Eritrea: Country Participating in Shanghai World Expo 2010 AllAfrica.com Asmara â€" Eritrea is participating in the Shanghai World Expo 2010 held under the theme "Better City Better Life". At the Expo currently underway in the Chinese city of Shanghai which opened on April 25 where more than 241 countries, organizations and ... |
The Hindu | New Orleans Port Says 'Closely Monitoring' Oil Spill BusinessWeek April 29 (Bloomberg) -- The Port of New Orleans, handling as many as 2000 vessels a year, said it's “closely monitoring†the BP Plc oil spill for potential risks to shipping along the Mississippi River. The main deepwater channel ... Leaking Oil Well Lacked Safeguard Device |
Globe and Mail | Levin Grilling Blankfein Means Clash of Harvard Law Standouts BusinessWeek April 28 (Bloomberg) -- Lloyd C. Blankfein and Carl Levin both have degrees from Harvard Law School. Judging from their confrontation on Capitol Hill yesterday, they hardly speak the same language. Levin, chairman of the Senate's ... W » |
Reuters | Democrats, Undaunted, Keep Focus on W » |
FOXNews (blog) | Obama visits Billy Graham in North Carolina Los Angeles Times AP President Obama made a pilgrimage to Billy Graham's mountainside home Sunday, meeting for the first time with the ailing evangelist who has counseled commanders in chief since Dwight Eisenhower. The president made the short drive to Montreat from ... President pays visit to Rev. Graham Obama visits Billy Graham -- 'a real treasure for our country' Obama meets, prays with Rev. Billy Graham |
ABC News | Tornado kills 10 in Mississippi: officials Reuters BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - A tornado nearly a mile wide ripped through central Mississippi on Saturday, killing 10 people, including three children, and injuring dozens of others, state authorities said. The tornado struck at least 13 counties, ... Storm rips four southern states...Climate bill delayed Tornadoes tear through Southeast, killing 10 Like 'looking into the eyes of death,' Yazoo City resident says of storm |
BBC News | Arizona governor signs immigration law; foes promise fight Arizona Republic Moments after Gov. Jan Brewer signed Arizona's controversial new immigration law Friday, opponents promised legal ch » |
Reuters | Chaos persists as Europe flights resume BBC News Hopes that UK flights would soon return to normal have been undermined by a second volcanic ash cloud in Iceland. Chances to operate planes at many UK airports have been short-lived, and only a few flights have taken place. Airspace in most of the UK ... Developments in volcanic ash affecting air travel Flights resume in Europe but travel chaos not over Scientists find it difficult to predict volcano behavior |
Telegraph.co.uk | European flights resume, new ash cloud on horizon Reuters AMSTERDAM, April 20 (Reuters) - Flights from large parts of Europe were set to resume on Tuesday under a deal agreed by the European Union to free up airspace closed by a cloud of ash hurled into the sky by an Icelandic volcano. ... new ash cloud causes further disruption Plans to reopen airspace in doubt Live: new ash cloud spreads to UK |
Reuters | Yen gains broadly as risk nerves prompt buyback Reuters Japanese yen notes are piled atop US dollar bills during a photo opportunity at an office of Interbank Inc. money exchange in Tokyo November 27, 2009. TOKYO (Reuters) - The low-yielding yen held at its strongest levels this month on Monday, ... WORLD FOREX:Dollar Hits 3-Week Low Vs Yen On Financial Sector Concerns Japan's Bonds Gain for Fifth Day as Stocks Extend Global Slump Asia Shares Tumble on Goldman News |
Globe and Mail | Volcanic ash disruption enters fourth day in UK BBC News The UK is enduring a fourth day as a virtual no-fly zone, as the travel chaos caused by volcanic ash drifting from Iceland shows no sign of ending. Flight restrictions have been extended until at least 1900 BST and forecasters say the ash cloud could ... Volcanic ash grounds Britain for days to come Travel gridlock to carry on into next week Travel disruptions in Europe worsen as volcanic ash spreads further |
Washington Post | Obama extends hospital visitation rights to same-sex partners of gays Washington Post President Obama mandated Thursday that nearly » |
CBC.ca | Poll Finds Tea Party Backers Wealthier and More Educated New York Times Tea Party supporters are wealthier and more well-educated than the general public, and are no more or less afraid of f » |
Globe and Mail | President Obama: China not fully in our corner in crackdown over Iran's ... New York Daily News President Obama speaks with Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, Argentina's president, and others at the Nuclear Security Summit. WASHINGTON - President Obama said Tuesday there is solid UN support for imposing tougher sanctions on ... Proposal targets nuclear terrorism Nuclear agreement hailed as step forward Obama hopes for yuan move, but China pushes back |
msnbc.com | Woods Hangs In, but Tests Trees Instead of Rivals New York Times AUGUSTA, Ga. â€" It could have been any one of several holes Sunday, but this was No. 8, and Tiger Woods had hit a shot into the trees. His b » |
CBC.ca | For Poland, plane crash in Russia rips open old wounds Los Angeles Times The 97 aboard a Soviet-era plane were heading to Katyn, site of the 1940 massacre of Polish prisoners of war. Now Poland, which never forgot its tragic past, must grieve the loss of its key leaders. Mourners stand amid a flood of candles and flowers ... In quotes: Reaction to plane crash Polish President Lech Kaczynski, 60; came to power with twin Poland Feels Shock at the Size of Its Loss |
Telegraph.co.uk | Crowd Mourns Victims in Kyrgyzstan New York Times BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan â€" Crowds gathered in the center of this traumatized capital city on Friday for a memorial to the scores people who died this week in deadly protests that forced the president to flee the ... Kyrgyzstan mourns dead in fragile calm after uprising Kyrgyz mourn revolt victims; new unrest overnight Kyrgyzstan's new leadership thanks Russia 'for helping oust president' |
Reuters | West Virginia Mine Rescue: Clinging to Waning Hope for Survivors ABC News Rescue teams at the site of the West Virginia mine explosion could be » |
Reuters | Mine accidents in the United States CNN (CNN) -- An explosion at the Massey Energy Co. mine in Montcoal, West Virginia, killed at least 25 miners. The cause of the explosion had not been determined as rescuers worked Tuesday to bore ventilation holes into the Upper Big Branch Mine. ... Massey Energy has litany of critics, violations Mining a necessary way of life, West Virginians say In coalfields, work, death in mines is way of life |
Reuters | Woods Denies Using Performance Enhancing Drugs New York Times Tiger Woods, looking sober but professing to be cheerful about his return to golf, broke little new ground in his first news conference since a Nov. 27 car accident that sent his image on a downward spiral and interrupted his career, ... Woods offers apologies, injury details; explains relationship with doctor Tiger Woods says Augusta National reception 'blew me away' Media Throws Softb » |
Times Online | IPad Attracts Crowds to Apple Stores, Rivaling IPhone Hysteria BusinessWeek April 3 (Bloomberg) -- Apple Inc.'s iPad tablet computer went on sale this morning, drawing crowds to stores across the country, rivaling the frenzy seen when the iPhone went on sale in 2007. ... What's Missing: 5 Things the iPad Lacks Must-Have iPad Apps for Business Professionals The iPad Arrives: The Wait is Over (And Wasn't Bad) |
