Monday, May 31, 2010

Aussies onboard during deadly convoy raid - ABC Online


Globe and Mail


Aussies onboard during deadly convoy raid

ABC Online


Fairfax journalist Paul McGeough (pictured) and photographer Kate Geraghty were onboard one of the aid boats. (AAP : Alan Porritt) An Australian journalist and photographer onboard aid boats headed for the ...


Reporters' log: Gaza flotilla

BBC News


10 dead as Israeli forces storm Gaza aid convoy

CNN


Voices: Reaction to Israel's attack

Aljazeera.net


Los Angeles Times -AFP -The Guardian


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Thursday, May 27, 2010

Obama Offers Regret Mixed With Resolve - New York Times


Globe and Mail


Obama Offers Regret Mixed With Resolve

New York Times


WASHINGTON â€" President Obama uttered three words on Thursday that many of his 43 predecessors twisted themselves into knots trying with varying degrees of success to avoid: “I was wrong.” President Obama spoke about the oil spill in the ...


Estimates of oil leak gush past twice the previous levels; drill permits yanked

Washington Post


Obama makes spill personal, aims to assert control

Reuters


BP spill brakes deep-water drilling industry expansion

USA Today


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Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Five questions for Obama on the oil spill - Washington Post


Globe and Mail


Five questions for Obama on the oil spill

Washington Post


As his administration comes under increasing criticism for its handling of the spreading environmental catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico, President Obama will hold a White House news conference Thursday, his first since February, ...


Obama says alt-energy key in wake of oil spill

San Francisco Chronicle


'Top Kill': Engineers Begin Risky Effort to Control Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill

ABC News


BP oil spill: Hopes 'top kill' procedure - plugging hole with mud, cement ...

New York Daily News


Reuters -The Associated Press -Voice of America


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Monday, May 24, 2010

Oil tax increase would help pay to clean up spills - The Associated Press


Globe and Mail


Oil tax increase would help pay to clean up spills

The Associated Press


WASHINGTON â€" Responding to the massive BP oil spill, Congress is getting ready to quadruple â€" to 32 cents a barrel â€" a tax on oil used to help finance cleanups. The increase would raise nearly $11 billion over the next decade. ...


Pressure mounts for federal takeover of oil spill response

MiamiHerald.com


BP's Gulf battle echoes monster '79 Mexico oil spill

Reuters


White House: New Estimate On Oil Spill May Come This Week

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Wednesday, May 19, 2010

US backs Seoul's charge that North Korea sank ship - Reuters


Reuters UK


US backs Seoul's charge that North Korea sank ship

Reuters


Navy soldiers stand guard near the wreckage of the naval vessel Cheonan, which was sunk on March 26 near the maritime border with North Korea, at the Second Fleet Command's naval base in Pyeongtaek, south of Seoul, May 19, 2010. ...


South Korea inquiry finds North Korea torpedo sank warship

Los Angeles Times


Sunken S. Korean warship overshadows Clinton Asia tour

AFP


Seoul's Charges Usher In New Tensions

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Friday, May 14, 2010

Obama: No more cosying up to oil - BBC News


Washington Post


Obama: No more cosying up to oil

BBC News


US President Barack Obama has vowed to end the "cosy relationship" between oil companies and US regulators in the light of the Gulf of Mexico disaster. Promising "relentless" efforts to stop the oil leak, he rebuked oil industry executives for seeking ...


Obama decries fingerpointing, 'cozy' oil links

The Associated Press


BP tries to siphon off spill, top hat awaits

MarketWatch


BP to Try 'Top Hat' to Contain Spill

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livejournal.com

Saturday, May 8, 2010

Report: Methane bubble may have cause blast, spill - MarketWatch


The Guardian


Report: Methane bubble may have cause blast, spill

MarketWatch


NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- A methane bubble seeped from the well, burst through seals and barriers and contributed to a major explosion on April 20 that killed 11 people and caused an uncontained oil gusher in the Gulf of ...


BP adjusts 'dome' in hopes of containing Gulf oil leak

MiamiHerald.com


Deepwater Horizon blast triggered by methane bubble, report shows

The Guardian


Obama oil response: aggressive as crisis unfolded

The Associated Press


TIME -The Atlantic -Houston Chronicle


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Saturday, May 1, 2010