Wednesday, May 5, 2010

US revamps airline "no-fly" after failed NY bomb - Reuters


The Hindu


US revamps airline "no-fly" after failed NY bomb

Reuters


WASHINGTON, May 5 (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Wednesday ordered tighter airline screening to stop passengers on the "no-fly" list from boarding, a move that came after the suspected Times Square bomber nearly left the ...


US closes no-fly loophole exposed by Faisal Shahzad

Christian Science Monitor


Times Square Bomb Suspect May Have Received Online Education in Jihad

FOXNews


NYT: Shahzad Waives Right to Speedy Arraignment

CBS News


Washington Post -ABC News -New York Times


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Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Times Square Bomb Attempt (May 1, 2010) - New York Times


Telegraph.co.uk


Times Square Bomb Attempt (May 1, 2010)

New York Times


A crude car bomb made from gasoline, propane, firecrackers and alarm clocks was discovered in a smoking Nissan Pathfinder in the heart of Times Square on May 1, 2010, prompting the evacuation of thousands of tourists and theatergoers on a warm and busy ...


Apparent Links Found Between Times Square Suspect, NYC

FOXNews


Faisal Shahzad: Who is the terror suspect behind the Times Square car bomb?

New York Daily News


Pakistan makes arrests connected to NYC bomb attempt

Reuters


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Monday, May 3, 2010

BP Says Crews Make Progress Stemming Oil Leaks - New York Times


Telegraph.co.uk


BP Says Crews Make Progress Stemming Oil Leaks

New York Times


NEW ORLEANS â€" BP reported some glimmers of progress on Monday in its efforts to stem oil leaks from an undersea well off the Louisiana coast that have created what President Obama c »

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Oil Spill Options Are Weighed as Obama Travels to Gulf - New York Times


Newsweek


Oil Spill Options Are Weighed as Obama Travels to Gulf

New York Times


NEW ORLEANS â€" As President Obama traveled to Louisiana on Sunday for a first-hand briefing on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, federal officials in Washington said they were putting their hopes on drilling a par »

Saturday, May 1, 2010

Weather hampers Gulf of Mexico oil slick clean-up - BBC News


Globe and Mail


Weather hampers Gulf of Mexico oil slick clean-up

BBC News


Bad weather hampered efforts to tackle the huge Gulf of Mexico oil slick, with high seas and winds keeping boats and planes away from the clean-up site. Reports suggest that the slick is growing rapidly - one report said it had tripled in size in a day ...


The Spill vs. a Need to Drill

New York Times


Weather hinders gulf oil spill fight

Los Angeles Times


Obama navigates tricky task surrounding Gulf Coast oil spill

Washington Post


BusinessWeek -W »


livejournal.com

Friday, April 30, 2010

US Gulf States Mobilize for Valdez-Like Oil Spill - BusinessWeek


The Hindu


US Gulf States Mobilize for Valdez-Like Oil Spill

BusinessWeek


(Adds Obama comments in second paragraph. See {EXT4 } for more on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.) By Jessica Resnick-Ault and Jim Polson April 30 (Bloomberg) -- US Interior Department inspectors began boarding deep-water platforms in the Gulf of Mexico ...


Oil reaches shore as weather threatens cleanup

Houston Chronicle


White House U-turn on further offshore drilling after oil spill

The Guardian


Oil Spill Silences Once-Raucous 'Drill, Baby, Drill' Camp

New York Times


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livejournal.com

Thursday, April 29, 2010

White House Takes a Bigger Role in the Oil Spill Cleanup - New York Times


The Guardian


White House Takes a Bigger Role in the Oil Spill Cleanup

New York Times


A boat collected crude oil that had leaked from the Deepwater Horizon wellhead in the Gulf of Mexico. By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON, LESLIE KAUFMAN and LIZ ROBBINS NEW ORLEANS â€" President Obama increased his administration's role in the cleanup of the vast oil ...


Lawmakers set probes of oil spill as federal attention intensifies

Houston Chronicle


Obama Administration Escalates Response to Gulf Oil Spill

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