Globe and Mail | 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 Flotilla Assault Spurs Crisis |
Reuters | 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 |
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 |
The Hindu | Gulf oil spill now largest in US history as BP continues plug effort USA Today By Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images By Rick Jervis, USA TODAY NEW ORLEANS â€" The Gulf of Mexico oil spill has spewed more oil than origin » |
Reuters | '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 » |
National Post | 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 » |
Reuters | N. Korea leads U.S., China talks CNN By the CNN Wire Staff Beijing, China (CNN) -- China and the United States kicked off two days of high-level talks Monday -- with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton asking Beijing to support sanctions against North Korea, and Chinese President Hu ... Seoul shares turn up on steelmakers, shipyards Clinton: Koreas security situation 'precarious' US Backs South Korea in Cutting Trade With the North |
Reuters | US Says Geithner to Discuss Europe, Economy in China Talks Bloomberg May 23 (Bloomberg) -- Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner will tell his Chinese counterparts that Europe's battle with a Greece-triggered debt crisis should have only a sm » |
CBC.ca | 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 Plane crashes in India, 158 feared dead, 8 alive |
ABC News | 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 | 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 » |
Globe and Mail | 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 » |
Reuters | 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 |
Globe and Mail | 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 » |
Globe and Mail | Nomination of Kagan Leaves Some Longing on the Left New York Times President Obama, with Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., presented Solicitor General Elena Kagan as his nominee to be the nation's 112th Supreme Court justice on Monday. By PETER BAKER WASHINGTON â€" The selection of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to be ... Elena Kagan nomination for Supreme Court riles both sides of political aisle What the Kagan pick says about Obama Into battle over Kagan |
Telegraph.co.uk | Obama to name Kagan to Supreme Court Los Angeles Times Kagan, 50, taught alongside Obama at the University of Chicago Law School in the 1990s before going on to serve as the dean of the Harvard Law School. ... Obama Is Said to Select Kagan as Justice AP: Elena Kagan is Obama's Pick for the Supreme Court Obama picks Kagan as Supreme Court nominee: source |
Reuters | Problems Even Before a Ferryboat's First Voyage New York Times The Andrew J. Barberi first set sail across Upper New York Bay in August 1981 after a pomp-filled send-off from Staten Island by Mayor Edward I. Koch. Its engine promptly failed, the steering mechanism went ... Dozens injured in ferry accident Staten Island ferry crash injures dozens aboard Dozens injured as Staten Island ferry hits dock |
Telegraph.co.uk | 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 » |
