Globe and Mail | 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 World Leaders Express Regret, Outrage at Israeli Raid on Aid Flotilla |
Telegraph.co.uk | US Gulf demands BP, govt do more to halt oil spill Reuters VENICE, La., May 30 (Reuters) - US Gulf Coast residents and authorities clamored on Sunday for BP (BP.L) and the federal government to do more to save their coast from oil pollution after the energy giant failed in a ... Next Steps to Confront the Big Spill After Another Failure, BP Scrambles to Stem Leak BP operation to halt US oil leak fails |
The Guardian | Disaster in the Gulf: 40 Days and Counting ... FOXNews In this May 26 photo provided by the US Coast Guard, a mobile offshore drilling unit holds position over the damaged Deepwater Horizon blowout preventer as crews work to plug the wellhead. (AP Photo) The Obama administration claims it has been on top ... Gulf oil spill: Obama's big political test A nation mesmerized: Can BP plug the Gulf gusher? No end in sight as Gulf oil spill hits Day 40 |
Telegraph.co.uk | 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 » |
CBC.ca | Q & A: "Top Kill" procedure next up for BP oil spill USA Today A: Drillers pouring high-viscosity "mud", followed by cement into a blown oil well to stop it up completely. They are "killing" the leak, or plugging it, from the "top", the place where it comes out of the ground, in this case the Gulf of Mexico seabed ... What is 'top kill' and when will we know if it plugs BP oil spill? In Louisiana, wildlife shows effects of gulf oil spill BP gets approval to proceed with "top kill" plan |
Telegraph.co.uk | European Stocks Tumble to Eight-Month Low on Spain, North Korea BusinessWeek May 25 (Bloomberg) -- European stocks tumbled to an eight- month low as signs of weakness in the Spanish banking system increased concern that Europe's debt crisis is spreading and military tensions grew in the Korean peninsular. ... World stocks sag on renewed Europe fears GLOBAL MARKETS: European Stocks Slump As Libor Rises Again |
National Geographic | BP Delays New Attempt to Stop Oil Leak New York Times A BP cleanup crew working Sunday to remove oil in Port Fourchon, La. State officials say the company and federal government have not acted quickly enough. By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON VENICE, La. â€" As Louisiana state and local officials continue to hammer BP ... BP Siphons Less Oil From Gulf for Second Day |
Globe and Mail | Investigators searching for black box from Air India crash site Times Online Investigators are searching for the “black box†flight recorder from an Air India Express aircraft from Dubai that crashed after overshooting the runway at an airport in south India on Saturday, killing » |
CBC.ca | Scores Feared Dead in Southern India Plane Crash New York Times Firefighters tried to put out the fire on the smoldering Air India plane that crashed in Mangalore, India, on Saturday. By LYDIA POLGREEN NEW DELHI â€" An Air India flight from Dubai carrying 166 people crashed into a heavily wooded v » |
CBC.ca | BP denies covering up extent of oil spill Reuters LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - BP Plc (BP.L) said some third-party estimates of how much oil is gushing out of a leaking well on the sea floor of the Gulf of Mexico were inaccurate and it denied a cover-up. BP has been estimating that the leak was flowing ... Florida prepares for oil spill; BP exec says Gulf `will recover' A month in, outrage over Gulf oil spill grows Spill's impact on wildlife is like a "train wreck," scientist says |
Globe and Mail | North Korea rebuffs South Korea's evidence on Cheonan attack Christian Science Monitor South Korean defense officials presented evidence Thursday that a North Korean submarine torpedoed the Cheonan Navy ship in March, killing 46 sailors. Yoon Duk-yong, right, co-head of the team investigating the sinking of the South Korean Cheonan ... Anger at North Korea over warship sinking Factbox: Reaction to South Korea boat sinking report C » |
Reuters | Victories for Joe Sestak, Rand Paul Signal Voters' Anti-Incumbent Mood ABC News Voters in several, high-profile primary races across the country Tuesday sent an unmistakable message to incumbents about their dissatisfaction with politics-as-usual ahead of November's midterm election. Are Tuesday's primaries a referendum on ... Arlen Specter out, Rand Paul advances, Blanche Lincoln fights on Sestak ousts Specter in Democratic primary Analysis: Open season on political incumbents |
Boston Globe | Voters to decide fate of Arlen Specter, Blanche Lincoln USA Today Welcome to primary day. Voters are heading to the polls in Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Arkansas and Oregon for what is expected to be the most telling gauge yet of voter sentiment in advance of the November election. In Pennsylvania, incumbent Sen. ... Will Blanche Lincoln, Arlen Specter survive Tuesday's primaries? Arlen Specter, Joe Sestak Locked in Tight Primary Race in Pennsylvania Specter's Fate Hangs On Pennsylvania Primary |
The Hindu | Iran Offers to Ship Uranium, Complicating Sanctions Talks New York Times CAIRO â€" Iran announced an agreement on Monday to ship some of its nuclear fuel to Turkey in a deal that could offer a short-term solution to its ongoing nuclear standoff with the West, or prove to be a tactic aimed at derailing ... Factbox: Current sanctions on Iran Iran nuclear fuel swap deal: What it involves, and how it will affect US push ... France to push for more Iran sanctions |
ABC News | Gulf oil spill: real disaster might be lurking beneath the surface Christian Science Monitor New research suggests that huge plumes of oil might be spread at » |
Reuters | Thai Army Cites 'Live Fire Zone' as Clashes Continue New York Times BANGKOK â€" The Thai military declared a neighborhood of Bangkok a “live-fire zone†on Saturday and said it was c » |
Globe and Mail | Scientists say broken rig spilling up to 20 times more oil than was estimated MarketWatch By MarketWatch LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Scientists and environmentalists believe the US government's estimate of the oil flow from the leaking Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico is unrealistic » |
Reuters | Transocean Petitions to Limit Liability W » |
BBC News | Who's who in the new cabinet? BBC News Prime Minister David Cameron is beginning to shape his government, after the Conservatives agreed to form a coalition with the Liberal Democrats. In addition to deputy PM Nick Clegg, four other Lib Dems will take cabinet posts. ... Conservatives Shape Coalition |
Globe and Mail | Abortion could be sleeper issue in Supreme Court confirmation process Washington Post In the hours after President Obama introduced Elena Kagan as his choice for the Supreme Court, there was little talk about her position on abortion, an issue that has faded from the political forefront during the past year's ... Elena Kagan started Harvard environmental law program Vice President Biden: No 'Anti-Military Bias' in Elena Kagan's Decision as ... Kagan has presumption of court confirmation |
Telegraph.co.uk | EU Crafts $962 Billion Show of Force to Halt Crisis BusinessWeek (Adds Pimco fund manager comment in fourth paragraph. For more on the debt crisis, see {EXT3 }.) By James G. Neuger and Meera Louis May 10 (Bloomberg) -- European policy makers unveiled an unprecedented loan package worth almost $1 trillion and a ... FOCUS: Euro Zone Buys Time, Moves Toward Federalism |
Times Online | US warns Pakistan over Times Square bomb attempt Times Online The United States has delivered a tough new warning to Pakistan to crack down on Islamic militants or face severe consequences after the failed Times Square bombing. In a meeting on Friday between Stanley McChrystal, the US military commander in ... U.S. drone missiles kill at least six in Pakistan Intel officials: US missiles kill 10 in Pakistan 'US drone' missile strike hits north-west Pakistan |
Reuters | BP, other oil spill companies start the blame game Reuters NEW YORK (Reuters) - The companies behind the oil drilling disaster threatening the fragile waterways and beaches of the Gulf Coast are beginning to turn on each other. Oil giant BP Plc has been carefully playing the public relations game by saying it ... Past spill exercises foretell current disaster Containment dome lowered at oil leak site More environmental disasters are coming |
Telegraph.co.uk | Day before bombing, Shahzad made dry run in Manhattan, source says CNN International By the CNN Wire Staff New York (CNN) -- Faisal Shahzad made a practice run in Manhattan the day before he » |
