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Times Online | BP Gulf Oil Well Is Leaking Five Times Faster Than Estimated BusinessWeek April 29 (Bloomberg) -- A damaged BP Plc oil well in the Gulf of Mexico is leaking as many as 5000 barrels of crude a day, five times more than previously estimated, the US Coast Guard said. âThere's an additional breach ... Oil spill five times as large as earlier thought Leaking Oil Well Lacked Safeguard Device |
National Post | Financial Fears Grow in Europe Over Greek Debt New York Times As Greece inches closer to the brink of financial collapse, fear that the debt crisis will spread is engulfing Europe. A protest of austerity measures in Athens on Tuesday. Transportation workers have left train stations deserted ... Stocks slump as Greece debt downgraded to junk GLOBAL MARKETS: European Stocks Set To Decline Further |
Reuters | Manuel Noriega, ex-Panamanian dictator, sent from Miami to France The Guardian Manuel Noriega, the former drug-running dictator of Panama ousted by a US invasion in 1989, has been flown from America to Paris where he will face trial on fresh money laundering charges. Noriega's extradition brings to an end his 21-year spell in a ... Noriega Arrives in France General Noriega's f » |
CBC.ca | Tornado leaves hundreds homeless in Mississippi Washington Post Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (R) says more than 100 homes are uninhabitable after a tornado cut through the state, killing 10 people and injuring dozens. Barbour said Sunday that about 100 homes in Yazoo County and 38 in Choctaw County are not ... Tales of tornado survival amid Miss. community's woe Saviors as Tornado Hit: A Table, a W » |
Boston Globe | Climate consensus collapses in Senate Boston Globe WASHINGTON â" In one of the proudest moments of his long legislative career, Senator John F. Kerry was poised to unveil a long-awaited climate change bill tomorrow that would put a price on carbon emissions and provide ... US senators postpone climate bill unveiling Graham Bolts From Climate Talks, Dimming Hopes for US Bill Monday's debut of a climate bill may be awkward |
Globe and Mail | Obama Assails Arizona Immigration Law FOXNews In an unusual White House attack on state legislation, President Barack Obama harshly criticized an Arizona measure to crack down on illegal immigration. The Arizona Republic via AP Apr. 23: Supporters of the illegal immigration enforcement law r » |
The Guardian | Chaos persists as Europe flights resume BBC News Hopes that UK flights would soon return to normal have been undermined by a second volcanic ash cloud in Iceland. Chances to operate planes at many UK airports have been short-lived, and only a few flights have taken place. Airspace in most of the UK ... Flights resume in Europe but travel chaos not over Iceland turns to jokes -- and soul-searching Scientists find it difficult to predict volcano behavior |
CBC.ca | Europe to Ease Aviation Ban, Amid Criticism New York Times Steam and ash billowed out to the northern Atlantic from an erupting volcano near Eyjafj » |
Washington Post | Europe flights set to resume Aljazeera.net European officials say they hope to resume half the flights grounded by a volcanic ash cloud over the continent on Monday, amid increasing pressure from airlines to lift air travel restrictions. Siim K » |
The Guardian | 'No end in sight' for volcano ash Aljazeera.net The Icelandic volcano which has brought travel chaos to Europe is showing no signs of abating, scientists have said, raising the prospects of further days of flight bans across the continent and more misery for air travellers. "There doesn't seem to be ... Volcanic ash spreads more travel misery across Europe Tourists trapped at NY airport waiting for word on Icelandic ash Ash may hover for days over uncertain Europe |
Telegraph.co.uk | Volcanic eruption grounds thousands of fliers across Europe Washington Post Seventeen thousand flights have been canceled today caused by a giant cloud of ash from the volcano eruption in Iceland. By Anthony Faiola and Karla Adam LONDON -- With a monstrous cloud of volcanic ash closing down airports from Britain to Finland to ... Best Advice for Travelers: Rebook Your Flight Ash clouds global economy Icelandic volcanic ash halts thousands of flights |
Kansas City Star | Obama extends hospital visitation rights to same-sex partners of gays Washington Post President Obama mandated Thursday that hospitals extend visitation rights to the partners of gay men and lesbians and » |
Globe and Mail | Dazed survivors of China quake spend chilly night in the open CNN International (CNN) -- As dawn broke Thursday in earthquake-ravaged Gyegu, China, some people walked the streets in shock as others continued their » |
Reuters | Nuclear agreement hailed as step forward USA Today WASHINGTON â" Nearly four dozen nations signed a non-binding agreement Tuesday to secure vulnerable nuclear material by 2014, a goal President Obama said would make the world safer from a stockpile big enough to produce 120000 ... Obama reaps vows to secure nuclear stocks Proposal targets nuclear terrorism Obama's nuclear summit: Good plan, action needed |
The Hindu | Ukraine to give up nuke material; boost for summit The Associated Press WASHINGTON â" President Barack Obama optimistic » |
Sydney Morning Herald | Tiger's swing badly in need of repair FOXSports.com After more than 20 years of covering everything from election campaigns to the Olympic Games, Robert Lusetich has turned his focus to writing about his first love â" golf. The two best golfers in the world cut such very different figures after a ... Mickelson wins Masters Woods returns to golf by finishing 4th at Masters A Tie for Fourth, Quietly Human |
TIME | Poland Feels Shock at the Size of Its Loss New York Times Mourners gathered in front of St. John's Cathedral in Warsaw to remember the victims of the plane crash that killed Poland's president, among others, on Saturday. By NICHOLAS KULISH and MICHAL PIOTROWSKI WARSAW â" On a chilly April night, thousands of ... In quotes: Reaction to plane crash For Poland, plane crash in Russia rips open old wounds A devastating blow to Poland |
Globe and Mail | John Paul Stevens' unexpectedly liberal legacy Los Angeles Times The retiring Supreme Court justice started out as a conservative in 1975, but as he saw it, the court shifted right as he held to the center. By David G. Savage The Supreme Court career of John Paul Stevens could not have been easily predicted in 1975 ... Justice John Paul Stevens: The Man Behind The Robes Notable Opinions by Justice Stevens Justice Stevens: A Shaper, Defender of Legal Milestones |
Globe and Mail | Tiger sits two back of Masters' leader ESPN For the first time in 16 appearances at the Masters, Tiger Woods opened the tournament by breaking 70, shooting a 4-under 68 to trail 50-year-old Fred Couples by two shots. It was Woods' first round of tournament golf in 144 days due to a ... Woods gets warm welcome back from fans at Masters Now 60, Watson figures he might as well contend at Masters, too Watson at 60 Shows Son, World He Can Play at Masters |
BBC News | Obama taking shots left and right on nuclear policy New York Daily News Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Admiral Mike Mullen, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Energy Secretary Steven Chu hold a news briefing about the new Nuclear Posture Review at the Pentagon ... Asian » |
The Hindu | Deadly explosion kills 25, leaves 4 missing in US Xinhua WASHINGTON, April 6 (Xinhua) -- An explosion at a coal mine in southern West Virginia killed 25 miners and left four others missing on Monday, officials said. The explosion occurred around 3 pm (1900 GMT) at the Upper Big Branch Mine of the Massey ... US mine explosion leaves 25 dead 25 miners killed in West Virginia explosion West Virginia coal mine explosion kills 25 |
Reuters | NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery Launches on Next-to-Last Mission BusinessWeek April 5 (Bloomberg) -- The space shuttle Discovery blasted off from Florida today on its next-to-last mission as President Barack Obama prepares to hold a conference on the future of US space exploration in Cape Canaveral. ... Shuttle Discovery lifts off for space station 3 women flying on space shuttle Discovery Space shuttle Discovery, 7 astronauts blast off |