Globe and Mail | Ship clash leaves Israel in diplomatic hot water Reuters JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel could pay a heavy price -- including damage to peace efforts with the Palestinians -- over the killing of 10 international activists on a Turkish ship trying to break a blockade of Gaza. Foreign anger at the boarding of the ... Israeli Raid Complicates US Ties and Push for Peace UN Security Council Holds Emergency Session on Israeli Raid Israeli raid met with global protests |
The Hindu | BP, Obama beset by growing Gulf spill frustration Reuters VENICE, La., May 30 (Reuters) - US lawmakers and local residents clamored on Sunday for BP and the Obama administration to do more to save the Gulf Coast from an out-of-control oil spill that has become the biggest ... BP Shifts Gears in Gulf Oil Fight |
Times Online | An uneasy ride with Dennis Hopper Los Angeles Times A writer's tortured 10-year relationship with the actor never produced the biography origin » |
Reuters | 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 |
The Hindu | Obama: Federal Government 'in Charge' of Oil Spill Response FOXNews President Obama said Thursday that the federal government is "in charge" of the efforts to contain the damage from the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The president, holding his first full-blown press conference since July, said that while the ... BP spill eclipses Exxon Valdez, says government 'Top kill' stops gulf oil leak for now, official says BP Oil Spill C » |
The Hindu | US Pledges to Stand With Seoul 'Always' New York Times SEOUL â€" With political and military tension increasing daily on the Korean peninsula, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said on Wednesday that Washington would stand beside Seoul as it seeks redress at the ... Asian Stocks Rise, Seoul Choppy |
Reuters | 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 » |
The Guardian (blog) | Of love 'Lost' Los Angeles Times A riveting series' finale fails to top the six seasons that preceded it. But then, it was always about the journey. Jorge Garcia, left rear, Josh Holloway and Michael Emerson in the last episode of the ABC drama "Lost," which aired Sunday night. ... Lost finale seen around the world "Lost" Leaves Fans With Still More Questions 'Lost' addresses years of questions in finale |
CNN | In Shanghai, Clinton Highlights US-China Trade Relations Voice of America Photo: AP US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, and Shanghai Mayor Han Zheng, right, speak during their meeting at China Pavilion at World Expo site Saturday, May 22, 2010 in Shanghai, China. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) On the eve of ... US Says Geithner to Discuss Europe, Economy in China Talks Clinton urges China for greater access for US businesses US representatives arrive in Beijing for talks |
CBC.ca | At least 158 feared dead in India plane crash CNN Rescue personnel, volunteers and onlookers are seen near the wreckage of the Air India crash in Mangalore on Saturday. (CNN) -- At least 158 people are feared dead after a passenger jet overshot a runway, crashed into a v » |
The Guardian | Seoul shares extend loss to near 3 mth closing low Reuters SEOUL, May 20 (Reuters) - Seoul shares fell for the fourth consecutive session on Thursday to mark their weakest close in nearly three months, as foreign selling hammered tech firms and shipbuilders amid fragile sentiment over Europe's ... North Korea condemned by world powers over torpedo attack North Korea slams report that it torpedoed South Korean ship Sunken South Korean warship overshadows Clinton Asia tour |
Kansas City Star | Sestak, Toomey race will be about jobs, economy Boston Globe AP Writer / May 19, 2010 PHILADELPHIAâ€"Joe Sestak had barely won the Democratic nod to run for US Senate before he pledged to begin the next campaign within a matter of hours. Sestak, a second-term congressman from suburban Philadelphia and ... The end of the Specter era Voters in primaries shake things up for both major parties Primaries Show Anti-DC, Anti-Establishment Mood |
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 » |
Reuters | BP Making Second Attempt to Funnel Oil to Gulf Recovery Ship BusinessWeek May 16 (Bloomberg) -- BP Plc, the largest oil and natural- gas producer in the Gulf of Mexico, hopes to see results today from a second effort to funnel oil to a surface recovery ship as it tries to reduce ... BP Expects Siphon To Work After Setback |
Reuters | Obama rips execs over oil spill blame game Houston Chronicle WASHINGTON â€" President Barack Obama on Friday sharply scolded corporate executives for “finger-pointing†over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster and promised to end the “cozy relationship†between oil companies and the ... How they're fighting the oil spill BP chief backs oil drilling in wake of US disaster Dispersants pouring into Gulf raise fears |
CBC.ca | LeBron James, Cavaliers showed they weren't ready in Game 6 vs. Celtics Washington Post It's inexplicable that in the final minutes, with the clock ticking down, the Cleveland Cavaliers would just let it » |
Reuters | The Paradox of Deep Water: Lots of Oil, Lots of Danger BusinessWeek The ability to extract oil in hard-to-reach places has zoomed ahead. Disaster preparation has not By Stanley Reed and Joe Carroll On May 7, in a darkened room c » |
The Guardian (blog) | Big oil to get more grilling as oil gushes in Gulf Reuters WASHINGTON/PORT FOURCHON, La., May 12 (Reuters) - Top oil executives face a second day of grilling by US lawmakers on Wednesday over a deadly well rupture that unleashed a huge oil slick and the specter of ... Senators at hearing focus on well pressure Oil spill in Gulf of Mexico endangers wildlife; jobs are at risk, too Support for oil drilling decreases |
Telegraph.co.uk | Elena Kagan nomination for Supreme Court riles both sides of political aisle Washington Post Activists and politicians aggressively jumped in Monday to define the debate over Solicitor General Elena Kagan's nomination to the Supreme Court, beginning an argument that may well dominate the summer on Capitol Hill. ... What the Kagan pick says about Obama Pals from student days remember a determined Elena Kagan Into battle over Kagan |
Reuters | Holder: Pakistani Taliban helped direct Times Square plot CNN By the CNN Wire Staff Washington (CNN) -- The man charged in the failed Times Square bombing was working with the Taliban movement in Pakistan, the US attorney general said Sunday. "The evidence that we have now developed shows the Pakistani Taliban ... Militant factions with global aims are spreading roots throughout Pakistan Militant groups still operating openly in Pak: report Pakistan faces Taliban resurgence |
Telegraph.co.uk | Pakistanis Questioned in Bomb Probe W » |
Reuters | Radicalization of Times Square suspect was gradual, investigators say Washington Post The suspect in the attempted Times Square bombing appears to have been acting out of anger toward the United States that had accumulated over multiple trips to his native Pakistan, culminating in a lengthy recent stay in ... Pakistan assures cooperation in Times Square bomb case Suspect's father, four other men interrogated in Pakistan Times Square Bomb Suspect a 'Fan' of Prominent Radical Cleric, Sources Say |
