Tuesday, May 11, 2010


From left to right, Lamar McKay, President and Chairman of BP American, Steven Newman, President and Chief Executive Officer Transocean Limited and Tim Probert, President, Global Business Lines and Chief Health, Safety and Enviromental Officer Halliburton, testify before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, on Capitol Hill in Washington Tuesday, May 11, 2010.
photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais
Blame game intensifies at Senate oil spill hearings
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A decision to flood a mile-long length of pipe with water was at the centre of a high-stakes hearing in Washington yesterday as BP and its subcontractors tried to blame each other for the oil spill now threatening the entire US Gulf Coast region. As oil continued to gush from the broken pipe at an...
Disaster   Environment   Oil   Photos   US
 
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Shahzad and the Pre-9/11 Paradigmread more
Wall Street Journal
By MICHAEL B. MUKASEY Some good news from the attempted car bombing in Times Square on May 1 is...
Our democracy has emerged intact, arguably healthier than ever beforeread more
The Times
This morning Britain was suffering an almightydemocratic wobble. The prospect of a government...
The Mother of Hung Parliaments?read more
The New York Times
BATH, ENGLAND — A reliable rule in politics is that whenever something is decried as an...
 
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I.M.F. Plays Deal Maker in Europe read more
Pedestrians walk past the International Monetary Fund headquarters' complex in Washington Sunday, May 2, 2010.
The New York Times
ZURICH — The International Monetary Fund is ready to do deals. Michele Tantussi/Bloomberg News Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the I.M.F.'s managing director. Related In Greek Bailout, Russian Echoes (May 12, 2010) E.U. Hopes to Ride Momentum to...
photo: AP / Cliff Owen

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Australia crush West Indies to reach Twenty20 semis read more
Australia's Brad Haddin plays a shot off the bowling of Pakistan's Shoaib Akhtar during the Twenty20 cricket match between Pakistan and Australia in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday , May 7, 2009.
BBC News
By Sam Lyon Australia eased into the World Twenty20 semi-finals with a ruthless six-wicket win over hosts West Indies in St Lucia. The Windies, needing a big win to reach the semi-finals, lost captain Chris Gayle in the first over and only scored 105...
photo: AP / Andrew Parsons

Australia   Cricket   Photos   Sport   West Indies
 
Toyota Registers Surprise Profit read more
2010 Toyota Prius is introduced at the North American International Auto Show Monday, Jan. 12, 2009, in Detroit.
Wall Street Journal
By YOSHIO TAKAHASHI TOKYO—Toyota Motor Corp. on Tuesday provided the clearest signal yet that it has stanched the bleeding associated with its global recalls, unveiling a surprise fiscal-fourth-quarter profit and forecasting an earnings...
photo: AP / Carlos Osorio

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Obama congratulates new PM Cameron read more
President Barack Obama makes a call from the Oval Office, May 29, 2009.
The Guardian
President Barack Obama has thanked Gordon Brown for his "friendship" and "strong leadership" while congratulating his successor and inviting him to Washington. Mr Obama was among the first of the world leaders to call David...
photo: White House / Pete Souza

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Argentine minister testifies against dictatorship read more
An unidentified man looks at the pictures of people disappeared during the last Argentine dictatorship.
The Guardian
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina's foreign minister testified Tuesday as a witness in a trial involving crimes against humanity inside a prison where he and other political prisoners were held during the military dictatorship. Jorge Taiana,...
photo: AP / /Natacha Pisarenko

Argentina   Human Rights   Military   Photos   Politics
 
European Airlines Chafe at Ash-Cloud Limits read more
In this aerial image from video made Tuesday May 11 2010 a column of fire, smoke and ash rises from Iceland's Eyjafjallajokul volcano.
Wall Street Journal
By DANIEL MICHAELS and ANDY PASZTOR BRUSSELS—As clouds of ash from an Icelandic volcano continue to disrupt European aviation,airlines are attacking regulators over their analysis of the threat and decisions to close airspace. The chief...
photo: AP / RUV, via APTN

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The President of the United States, Barack Obama, right, and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, lean in to talk during their meeting ahead of the G20 summit in London, Wednesday, April 1, 2009. The United States and Russia, striving to ease strained relations, announced jointly Wednesday that they'll try to put a new nuclear arms reduction deal in place before the existing treaty expires in December. In advance of their first sit down, President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev issued a joint statement saying the "era when our countries viewed each other as enemies is long over."
 
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