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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livejournal.com

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


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Saturday, May 1, 2010

Saturday, April 10, 2010

For Poland, plane crash in Russia rips open old wounds - Los Angeles Times


The Hindu


For Poland, plane crash in Russia rips open old wounds

Los Angeles Times


The 97 aboard a Soviet-era plane were heading to Katyn, site of the 1940 massacre of Polish prisoners of war. Now Poland, which never forgot its tragic past, must grieve the loss of its key leaders. Mourners stand amid a flood of candles and flowers ...


Katyn claims new victims as Polish president's plane crashes

RIA Novosti


Kaczynski was good friend of Israel

Jerusalem Post


UK Polish community mourns loss of parish father

BBC News


Voice of America -Telegraph.co.uk -The Hindu


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