National Geographic | Louisiana fishermen losing patience over spill Reuters A shrimp boat sails in the Gulf of Mexico where oil leaking from the Deepwater Horizon wellhead continues to spread south of Venice, Louisiana April 30, 2010. VENICE, Louisiana (Reuters) - Louisiana fishermen, who say they face ruin because of the huge ... Slick Threatens Gulf Coast's » |
Washington Post | Obama team delves into options on Arizona Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON â€" A team of top government lawyers has quietly begun studying legal strategies for the Obama administration to mount a ch » |
Telegraph.co.uk | Goldman Sachs whiz kid Tourre lacks apology, but not arrogance Washington Post Goldman Sachs whiz kid Fabrice Tourre is fast becoming the poster boy of the financial crisis, a Michael Milken for current times. Last week, the SEC filed fraud charges against Goldman Sachs and the 31-year-old Frenchman who c » |
CBC.ca | Area of Oil Spill Expanding in Gulf New York Times Gerald Herbert/AP By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON and LESLIE KAUFMAN NEW ORLEANS â€" Coast Guard officials said Monday afternoon that the oil spill near Louisiana was now covering an area in the Gulf of Mexico of 48 miles by 39 miles at its widest points, ... Rig evacuated as precaution in Gulf of Mexico Oil rig leak could take 2 weeks to plug Oil gushes from rig in Gulf as workers try to contain spill |
Reuters | No Deal yet on Financial Rules as Test Vote Looms ABC News AP By JIM KUHNHENN AP Writer Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., ranking member on the Senate Banking Committee, speaks to reporters about financial reform on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) Democrats are ... Senate nears W » |
Reuters | Goldman trader's email slur Times Online FABRICE TOURRE, the 31-year-old trader at the centre of the Goldman Sachs fraud » |
BBC News | What will Washington do about the Arizona immigration law? Christian Science Monitor The Arizona immigration law takes center stage in Washington after Gov. Jan Brewer signed a bill Friday that makes it a crime to be in the United States illeg » |
CBC.ca | Oil slick spreads from sunken rig CNN By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- A 1-by-5-mile sheen of crude oil mix has spread across the Gulf of Mexico's surface around the area where an oil rig exploded and sank, a Coast Guard lieutenant said Thursday. "This is a rainbow sheen with a dark center," ... Ecological risk grows as Deepwater Horizon oil rig sinks in Gulf Transocean rig loss's financial impact mulled Robot battles to stem Deepwater Horizon oil spill 5000ft under sea |
Boston Globe | Workers missing after blast, fire hit oil rig Reuters HOUSTON (Reuters) - Eleven workers were missing and 17 injured in an explosion at a Transocean oil drilling rig off Louisiana, and crews were fighting the fire 16 hours later, the US Coast Guard said on Wednesday. An estimated 126 people were aboard ... Search Continues After Oil Rig Blast Oil rig explodes off Louisiana coast; 11 missing Transocean Says 'Blowout' May Have Caused Rig Fire |
New York Times (blog) | Some flights resume in Europe but new volcanic ash cloud looms Los Angeles Times Air France, Lufthansa and other airlines operate long-haul and shorter flights; Heathrow is opened later. Meteorologists warn of new activity from the Icelandic volcano. By Henry Chu, Los Angeles Times Air travel in Europe took a few halting steps ... Airports reopen as airspace restrictions relaxed European Parliament Flights resume in Europe but travel chaos not over |
Sydney Morning Herald | US airline shares down on ash cloud flight disruption Reuters ATLANTA/CHICAGO, April 19 (Reuters) - Shares of major US airlines fell on Monday as analysts said losses from the ash cloud produced by an erupting volcano in Iceland could cost the worldwide airline industry billions of dollars. ... Volcano f » |
Globe and Mail | Airlines carry out test flights in Europe's ash-filled skies Los Angeles Times Air France, KLM and Lufthansa send out jets carrying only crew members in an attempt to show that flying conditions are safe despite the volcanic ash. The flights landed without incident, they said. Lufthansa airplanes stand on the tarmac at the ... Ministers mull volcano ash cloud flight chaos measures Factbox: European airports and airspace closed by ash cloud Ash Seen Posing Little Health Danger |
Telegraph.co.uk | Mourners pay respects to Polish leader, Obama unable to attend Washington Post WARSAW -- Thousands of mourners crowded into Warsaw's main square Saturday for the first of two days of funeral services honoring the late President Lech Kaczynski, an unyielding Polish nationalist who perished one week ago along with 95 ... Poland holds public memorial for crash victims Obama cancels Polish funeral trip due to ash Poland united in grief |
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The Hindu | Rescuers race to save trapped quake victims ABC Online China has set aside $32 million to fund rescue efforts after a powerful earthquake hit the Tibetan Plateau, killing at least 600 people and injuring about 10000. An earthquake measuring 6.9 hit remote ... China quake kills 589, injures thousands China quake rescue efforts hampered by epicenter's isolation Quake in western China kills 589, buries more |
ABC Online | Obama's disregard for media reaches new heights at nuclear summit Washington Post World leaders arriving in Washington for President Obama's Nuclear Security Summit must have felt for a moment that they had instead been transported to Soviet-era Moscow. They entered a capital that had become a military encampment, ... Factbox: Who are the world's nuclear powers? Summit draft c » |
Globe and Mail | SPIN METER: US has own nuclear security issues Washington Post AP WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama, holding a summit to urge world leaders to secure their nuclear material, frequently c » |
The Guardian | CORRECTED (OFFICIAL)-Greek aid higher than 40 bln euros/3 yrs Reuters ATHENS, April 11 (Reuters) - The EU/IMF aid to Greece will be significantly higher than 40 billion euros over the next three years if the mechanism is triggered, a senior finance ministry official said on Sunday. "A logical amount for the three-year ... Euro-Zone Nations Offer $40 Billion to Greece Greece Wins EU45 Billion Aid Pledge to Blunt Crisis Dollar, Yen, Euro Hostage to Moves in EU and China |
Globe and Mail | Guessing Game Begins Over Obama Pick for Stevens' Supreme Court Seat FOXNews Elena Kagan and Diane Wood are hardly household names but in the days ahead reports will invariably come out about "short-lists" and names of people most Americans have never heard of as possible replacements for retiring Supreme Court Justice John ... Summer battle ahead for Stevens' court replacement Replacing John Paul Stevens: A Strategic, Not Political Pick Obama promises quick court replacement for Stevens |
The Hindu | Rescuers retreat in West Virginia mine search Reuters MONTCOAL, West Virginia (Reuters) - Dangerous gases forced rescue teams on Thursday to temporarily suspend a search for survivors of a massive explosion at a West Virginia coal mine that killed at least 25 workers. Rescuers would not try to re-enter ... Third rescue attempt at West Virginia mine delayed until Thursday evening Mine Rescue Suspended After Methane Warning Rescuers Hit Setback at West Virginia Mine |
Reuters | Upper Big Branch mine infractions Washington Post -- The Upper Big Branch coal mine, the site of Monday's explosion, has been cited 1342 times for safety violations since the beginning of 2005. (Days since the beginning of 2005: 1922.) -- In 25 of those cases, a Labor Department agency proposed fines ... Death a way of life in coal mines Mines Fight Strict Laws by Filing More Appeals Coal mining town torn over its lifeline |
CBC.ca | Rescue Efforts Underway for At Least 10 Miners Still Unaccounted For ABC News A mine explosion killed at least 12 people and left at least 10 others unaccounted for in a sm » |
The Hindu | Quake rolls across Baja Los Angeles Times The magnitude 7.2 temblor topples buildings and is blamed for at least one death. Damage is worst in the border cities of Calexico and Mexicali. By Tony Perry and Tracy Wilkinson Reporting from Mexico City and Mexicali, Mexico - A magnitude 7.2 ... Major 7.2 quake near Mexico-U.S. border kills one Earthquake rocks western Mexico Major 7.2 quake near Mexico-US border kills one |
