Saturday, July 31, 2010

Monsoon Rains in Pakistan, Afghanistan Kill More than 800 - Voice of America


CBC.ca


Monsoon Rains in Pakistan, Afghanistan Kill More than 800

Voice of America


Pakistani officials say the death toll from floods caused by heavy monsoon rains has risen to more than 800, and rescue workers are struggling to reach thousands of stranded villagers. Authorities say four days of pounding rain have inundated ...


Pakistan Death Toll From Flash Floods in Northwest Rises to 539, Edhi Says

Bloomberg


UN voices Pakistan flood fears

BBC News


Official: More than 800 dead in Pakistan floods

The Associated Press


Independent Online -CNN -Sky News


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Thursday, July 29, 2010

Details emerge in French baby killing case - BBC News


Telegraph.co.uk


Details emerge in French baby killing case

BBC News


Details have emerged of the woman detained in France over one of biggest infanticide cases in the country's recent history. People who know Dominique Cottrez, a nursing assistant, say she is a woman with a weight problem who played little part in the ...


French nurse with fear of doctors admits smothering babies

Telegraph.co.uk


French woman admits to suffocating newborns

Indian Express


French woman admits to suffocating her 8 newborns

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Irish Times -Sky News -The Age


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Tuesday, July 27, 2010

BP taking $10 billion tax credit from spill - MarketWatch


The Hindu


BP taking $10 billion tax credit from spill

MarketWatch


LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Oil giant BP PLC will reduce its contribution to US coffers by roughly $10 billion due to a tax credit the company is claiming it incurred from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. ...


BP to emerge 'sm »


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Sunday, July 25, 2010

Source: Tony Hayward expected to step down from BP - Washington Post


Reuters


Source: Tony Hayward expected to step down from BP

Washington Post


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Wednesday, July 21, 2010

After Talking of Testifying, Blagojevich Bypasses It - New York Times


Reuters


After Talking of Testifying, Blagojevich Bypasses It

New York Times


Rod R. Blagojevich, the former governor of Illinois, with his wife, Patti, spoke to the news media after his defense rested their case at his trial on Wednesday in Chicago. By MONICA DAVEY CHICAGO â€" Rod R. Blagojevich, the former governor of Illinois, ...


Defense rests without Blagojevich testifying

Los Angeles Times


Why Rod Blagojevich didn't testify at his corruption trial

Christian Science Monitor


Blagojevich defense rests without c »


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Monday, July 19, 2010

BP Considers New Plan to Permanently Seal Well - New York Times


Reuters


BP Considers New Plan to Permanently Seal Well

New York Times


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Sunday, July 18, 2010

BP, Obama May Keep Macondo Oil Well Shut Until Final Kill - BusinessWeek


The Hindu


BP, Obama May Keep Macondo Oil Well Shut Until Final Kill

BusinessWeek


July 18 (Bloomberg) -- BP Plc's use of a tight-fitting cap to shut off oil flowing from its Gulf of Mexico Macondo well may be the solution the company has sought since the undersea gusher was triggered by an explosion three months ago. ...


BP, government disagree over keeping well capped

MarketWatch


BP well integrity test may be extended

Reuters


Official: Seep found near BP's blown out oil well

The Associated Press


Newsweek -CBS News -The Guardian


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Saturday, July 17, 2010

Critical test to continue Saturday in fight to contain oil spill - CNN


The Guardian


Critical test to continue Saturday in fight to contain oil spill

CNN


By the CNN Wire Staff New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN) -- BP will continue crucial testing Saturday to determine whether a new containment cap will keep stopping oil from gushing into the Gulf of Mexico. On Friday, the containment cap left some, ...


BP Well Tests Show No Signs of Damage After Stopping Oil Flow

BusinessWeek


Capped BP Gulf well under scrutiny, Obama cautious

Reuters


Officials C »


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Thursday, July 15, 2010

A welcome dry well: BP stops spill, at least for now - Houston Chronicle


CBC.ca


A welcome dry well: BP stops spill, at least for now

Houston Chronicle


Residents in Lafitte, La., listen Thursday to Kenneth Feinberg, administrator of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility, speak about the $20 billion fund set up to cover damage claims from the oil spill. BP's announcement that oil stopped flowing ...


BP Shares Rise as Oil Leak Is Halted

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Wednesday, July 14, 2010

BP begins testing new cap over Gulf oil leak - The Associated Press


CBC.ca


BP begins testing new cap over Gulf oil leak

The Associated Press


NEW ORLEANS â€" BP  »

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Lessons from Exxon Valdez spill have gone unheeded - Washington Post


CBC.ca


Lessons from Exxon Valdez spill have gone unheeded

Washington Post


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Monday, July 12, 2010

Tighter cap on, now testing can begin - Houston Chronicle


Reuters


Tighter cap on, now testing can begin

Houston Chronicle


BP technicians used robotic hands on Monday to place a new, 150000-pound sealing valve on top of the blown out Macondo well, with the aim of shutting in the well and ending the Gulf oil spill. Like BP's other struggles ...


BP Places New Cap On Leaking Oil Well, Prepares Testing

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Sunday, July 11, 2010

Score One for Style as Spain Wins Cup - New York Times


Globe and Mail


Score One for Style as Spain Wins Cup

New York Times


Andrés Iniesta after the winning goal. His shirt carried a tribute to Dani Jarque, a defender who played with some of the Spanish players on youth national teams. Jarque died last August at age 26. By JERÉ LONGMAN JOHANNESBURG â€" Regulation had spilled ...


Spain wins World Cup

Washington Post


Iniesta's winner sees Spanish touch overcome brute Dutch force for WCup win

The Canadian Press


Viva Espana! A country rocks as Spain rules soccer

The Associated Press


ESPN -BBC Sport -W »


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Saturday, July 10, 2010

Oil unleashed temporarily in attempt to contain it - The Associated Press


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Oil unleashed temporarily in attempt to contain it

The Associated Press


NEW ORLEANS â€" Robotic submarines working a mile underwater removed a leaking cap from the gushing Gulf oil well Saturday, starting a painful trade-off: Millions more g »


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Friday, July 9, 2010

Intrigue and Ambiguity in Cases of 4 Russians Sent to West in Spy Swap - New York Times


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Intrigue and Ambiguity in Cases of 4 Russians Sent to West in Spy Swap

New York Times


WASHINGTON â€" When Aleksandr Zaporozhsky, one of four Russians delivered to the West in this week's spy swap, joins his family in the United States, it will be only the latest unexpected twist in a classic story of ...


US seized opportunity in arrests of Russian spies

Washington Post


US-Russia Spy Exchange Brings Quick End to Case

Voice of America


East and West with speed; super-efficient spy swap

The Associated Press


Telegraph.co.uk -ABC Online -Xinhua


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Thursday, July 8, 2010

California transit cop guilty of manslaughter - Reuters


San Francisco Chronicle (blog)


California transit cop guilty of manslaughter

Reuters


Demonstrators gather in Oakland, California July 8, 2010 to protest the verdict on the case of Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) officer Johannes Mehserle. By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A white former transit police officer was found guilty of ...


Officer Guilty in Killing That Inflamed Oakland

New York Times


The right verdict in Mehserle case

San Francisco Chronicle


Oscar Grant shooting: officer found guilty of involuntary manslaughter

The Guardian


San Jose Mercury News -Washington Post -The Associated Press


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Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Russian Prisoner May Be Released in Exchange With US - New York Times


Reuters


Russian Prisoner May Be Released in Exchange With US

New York Times


MOSCOW â€" Until this week, Igor V. Sutyagin was being held in a prison camp not far from the Arctic Circle, near the site of what were some of Stalin's most infamous gulags. His supporters say the location was apt, ...


A Russian bargaining chip in spy swap negotiations

Washington Post


US-Russia spy swap expected

Los Angeles Times


'Spies' ordered to New York court

BBC News


ABC Online -Xinhua -CBS News


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Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Netanyahu wants peace in Middle East says Obama - BBC News


The Guardian


Netanyahu wants peace in Middle East says Obama

BBC News


US President Barack Obama has said he believes Israel is serious about making progress in Middle East peace negotiations. Mr Obama was speaking after a meeting in the White House with the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. ...


Obama, Netanyahu patch up differences at least in public

MiamiHerald.com


What Will Netanyahu Say to Obama?

Newsweek


Obama: 2012 Middle East nuclear conference won't single out Israel

CNN


Voice of America -Christian Science Monitor -Ha'aretz


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Monday, July 5, 2010

ANALYSIS / In tit-for-tat with Obama, it's Netanyahu's turn to move - Ha'aretz


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ANALYSIS / In tit-for-tat with Obama, it's Netanyahu's turn to move

Ha'aretz


Netanyahu wants Obama to act against Iran and Obama wants Netanyahu to curb the settlements and reach an arrangement in the West Bank. By Aluf Benn Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Barack Obama. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and ...


Israel Publishes List of Goods Banned From Gaza

Voice of America


What do Palestinians expect from Obama-Netanyahu meeting?

Xinhua


Abbas: Indirect talks going nowhere

Jerusalem Post


The Guardian -Los Angeles Times -BusinessWeek


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Sunday, July 4, 2010

Ex-champ Kobayashi crashes the stage at Coney Island hot dog contest - Washington Post


New York Times (blog)


Ex-champ Kobayashi crashes the stage at Coney Island hot dog contest

Washington Post


Takeru Kobayashi shoves hot dogs in his mouth during Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Competition on Coney Island in the Brooklyn, NY in 2006. (Seth Wenig - AP) By Associated Press NEW YORK -- A Japanese eating champion who sat out this year's Coney ...


MLE takes competitive eating to new despicable level

CBSSports.com


Kobayashi Arrested After Joey Chestnut Named Top Dog in Eating Contest

Seattle Post Intelligencer


Joey Chestnut ate 54 hot dogs to win his 4th straight Nathan's Hot Dog Eating ...

ESPN


New York Times -New York Daily News -FOXSports.com


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Saturday, July 3, 2010

Large-scale skimmer begins testing in Gulf - CNN


CBC.ca


Large-scale skimmer begins testing in Gulf

CNN


By the CNN Wire Staff New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN) -- A ship billed as the world's largest skimming vessel has begun testing its effectiveness in the Gulf of Mexico, a spokesman for its owner, Taiwanese company TMT Shipping, said Saturday. ...


Oil-skimming supertanker takes first test cruise in Gulf of Mexico waters

Washington Post


Crews Test Giant Oil Skimmer in Gulf of Mexico

Voice of America


Test run for super skimmer in Gulf oil slick

ABC Online


The Associated Press -msnbc.com -Reuters


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Friday, July 2, 2010

GOP chairman: Afghan 'war of Obama's choosing' - The Associated Press


Washington Post


GOP chairman: Afghan 'war of Obama's choosing'

The Associated Press


WASHINGTON â€" Republican chairman Michael Steele drew criticism from within his own party Friday, including c »