal containment chamber onto a ruptured oil well in the Gulf of Mexico on Friday in an effort to stem the widening slick. If » |
Reuters | 'No-fly list' flaws seen in suspect's boarding of plane USA Today WASHINGTON â€" Suspected terrorist Faisal Shahzad's boarding of a flight in New York on Monday exposes a security hole that the government has yet to close after spending seven years and half a billion dollars to fix the ... US asks Pakistan for help in NY bomb probe-report Attack on Times Square rehearsed, official says Official: NY car bomb suspect did a dry run |
