Globe and Mail | Clinton wedding frenzy begins in NY town USA Today By Timothy A. Clary, AFP/Getty Images By Sarah Bradshaw, Poughkeepsie (NY) Journal RHINEBECK, NY â€"Chelsea Clinton's guest list will swell Saturday, as uninvited onlookers try to catch a glimpse of her celebrity attendees and take part in the ... Sm » |
msnbc.com | Charges against Rangel unveiled after efforts to reach settlement fail Washington Post New York's veteran Democratic legislator was elected to Congress in 1970. He now faces questions about whether he violated House ethics rules. By Paul Kane, Ben Pershing and William Branigin The House ethics committee form » |
Sydney Morning Herald | Hayward says he was 'demonised and vilified' Financial Times Looking back , Tony Hayward insists his decision to lead BP's response to the Gulf of Mexico spill had been fundament » |
Washington Post | BP Said Preparing to Replace Hayward With Dudley as Board Seeks Recovery Bloomberg BP Plc plans to appoint Robert Dudley to succeed Tony Hayward as chief executive officer as the board looks to recover the company's position in the US, two people with knowledge of the matter said. ... Dudley Set to Succeed Hayward at BP |
CBC.ca | EU Bank Stress Tests Fail to Reassure Investors Wary of Capital Criteria Bloomberg European regulators found that seven banks need to raise a combined 3.5 billion euros ($4.5 billion) of capital, underwhelming analysts who said the stress tests may not have been strict enough. ... Not So Stressful |
CBC.ca | Senate approves extending aid to millions of unemployed Washington Post The Senate voted 59 to 39 on Wednesday to restore emergency jobless benefits to millions of people who have been out of work for more than six months. US House leaders say they will ratify the measure Thursday and send it on to the ... Senate votes to extend unemployment benefits Overcoming GOP blockade, Senate OKs jobless aid Senate Gives Final Approval to Jobless Benefits |
Sydney Morning Herald | Gulf oil well cap appears successful USA Today By Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images By Alan Levin, USA TODAY Engineers battling the Gulf of Mexico oil spill are confident that the cap over the rogue well is strong enough that they may be able to plug it by pumping mud inside, bringing the three-month ... US lets BP keep well sealed for now What It Will Take to Keep the Well Capped BP Considers New Plan to Permanently Seal Well |
The Hindu | Engineers detect seepage near BP oil well Reuters HOUSTON, July 18 (Reuters) - Engineers monitoring BP Plc's (BP.L)(BP.N) damaged well in the Gulf of Mexico detected seepage on the ocean floor that could mean problems with the cap that has stopped oil from gushing into the water, ... US Demands More Test Data From BP After Seep Found Focus shifts to Gulf oil cleanup US Tells BP to Prepare for Reopening Oil Well After Seep Found |
CBC.ca | BP may prolong testing new cap MarketWatch SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- After more than 40 hours of testing pressure on the new cap on its blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico, BP said Saturday that it may continue testing beyond the 48-hour period first ... Gulf Coast town keeps hopeful watch on BP well cap For BP, Rising Pressure in Oil Well Seen as a Positive Sign BP: 'No Evidence' of Problems With New Cap |
Telegraph.co.uk | Leak Hampers BP as It Moves to Shut Off Well and Halt Spill New York Times Dave Martin/AP By HENRY FOUNTAIN ABOARD THE RESOLUTE, 50 miles off Louisiana â€" BP stopped collecting oil from its runaway well on Wednesday afternoon, beginning a critical test that could halt the rush of oil into the Gulf of Mexico for the first time ... BP runs crucial test on Gulf oil leak House approves its own Gulf oil spill panel BP Fixing New Cap Leak as It Prepares to Start Gulf Well Test |
Telegraph.co.uk | Pressure mounts for BP Houston Chronicle Dave Martin AP Vessels monitor a oil burn Tuesday near the Deepwater Horizon disaster on the Gulf of Mexico. Other ships were moved away in preparation for testing of a new cap on the spewing well. BP inched closer toward an endgame ... Day 84: The Latest on the Oil Spill BP Delays Test of Leaking Gulf Well Until US Gives Go Ahead Lessons from Exxon Valdez spill have gone unheeded |
The Hindu | Death toll in Uganda bomb attacks at 60 CNN International Volunteers carry an injured person from one of the bombing sites Sunday night in Kampala, Uganda. (CNN) -- The death toll from a pair of bombings that struck a restaurant and a rugby ground in Uganda's capital is around 60, ... 50 dead in bombings in Uganda At Least 40 Killed in Uganda Blasts Uganda blasts 'deplorable, cowardly,' says Obama |
Globe and Mail | BP Makes Progress Changing Oil Capture System in Gulf of Mexico BusinessWeek July 10 (Bloomberg) -- BP Plc is making progress on removing a device capturing oil from its leaking Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico, as it makes way for a more efficient collection system. BP expects to have a new seal on ... Dispute on Oil Spill Panel Flares Before First Meeting |
msnbc.com | 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, landed at Dulles International Airport on Friday to join his family in the United States, it was only the latest ... NEW: Spy swap idea originated with the US US seized opportunity in arrests of Russian spies US, Russia Swap Agents to End Crisis |
Reuters | Miami in Pinstripes: the New Evil Empire New York Times In the moment LeBron James uttered the words “South Beach†on Thursday night in front of a national television audience, the country witnessed the birth of an Evil Empire â€" the Yankees of professional basketb » |
Sydney Morning Herald | Russian Inmate Conflicted by Possible Deal, Backers Say 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, ... NY lawyer: Russian spy case could be resolved soon US-Russia spy swap expected A Russian bargaining chip in spy swap negotiations |
Telegraph.co.uk | Arizona Law Causes Split for Governors Sharing Border New York Times PHOENIX â€" For nearly 30 years, the governors of the states that line both sides of the United States-Mexico border have gathered to celebrate border bonhomie. They issue proclamations and pledges to work together, air grievances ... Arizona immigration law sponsor blasts feds over 'political' lawsuit US files suit over Arizona immigration law Backers of Arizona Law Hope Suit Creates Precedent |
The Guardian | Factbox: Five facts about Poland's Komorowski Reuters WARSAW (Reuters) - Bronislaw Komorowski is the candidate of Poland's centrist ruling party, Civic Platform (PO), in Sunday's presidential election run-off. The election was precipitated by the death of President Lech Kaczynski in a plane crash in ... Interim Polish leader Komorowski leads in presidential exit polls Supporters at Poland's two political camps Komorowski Set to Win Polish Presidential Election |
Telegraph.co.uk | For now, government and BP working together to assess oil spill damage Washington Post BP, the government and an army of volunteers are fighting to contain and clean the millions of g » |
The Hindu | FBI spent nearly decade pursuing spy suspects in bid to gain counterintelligence Washington Post » |
The Hindu | Oil invades more wetlands as surf pounds Gulf coast Reuters HOUSTON, July 1 (Reuters) - Tropical storm Alex slowed oil spill clean-up and containment work in the Gulf of Mexico and drove more petroleum into fragile Gulf wetlands and beaches on Thursday, with any permanent fix to BP Plc's ... BP incident may be top peacetime oil spill BP spill hits a somber record as Gulf's biggest Hurricane Alex pounds northern Mexico; at least 2 killed |
