Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Times Square bomb suspect arrested 'at last second' - CNN International


Reuters


Times Square bomb suspect arrested 'at last second'

CNN International


By the CNN Wire Staff New York (CNN) -- A naturalized US citizen from Pakistan arrested overnight in the Times Square bombing investigation will appear in a Manhattan federal courtroom Tuesday morning to face formal charges. ...


Pakistan says to help US over New York bomb suspect

Reuters


Times Square bomb suspect arrested in New York

BBC News


Times Square Suspect Was Headed for Pakistan

CBS News


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Monday, May 3, 2010

Witness: Out of the theater, into the drama in New York - Reuters


The Guardian


Witness: Out of the theater, into the drama in New York

Reuters


In the following piece, four Reuters colleagues describe how their night at the theater took a dramatic turn as they found themselves reporting on a car bomb plot in the heart of the city. Jonathan Spicer, who joined Reuters in 2005, ...


Unfazed tourists visit Times Square hours after thwarted car bombing

New York Daily News


Police scour video, evidence in Times Square bomb try

CNN


New York police focus on man seen near Times Square car bomb

Times Online


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Sunday, May 2, 2010

Gulf Coast dreads oil spill's creep toward shores - The Associated Press


The Hindu


Gulf Coast dreads oil spill's creep toward shores

The Associated Press


VENICE, La. â€" President Barack Obama planned to visit the Gulf Coast on Sunday to assess the response to a massive oil slick that keeps growing and creeping toward American shores from Louisiana to Florida. Efforts to stem the flow from the ruptured ...


Document: BP didn't plan for major oil spill

BusinessWeek


Scientists fear for birds and endangered turtles in Gulf of Mexico oil spill

New York Daily News


US oil spill 'threatens way of life', governor warns

BBC News


CNN -Los Angeles Times -MiamiHerald.com


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Saturday, May 1, 2010

BP Is Criticized Over Oil Spill, but US Missed Chances to Act - New York Times


Globe and Mail


BP Is Criticized Over Oil Spill, but US Missed Chances to Act

New York Times


A team from Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research treated an oil-covered Northern Gannet on Friday in Fort Jackson, La. By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON and ERIC LIPTON NEW ORLEANS â€" As oil edged toward the Louisiana coast and fears continued to grow that the leak ...


Wildlife rescue teams ready for US oil spill victims

Reuters


Obama Orders Review, Says New Oil Leases Must Have Safeguards

Bloomberg


Analysis: Gulf leak may be harsher type of oil

Los Angeles Times


MiamiHerald.com -Forbes (blog) -San Francisco Chronicle


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Friday, April 30, 2010

Oil spill reaches US coastline - The Guardian


Washington Post


Oil spill reaches US coastline

The Guardian


The US coastguard is investigating reports that oil from the Deepwater Horizon rig has begun washing ashore near the mouth of the Mississippi river. Yesterday the coastguard said up to 5000 barrels a day were flowing into the sea â€" five times the rate ...


Oil, Gas Drillers Brace for Lawmaker Grilling, Tougher Rules

BusinessWeek


BP says expanding onshore preparations after spill

MarketWatch


Oil from leaking well 'washes ashore' in Louisiana

AFP


Philadelphia Inquirer -Atlanta Journal Constitution -New York Times


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Thursday, April 29, 2010

Gulf oil spill 'five times' larger than estimated - The Guardian


Times Online


Gulf oil spill 'five times' larger than estimated

The Guardian


National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration experts now estimate that 5000 barrels a day of oil are spilling into the Gulf of Mexico. Photograph: Gerald Herbert/AP Five times more oil a day than previously believed is spewing into the Gulf of Mexico ...


BP Oil Well Leaking Five Times Faster Than Estimated

BusinessWeek


Leaking Oil Well Lacked Safeguard Device

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