CBC.ca | Israeli Raid Complicates US Ties and Push for Peace New York Times Hundreds of protesters gathered in Istanbul on Monday to condemn Israel's naval raid. The operation was bound to deepen Israel's isolation around the world. By HELENE COOPER and ETHAN BRONNER WASHINGTON â€" Israel's deadly commando raid on Monday on a ... UN Security Council Holds Emergency Session on Israeli Raid Israel says Free Gaza Movement poses threat to Jewish state Flotilla Assault Spurs Crisis |
Globe and Mail | BP Shifts Gears in Gulf Oil Fight W » |
Los Angeles Times (blog) | Dennis Hopper was the most visionary of » |
Telegraph.co.uk | Obama, BP CEO both in Gulf; oil spill unsolved Reuters GRAND ISLE/HOUMA, La., May 28 (Reuters) - BP said on Friday it may need two more days to know if its complex maneuver to plug a gushing Gulf of Mexico oil well has worked, while President Barack Obama warned there ... Frustration, Fury Greet Obama in Gulf |
Sydney Morning Herald | BP spill eclipses Exxon Valdez, says government Reuters HOUSTON (Reuters) - The amount of oil spilled by BP Plc's blown-out Gulf of Mexico well has eclipsed the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster, and could be flowing at a rate nearly four times BP's recent estimates, according to findings of a US government expert ... 'Top kill' stops gulf oil leak for now, official says Gulf oil spill now nation's worst Official Estimates Indicate Spill Is Biggest in US History |
National Geographic | 'Top kill' a pivotal moment for BP in capping oil leak CNN By the CNN Wire Staff Venice, Louisiana (CNN) -- As early as dawn Wednesday, BP will undertake what some say is a pivotal moment for the London-based oil giant to contain the gushing oil in the Gulf of Mexico -- a maneuver c » |
Telegraph.co.uk | Patience runs thin as BP preps untested maneuver CNN By the CNN Wire Staff Venice, Louisiana -- Oil company BP is expected to brief reporters Tuesday morning about its next attempt to contain the gushing oil in the Gulf of Mexico -- a maneuver c » |
Telegraph.co.uk | US Backs South Korea in Cutting Trade With the North New York Times SEOUL, South Korea â€" Tensions escalated sharply Monday on the Korean peninsula, as South Korean President Lee Myung-bak said that his nation would sever nearly » |
Reuters | 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 ... Oil spill caused by 'a confluence of unfortunate events' Obama Picks Democrat Graham, Republican Reilly to Probe Spill Tempers run high in Louisiana as black goo hits beach |
Globe and Mail | Nearly 160 Feared Dead In Air India Plane Crash Voice of America Photo: AP In this frame grab made off TV9 video, firefighters try to douse flames on an Air India plane that crashed in Mangalore, in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, Saturday, May 22, 2010. An Air India passenger plane has crashed while trying ... Indian plane crashes, killing 158 Air India Boeing Carrying 166 Crashes; Eight Survive Mangalore: Air India aircraft overshoots runway, 159 dead |
Boston Globe | Toyota Buying Tesla Stake for Electric Car Tie-Up BusinessWeek May 21 (Bloomberg) -- Toyota Motor Corp., the world's largest automaker, is buying a $50 million stake in the Californian electric-car maker Tesla Motors Inc. as automakers compete to offer low-polluting models in the US Tesla will also ... Toyota and Tesla Partnering to Make Electric Cars |
CBC.ca | North Korea condemned by world powers over torpedo attack Telegraph.co.uk An official investigation has concluded that a North Korean torpedo was responsible for the sinking of the Cheonan, a South Korean warship, prompting condemnation of the Pyongyang regime by America, Britain and the United Nations. ... Seoul shares extend loss to near 3 mth closing low North Korea slams report that it torpedoed South Korean ship Sunken South Korean warship overshadows Clinton Asia tour |
New York Times (blog) | The end of the Specter era Philadelphia Inquirer Something seems off-kilter in Philadelphia, as if a crane had taken the statue of Billy Penn from its place atop City H » |
Washington Post | Court rejects life sentences for some youths San Jose Mercury News WASHINGTON â€" The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that juveniles who commit crimes in which no one is killed may not be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Five justices, in an opinion by Justice Anthony Kennedy, ... Justice W » |
Times Online | Thai protesters defiant, more fighting feared Reuters BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thousands of Thai protesters refused to leave Bangkok's streets on Sunday despite three days of fighting that has killed 24 people and spiraled into chaotic urban warfare, with both sides c » |
Reuters | BP chief backs oil drilling in wake of US disaster BBC News BP's chief executive has said the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster should not mean the end of deep-water exploration. But Tony Hayward told the BBC's Today programme that significant changes to the oil industry should arise from what he c » |
ABC Online | Pakistan arrests man with militant ties who says he aided Times Square bomb ... Washington Post The Pakistani government has arrested a suspect with connections to a Pakistani militant group who said he acted as an accomplice to the man accused of trying to bomb Times Square, US officials said. The suspect, whose arrest has not ... Times Square probe: three arrested in raids Pakistani men held over links to Times Square bomb suspect, says FBI Obama meets, praises Times Square bomb responders |
Before It's News | Oil spill investigators find critical problems in blowout preventer Washington Post A second, sm » |
The Hindu | If she's confirmed, court would have no Protestants Boston Globe President Obama's nomination of Elena Kagan to the US Supreme Court represents a turning point in American religious history: If Kagan is confirmed, the high court will not have a single Protestant member. ... Nomination of Kagan Leaves Some Longing on the Left Elena Kagan's limited record may smooth her way Elena Kagan nomination for Supreme Court riles both sides of political aisle |
Kansas City Star | Obama Is Said to Select Kagan as Justice New York Times WASHINGTON â€" President Obama will nominate Solicitor General Elena Kagan as the nation's 112th justice, choosing his own chief advocate before the Supreme Court to join it in ruling on cases critical to his view of the ... AP: Elena Kagan is Obama's Pick for the Supreme Court Biographical Information on Elena Kagan Elena Kagan: '10th justice' has deep legal knowledge but no bench experience |
Reuters | BP isn't giving up despite repair setback Houston Chronicle A 100-ton containment box meant to capture oil leaking from a well under the Gulf of Mexico sat about 650 feet away from its target Saturday, as BP engineers try to find a way to stop the formation of icelike gas and water crystals ... BP Oil-Collection Chamber Clogs, Removed From Leaking Gulf Well BP Suffers Setback on Containment Dome |
Reuters | Officials enlist robots to help contain oil gushing in Gulf of Mexico Washington Post An ecosystem, an economy and a way of life for much of the nation's coastal southeast remained in the pincered grip of a quartet of robots on Friday, as their human handlers in Houston fin » |
Reuters | Stocks plunge as trading glitch suspected Reuters NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks plunged 9 percent in the last two hours of trading on Thursday before clawing back some of the losses as a suspected trading glitch and fears of a new credit crunch in Europe threw markets into disarray. ... US, Asia Stocks Plunge as Debt Concern Spurs Electronic Rout Market Plunge Baffles W » |
