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The Hindu | Arizona immigration protesters hit the streets Los Angeles Times More than a dozen are arrested as demonstrators march in Phoenix, some engaging in acts of civil disobedience. Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio plans 'sweep' of immigrant neighborhoods. SB 1070 protesters raise their fists after unfurling an enormous ... Demonstrators r » |
Reuters | Barack Obama enlists Afghan war leaks in support of policy switch The Guardian Barack Obama today claimed the disclosures about the mishandling of the Afghanistan war contained in leaked US military documents justified his decision to embark on a new strategy. Obama, speaking from the Rose Garden after a meeting with ... US basic » |
Washington Post | Dudley Pick Underscores Importance of US W » |
Moneycontrol.com | Day 94: The Latest on the Oil Spill New York Times A tropical storm in the Gulf of Mexico forced the evacuation of response vessels at the site of BP's blown-out oil well, further st » |
Moneycontrol.com | Senate Gives Final Approval to Jobless Benefits New York Times WASHINGTON â€" The Senate gave final approval Wednesday evening to legislation providing added unemployment benefits through November to millions of Americans who have been out of work for six months or more, ending a politic » |
Globe and Mail | 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 BP Well Stays Shut With US Support as Leaks Pose No Threat What It Will Take to Keep the Well Capped |
The Guardian | Engineers detect seepage near BP oil well Reuters HOUSTON, July 18 (Reuters) - Engineers monitoring BP Plc's 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 in Seabed Government still wary of BP's well cap US demands BP do more tests after seep detected |
The Guardian | A Spill Into the Psyche, and a Respite New York Times Out on the Gulf of Mexico, where the surface has come to resemble a floating intensive-care unit â€" » |
BP Jumps in London After Temporarily Halting Gulf Oil Leak BusinessWeek July 16 (Bloomberg) -- BP Plc surged as much as 6.2 percent in London trading after the company stopped the flow of oil from its leaking Gulf of Mexico well for the first time since the spill started in April. BP rose as far as 426.45 pence, ... Oil Spill Capped for a Second Day, Offering Some Hope BP awaits crucial Gulf of Mexico oil well test data Oil flow is stopped, but crisis isn't over |
CBC.ca | Leak Hampers BP Effort to Shut Off Well and Halt Spill New York Times Dave Martin/AP BP began a test of a new cap on its leaking well, cutting off the flow of oil to collection ships. By HENRY FOUNTAIN ABOARD THE RESOLUTE, 50 miles off Louisiana â€" BP stopped collecting oil from its runaway well on Wednesday afternoon, ... BP Fixing New Cap Leak as It Prepares to Start Gulf Well Test BP Gets Approval, Begins Procedure To Test Gulf Well |
Globe and Mail | 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 ... Oil Still Spilling as Well Test Is Delayed BP Delays Test of Leaking Gulf Well Until US Gives Go Ahead Key BP Oil Well Test Delayed - US Official |
The Hindu | BP oil spill: new cap 'successfully inst » |
Globe and Mail | 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, ... In pictures: Uganda blasts Death toll of Uganda's twin blasts rises to 64 Twin bombings strike crowds in Uganda watching World Cup final; 64 killed ... |
CBC.ca | BP: Cap on gushing well removed, oil flows freely Log Cabin Democrat In this image taken from video provided by BP PLC, the arm of a remotely operated vehicle works at the Deepwater Horizon oil spill site in the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday. Undersea robots manipulated by engineers a mile above were expected to begin work ... BP Makes Progress Changing Oil Capture System in Gulf of Mexico Dispute on Oil Spill Panel Flares Before First Meeting |
Telegraph.co.uk | 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 ... Who the US got in the spy swap US seized opportunity in arrests of Russian spies US, Russia Swap Agents to End Crisis |
Telegraph.co.uk | 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 » |
New York Times (blog) | Russian Inmate Torn 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, ... US-Russia spy swap expected NY lawyer: Russian spy case could be resolved soon A Russian bargaining chip in spy swap negotiations |
Washington Post | Cornyn blasts fed suit over Arizona immigration law Houston Chronicle WASHINGTON â€" A federal lawsuit filed Tuesday by the US Department of Justice ch » |
National Geographic | Determining oil spill's environmental damage is difficult Washington Post As BP works to control the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, local wildlife struggle for survival. By David A. Fahrenthold It is perhaps the most important question of the BP oil spill -- but scientists don't appear close to answering it despite a ... Large-scale skimmer continues testing in Gulf BP tests Taiwanese oil-skimming ship Some oil spill events from Sunday, July 4, 2010 |
Reuters | 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. ... Giant oil skimmer being tested in Gulf Some oil spill events from Saturday, July 3, 2010 BP wasted no time preparing for oil spill lawsuits |
Washington Post | Illinois: Chicago City Council Passes Tough Gun Law New York Times By AP The Chicago City Council on Friday approved what city officials say is the strictest handgun ordinance in the United States. The 45-to-0 vote came four days after a Supreme Court ruling made it almost certain that the city's existing ban on ... City quickly enacts gun measures Chicago City Council passes new gun ordinance Tough gun-control ordinance is passed in Chicago |
CBC.ca | Oil spill in the gulf: Latest developments Washington Post Cleanup and containment efforts continue at the Gulf of Mexico site of the oil spill following the Deepwater Horizon explosion. -- The House of Representatives passed the first major US bill related to the Gulf of Mexico oil rig explosion, ... Oil invades more wetlands as surf pounds Gulf coast BP incident may be top peacetime oil spill BP spill hits a somber record as Gulf's biggest |