The Guardian | Gulf oil spill's wide environmental reach includes harm to animals, marshland Washington Post Experts say it's not clear yet how much the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico will harm the environment along the coasts of Louisiana, Mississippi and other gulf states. But they say it is clear the ... US Gulf States Mobilize for Valdez-Like Oil Spill Gulf fishermen brace for man-made disaster Oil Spill Containment, Cleanup Technology Has Failed to Keep Pace |
CBC.ca | BP Will Pay Spill Costs as US Agencies Mobilize BusinessWeek (Adds Obama comments in second, third paragraphs, Browner comments on drilling plan in 12th. For more on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, see {EXT4 }.) By Julianna Goldman and Roger Runningen April 29 (Bloomberg) -- BP Plc will bear the costs associated ... US Begins Inspections After Oil Spill; Louisiana Prepares Deepwater Horizon oil slick to hit US coast within hours Shipping, coast at risk from huge oil slick |
USA Today | Cape Wind, first U.S. offshore wind farm, approved Reuters A power-generating windmill turbine operates in a wind farm on Backbone Mountain near Thomas, West Virginia August 28, 2006. BOSTON (Reuters) - The first US offshore wind farm, a giant project 5 miles/8 km off the Massachusetts coast, was approved on ... Cape Wind Offshore Wind Farm Facts Cape Wind lawsuits announced Offshore Wind Farm Gets Approval |
Reuters | Goldman Sachs Executives Grilled in Senate Hearing on Mortgages Bloomberg April 27 (Bloomberg) -- Goldman Sachs Group Inc. executives were grilled by US lawmakers who compared the bank's mortgage bankers to bookies as Senator Carl Levin asked why they sold securities the company itself ... Goldman Sachs Grilled in Senate Hearing Over Mortgage Business Goldman Sachs: Fabrice Tourre defends his 'Frankenstein products' Meanwhile, at the Goldman Sachs Senate Hearings... |
Boston Globe | Wide support for financial reform-US Sen McConnell Reuters WASHINGTON, April 26 (Reuters) - The top Republican in the US Senate said on Monday there was wide support for a regulatory reform bill to "tighten the screws on W » |
FOXNews (blog) | Obama visits Billy Graham -- 'a real treasure for our country' USA Today No pool coverage of today's visit by President Obama to Billy Graham, a deferred meeting that was arranged when the president c » |
Washington Post | Goldman Sachs e-mails suggest firm profited from mortgage mess, Senate panel says Los Angeles Times E-mail exchanges in 2007 among top executives contradict the investment bank's claims that it did not aggressively bet against the housing market, the panel's chairman, Sen. Carl Levin says. Goldman denies the » |
BBC News (blog) | FOREX-Euro firms vs dollar on Greek aid, German support Reuters NEW YORK, April 23 (Reuters) - The euro rebounded from one-year lows against the dollar on Friday as Greece sought to activate a financial aid package and Germany said it is ready to commit to a plan to bail out the ... EU Working on Greek Aid Terms as German Test Looms Greece asks for EU-IMF bailout Greek, Portugal Default Protection Costs Hit New Highs |
BBC News | Workers Injured in Oil Rig Blast New York Times NEW ORLEANS, La. â€" An explosion Tuesday night on an oil drilling rig off the coast of southeast Louisiana left at least seven people critic » |
Christian Science Monitor | Supreme Court rejects animal cruelty law, upholds free speech Christian Science Monitor The Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down a 1999 federal law that criminalized depictions of animal cruelty such as dogfighting video. A dog stands chained before being taken away by Humane Society officials in St. Louis after the breakup of an apparent ... Supreme Court Overturns Law Banning Depictions of Animal Cruelty Supreme Court strikes down law banning dogfight videos Supreme Court voids law aimed at banning animal cruelty videos |
CBC.ca | Top Qaeda Leaders in Iraq Killed in Raid New York Times Karim Kadim/AP By REUTERS Mr. Maliki said the intelligence team also killed Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, the leader of an affiliated group, the Islamic State of Iraq, in an operation that was backed by American forces. United States military officials ... Al-Qaeda leaders 'killed in Iraq' Iraq's senior al-Qaeda leaders killed Biden to address killing of 2 al-Qaida figures |
Times Online | Poles bury Kaczynski, eye better ties with Russia Reuters KRAKOW, Poland (Reuters) - The leaders of Poland and Russia attending the state funeral of Polish President Lech Kaczynski said on Sunday his death in a plane crash in Russia must serve as a catalyst for reconciliation between the two Slavic nations. ... Poland holds state funeral for President Lech Kaczynski Iceland volcano ash keeps Obama, others from attending Polish president's funeral Funeral mass for Kaczynski begins in Krakow |
Sydney Morning Herald | Volcanic ash cloud forces extended flight ban Times Online The grounding of UK flights by volcanic ash cloud has been extended to 7am tomorrow as experts warn eruption could last months. Millions of airline passengers remain stranded as almost no flights were » |
ABC Online | Mayor Bloomberg gives thumbs up to conservative Tea Party movement New York Daily News The Democrat-turned-Republican-turned-Independent Mayor Bloomberg is now a fan of the controversial Tea Party. "It's a bunch of people getting involved in government, in politics, that is good for the country," he said Friday of ... Obama: Tea Partiers Should Thank Me for Tax Breaks Tea-Party Activists Stage Tax-Day R » |
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BBC News | UK aid effort starts after western China earthquake BBC News British aid agencies have started to co-ordinate emergency help after a powerful earthquake hit western China. Chinese officials said at least 400 people died and thousands were feared injured after the magnitude-6.9 quake in Yushu county, ... Hundreds dead in China quakes Rescuers Rush to Aid Survivors of China Quake; at Least 400 Dead |
National Post | Obama gives dire warning at start of nuclear summit Los Angeles Times Terrorist networks such as Al Qaeda have tried to acquire the material for a nuclear weapon, the president tells world leaders, predicting that if they were to ever succeed, 'they would surely use it. By Christi Parsons C » |
The Hindu | Obama launches talk to nuclear threats, and other things USA Today President Obama has re-located to the Washington Convention Center to begin work on a global summit devoted to nuclear weapons security -- and a host of other side issues affecting individual nations. Those issues range from Middle East peace to ... Obama Seeks Legacy on Reducing World's Nuclear Weapons Obama, world leaders work to stop nuclear spread Obama officials stress nuclear threat, US strength |
Telegraph.co.uk | Polish president's body returns to Warsaw The Associated Press WARSAW, Poland â€" Tens of thousands of Poles softly sang the national anthem and tossed flowers at the hearse carrying the body of President Lech Kaczynski to the presidential palace on Sunday after it was returned from Russia, where he and dozens of ... A Dramatic Impact on Politics in Poland |
New York Times | Justice Stevens to Retire After 34 Years New York Times WASHINGTON â€" Associate Justice John Paul Stevens, leader of the liberal wing of the Supreme Court, announced on Friday that he would retire at the end of this term, setting up a confirmation battle over his replacement that is sure to ... Stevens considered wild card on issues Justice Stevens retiring from Supreme Court Stevens Retires: The End of "Old School" On the Court |
The Hindu | US and Russia sign historic nuclear treaty Times Online The United States and Russia signed a historic treaty today to shrink stockpiles of nuclear weapons in a new show of cooperation designed to halt the spread of atomic bombs, particularly to Iran. President Obama, who attended the signing ceremony in ... Nuclear summit takes aim at unsecured bomb material New US-Russia Nuclear Pact A 'Reset' For Old Rivals WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: Obama in Prague |
The Hindu | Coal mining town torn over its lifeline Los Angeles Times Massey Energy Co., operator of the West Virginia mine in which an explosion killed 25 miners, is praised by some as wonderful and criticized by others as domineering. By David Zucchino Brenda Willis rushed out of the One Stop food shop Tuesday wearing ... West Virginia mine has been cited for myriad safety violations Mines Fight Strict Laws by Filing More Appeals West Virginia Mine Disaster: Repeated Safety Violations Were A 'Red Flag' |
Washington Post | Strong Mexico Quake Shakes Buildings and Nerves in California New York Times LOS ANGELES â€" A powerful earthquake just southeast of Tijuana shook southern California on Sunday afternoon, damaging buildings in border towns and rattling a seismic » |
