Washington Post | Israeli troops attack ship carrying aid to Gaza Telegraph.co.uk Israeli commandoes have stormed a flotilla of ships carrying activists and aid supplies to the blockaded Palestinian enclave of Gaza, killing as many as 16 of those on board. Fighting broke out between the activists and the masked Israeli troops, ... Up to 16 killed as Israeli forces storm aid convoy More Than Four Dead After Israeli Soldiers Board Gaza Aid Convoy |
Globe and Mail | Latest oil spill developments CNN By the CNN Wire Staff Sen. Mary Landrieu, a Democrat from Louisiana, said Saturday night that BP should immediately invest $1 billion to protect marshes, wetlands and estuaries. An independent contractor supplying workers to clean up an oil spill on ... Gulf residents eye slow fix for historic oil spill BP's 'top kill' fails to stop Gulf oil leak |
Globe and Mail | Obama Defends Response to Gulf Oil Spill, Pledges to 'Shut This Down' FOXNews President Obama speaks at a press conference in the East Room of the White House May 27. (AP Photo) President Obama assured the public that he is seizing the reins of the oil spill response in the Gulf of Mexico, saying Thursday that Washington is ... Obama Defends Handling of Oil Spill 'Top kill' stops gulf oil leak for now, official says Did BP intention » |
The Guardian | Text from North Korea statement Reuters SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea announced on Tuesday it was cutting » |
Globe and Mail | Economy fears, Gulf spill fuel volatility Reuters A trader works in the oil options pit on the floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange in New York City, May 20, 2010. O NEW YORK (Reuters) - Energy markets are rarely calm, but even the most jaded oil observers would have to view the recent turmoil as ... BP Pledges $500M to Study Oil Spill's Impact on Marine Life Hair, Hay & Nukes: The Web's Oil Spill Solutions BP pledges $500m to study oil spill's impact on gulf |
Globe and Mail | Mangalore air crash: Agonising wait for kin of victims NDTV.com It's a nightmare to find out your family was in air crash and perhaps what makes it worse is the agonising wait for the bodies and the painful identification process when many have only an earring or shoes or a watch strap to go by. ... Hunt for clues in deadly Indian air crash Air India crash: Pilot error or dangerous Mangalore airport? Investigators Scour India Crash Wreckage, Mourning Continues |
CBC.ca | India air crash kills 158 people BBC News Indian Aviation Minister Praful Patel has said he feels "mor » |
Globe and Mail | Financial Stocks Turn Higher After Senate Passes Reform Bill W » |
CBC.ca | So why did Floyd Landis spend $2 million on his defense? USA Today There are several questions that remain now that Floyd Landis has admitted his 2006 victory at the Tour de France was bogus and the product of performance-enhancing drugs. Among them, why did he spend an estimated $2 million attacking the results of a ... Report: Landis admits doping and fingers Armstrong Landis admits doping, names other cyclists Fly's rumorama: Floyd Landis, Lance Armstrong, Milton Bradley, George Brett ... |
New York Times (blog) | Electorate Roars at Washington, Hands Setbacks to Establishment Candidates FOXNews One by one, the incumbents or establishment-backed candidates in Tuesday's slate of high-stake contests fell or fell short. May 18: Sen. Arlen Specter waves as he gives his concession speech in Philadelphia. If Tuesday's primaries were any indication, ... Arlen Specter's Loss Goes Beyond Anti-Incumbent Mood Senate race in Pa. will be about jobs, economy Angry Boomers and Other Election Clues |
Reuters | US Sends Iran Sanctions Draft to UN Voice of America Photo: AP US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the United States, Russia and China have reached an agreement on a draft resolution that would impose a fourth round of United Nations sanctions on Iran. Clinton made the announcement in testimony to ... Major Powers Have a Deal on Sanctions for Iran, US Says Gov't rejects Iran deal as a ruse Iran nuclear fuel swap deal: Is Brazil's Lula now a diplomatic big boy? |
USA Today | Supreme Court bars some life terms for juveniles Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The US Supreme Court on Monday struck down as unconstitutional sentences of life in prison without possible release for juveniles who commit a crime other than murder. The nation's highest court ruled that life imprisonment ... Supreme Court Restricts Life Sentences for Juveniles High court rules out life sentences for juveniles Court Rules Out Life Terms for Juveniles Who Haven't Killed |
Globe and Mail | Monstrous underwater oil plumes found in US Gulf Coast BBC News Scientists have found vast underwater plumes of oil, one 10 miles (16km) long and a mile wide, in the Gulf of Mexico, following last month's rig disaster. A Georgia University expert warned oxygen levels had f » |
The Hindu | Thailand PM Abhisit in pledge to end Bangkok protest BBC News Thailand's PM Abhisit Vejjajiva has said troops will "push forward" with an operation to end an anti-government protest in the heart of Bangkok. He said military intervention was the only way to end the protest. Clashes between troops and protesters ... U.S., UK issue warnings on Bangkok Thai Army Cites 'Live Fire Zone' as Clashes Continue Protesters Battle Thai Security Forces |
Telegraph.co.uk | Deadly clashes erupt in Bangkok Aljazeera.net At least three people have been killed and 45 others injured after clashes erupted in the Thai capital as security forces attempted to seal off an anti-government protest camp. Explosions and gunfire were heard in Bangkok's business district on Friday ... Deadly clashes as police besiege Bangkok protesters violence grips Thai capital Bangkok battle: Troops fire on rioting protesters |
The Hindu | Dissident Thai General is Shot; Army Moves to Face Protesters New York Times Gen. Khattiya Sawatdiphol, 59, better known as Seh Daeng, shown earlier this week in Bangkok, was shot on Thursday. By THOMAS FULLER and SETH MYDANS BANGKOK â€" A renegade Thai general was shot in Bangkok on Thursday as the military planned to encircle ... Thai General Aligned with Red Shirts Shot Red shirts' military advisor shot and wounded: aide Red Shirt military chief shot as Thai army moves in |
New York Times | Cameron Sets to Work After Taking Power in Britain New York Times LONDON â€" Britain's Conservatives and their new partners, the center-left Liberal Democrats, turned to the job of building a new government on Wednesday morning, a day after they agreed to an » |
The Guardian | Supreme Court confirmations, as Elena Kagan saw them Christian Science Monitor Elena Kagan once urged aggressive questioning of and candid responses from Supreme Court nominees, but has lately backed off those views. Senate Democrats hail her 'diversity of experience.' Republicans question her qualifications. President Obama (c. ... Sessions: Kagan Won't Shift Court on Abortion Abortion could be sleeper issue in Supreme Court confirmation process Court Pick Can Still Rise on Her High School's Alumni List |
CBC.ca | What Obama sees in Kagan Washington Post President Obama will nominate Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court on Monday in a move that positions the court to have three female justices for the first time in history. By Michael D. Shear She's also a female, which adds to the ... Spitzer: Kagan Would "Get the Fifth Vote" Elena Kagan known as a political pragmatist, but lacks judicial record Obama to nominate Kagan to high court at 10 am |
Telegraph.co.uk | BP Oil-Collection Chamber Clogs, Removed From Leaking Gulf Well BusinessWeek May 9 (Bloomberg) -- BP Plc's latest effort to prevent oil leaks from damaging wildlife and tourism on the US coast are being stymied as cold and pressure a mile below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico formed ice that clogged a ... Gulf spill reminds America: The era of easy oil' is over BP Suffers Setback on Containment |
Telegraph.co.uk | Nick Clegg meets top Lib Dems over David Cameron election deal Times Online Nick Clegg today said that he would push for "fundamental" reform of the British electoral system as he weighs up a power-sharing deal with the Conservative party after the election ended in a hung parliament. The Liberal Democrat leader is holding a ... Factbox: British newspapers comment on hung parliament Liberal Democrats Meet Over Tory Offer |
Reuters | BP Lowers Dome in Effort to Catch Oil W » |
Globe and Mail | Faisal Shahzad 'carried out dry run' before Times Square attack Times Online The man accused of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction in Times Square carried out a dry run days before the failed attack, it has been claimed. Faisal Shahzad, who is in custody in New York on terrorism and weapons charges, drove from his ... Which Pakistani group inspired Times Square suspect? Day before bombing, Shahzad made dry run in Manhattan, source says Attack on Times Square rehearsed, official says |
Reuters | NY bomb suspect probed for links abroad Reuters NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investigators questioned the suspected Times Square bomber hoping to uncover links he might have had to foreign militant groups and US media said he could appear in a New York court on Wednesday. Faisal Shahzad, 30, who was born in ... Times Square suspect was bound for Pakistan Pakistan doubts Taliban Times Square claim Times Square bombing: trail that led to Faisal Shahzad |
