The Guardian | Israeli troops board aid ship bound for Gaza Times Online Israeli naval forces boarded an Irish-owned ship bound for Gaza today, just five days after killing nine passengers in a bloody raid on a previous aid convoy. The commandos boarded the ship "with the full compliance" of the crew and passengers without ... Israeli Soldiers Board Aid Ship |
CBC.ca | 'Top cap' on BP oil spill not tight enough as crude keeps spewing Christian Science Monitor Undersea video coverage Thursday night showed engineers lowering a 'top cap' over a severed riser pipe at the bottom of the Gulf to contain BP oil spill. The company hopes to contain 90 percent of the geyser. Dispersant is sprayed into leaking oil ... BP cap trapping 1000 barrels per day-Coast Guard Congressional Republicans seize on oil spill crisis to attack Obama '79 Gulf Oil Spill Leaves Sobering Lessons for BP |
Globe and Mail | US wary of nuclear blast to stop Gulf oil leak Reuters WASHINGTON June 3 (Reuters) - The official in charge of managing the US response to the oil leak disaster in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday downplayed the possibility of using a nuclear or other explosive device to try to seal off the well. ... Don't Blame Big Government for the BP Oil Spill BP disaster raises oil industry's insurance costs BP frees saw blade as fix attempt continues |
Globe and Mail | BP at Risk as Share Plunge Fuels Takeover Speculation BusinessWeek (Adds dividend in seventh paragraph. For more on the Gulf oil spill, see {EXT4 }.) By Brian Swint and Stanley Reed June 2 (Bloomberg) -- BP Plc's failure to stop an oil leak from spewing millions of g » |
Telegraph.co.uk | Egypt lifts its side of Gaza blockade for aid The Associated Press CAIRO รข€" An Egyptian official says the government is temporarily lifting its blockade of the Gaza Strip to » |
The Hindu | Convoy raid condemned as Aussies found safe ABC Online Israeli commandos intercepted Gaza-bound aid ships on Monday and at least 10 pro-Palestinian activists on board were killed in bloodshed that plunged Israel into a diplomatic crisis. An Australian journalist and photographer onboard one of the aid ... Turks r » |
Reuters | Barack Obama 'heartbroken' as BP top kill fails to plug Gulf oil spill The Guardian BP has failed to stop the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico using so-c » |
