Financial Times | At Expo 2010 Shanghai, China thinks big Washington Post SHANGHAI -- Take the crowd that attended Woodstock in 1969, multiply it by 175 and dump the result in the middle of the world's most populous city. That is, in effect, what China plans to do at Expo 2010 Shanghai, an elephantine ... Shanghai Restricts Access to Financial District Ahead of Expo Shanghai Puts on a Green Face China invites world to 6-month party |
Reuters | BP Gulf Oil Well Is Leaking Five Times Faster Than Estimated BusinessWeek April 29 (Bloomberg) -- A damaged BP Plc oil well in the Gulf of Mexico is leaking as many as 5000 barrels of crude a day, five times more than previously estimated, the US Coast Guard said. “There's an additional breach ... New leak discovered as Coast Guard mulls options to clean oil spill Coast Guard's new oil-leak estimate higher Oil spill could engulf politics of offshore drilling |
Globe and Mail | Levin Grilling Blankfein Means Clash of Harvard Law Standouts BusinessWeek April 28 (Bloomberg) -- Lloyd C. Blankfein and Carl Levin both have degrees from Harvard Law School. Judging from their confrontation on Capitol Hill yesterday, they hardly speak the same language. Levin, chairman of the Senate's ... Who won round one of the Goldman subprime-mortgage fight? |
Globe and Mail | MLB Notebook: Yankees meet with President, and wounded soldiers Pittsburgh Post Gazette AP To be sure, the New York Yankees relished their meeting Monday with President Barack Obama. But what re » |
ABC News | Tales of tornado survival amid Miss. community's woe USA Today By Sean Gardner, Getty Images YAZOO CITY, Miss. â€" Sandra Grayson was sitting on her front porch when she saw the tornado rumble across a hill. She grabbed her two miniature schnauzers, Bubba and Julie Belle, and hid in the bathroom. ... Saviors as Tornado Hit: A Table, a W » |
CBC.ca | 10 die as twisters tear across Southeast Washington Post Jason Newell tries to salvage items at the site of a church after a tornado swept through Yazoo City, Miss. (Brian Albert Broom/associated Press) By Holbrook Mohr YAZOO CITY, MISS. -- Tornadoes ripped through the Southeast on Saturday, ... Tornado kills 10 in Mississippi: officials Tornadoes tear through Southeast, killing 10 10 dead, dozens injured in storm |
Globe and Mail | Obama Assails Arizona Immigration Law FOXNews In an unusual White House attack on state legislation, President Barack Obama harshly criticized an Arizona measure to crack down on illegal immigration. The Arizona Republic via AP Apr. 23: Supporters of the illegal immigration enforcement law r » |
Seattle Post Intelligencer | Reid aims to move forward with financial regulation bill Washington Post Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) plans to move forward Monday with an expansive bill to overhaul the nation's financial regulatory system, setting up a possible showdown between Republicans and Democrats if ... Democrats Set Showdown Vote on W » |
CBC.ca | Developments in volcanic ash affecting air travel CNN By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- Weather conditions aren't set to change over Europe until Friday, meaning the volcanic ash may linger over the continent until then, a spokeswoman from Britain's weather service, the Met Office, said. ... Chaos persists as Europe flights resume Asian Airlines Resume Europe Flights |
The Hindu | European flights resume, new ash cloud on horizon Reuters AMSTERDAM, April 20 (Reuters) - Flights from large parts of Europe were set to resume on Tuesday under a deal agreed by the European Union to free up airspace closed by a cloud of ash hurled into the sky by an Icelandic volcano. ... Europe to Ease Aviation Ban, Amid Criticism Europe resumes some air travel despite volcano Eruption clouds air travel optimism |
New Zealand Herald | Toyota Said to Agree to Pay $16.4 Million US Fine BusinessWeek April 19 (Bloomberg) -- Toyota Motor Corp., the world's biggest carmaker, will agree today to pay a record $16.4 million fine levied by the US Transportation Department, according to an official at the agency. ... Toyota expected to pay $16.4M fine Toyota Is Expected to Pay $16.4 Million Fine Toyota to pay $16.4 million 'sticky pedal' fine |
The Guardian | Volcanic ash disruption enters fourth day in UK BBC News The UK is enduring a fourth day as a virtual no-fly zone, as the travel chaos caused by volcanic ash drifting from Iceland shows no sign of ending. Flight restrictions have been extended until at least 1900 BST and forecasters say the ash cloud could ... 'No end in sight' for volcano ash Tourists trapped at NY airport waiting for word on Icelandic ash Volcanic ash grounds Britain for days to come |
The Guardian | Volcanic Ash to Curtail Air Traffic Into Midday Friday New York Times An aerial photo shows smoke rising from the volcano under a glacier in the Eyjafj » |
CBC.ca | Poll Finds Tea Party Backers Wealthier and More Educated New York Times Tea Party supporters are wealthier and more well-educated than the general public, and are no more or less afraid of f » |
CBC.ca | Obama, Chinese leader discuss possible Iran sanctions CNN Washington (CNN) -- President Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao held a private meeting Monday before the start of a nuclear security summit, with the focus on Iran -- and its opposition to the nuclear nonproliferation agreement. ... US Pushes Iran Sanctions, But China Holds Back |
The Guardian | Euro surges on Greek aid, stocks climb Reuters An investor sits at a terminal in front of a screen displaying stock information at a brokerage house in the financial district of Beijing March 30, 2010. SYDNEY (Reuters) - The euro posted its sharpest daily gain in two months on Monday and Asian ... Europe Bankrolls Greece |
Reuters | For Poland, plane crash in Russia rips open old wounds Los Angeles Times The 97 aboard a Soviet-era plane were heading to Katyn, site of the 1940 massacre of Polish prisoners of war. Now Poland, which never forgot its tragic past, must grieve the loss of its key leaders. Mourners stand amid a flood of candles and flowers ... In quotes: Reaction to plane crash Polish President Lech Kaczynski, 60; came to power with twin Poland Feels Shock at the Size of Its Loss |
CBC.ca | Two rescue teams enter W.Va. mine Los Angeles Times To resume the search for four missing miners, authorities pump in nitrogen to neutralize dangerous gases. People gather outside a funeral home during the visitation for f » |
Reuters | Air quality safe for crews to resume search for missing miners CNN International By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- Four rescue teams are getting ready to re-enter a West Virginia coal mine to search for four missing miners after determining the air quality is safe. In » |
Reuters | Poisonous gases bring search for missing West Virginia miners to a standstill Los Angeles Times Because of a dangerous buildup of methane and carbon dioxide near the entrance to the mine, it could be 12 hours before rescuers can resume their search, Gov. Joe Manchin says. By David Zucchino and Kim Geiger Reporting from Montcoal, WV - As the sun ... West Virginia Mine Explosion: The Cutting Edge of Real Human Emotion W.Va. Congressman Vows Probe of Mine Blast West Virginia Mine Explosion: 25 Dead, Community Waits on Fate of Missing Miners |
The Hindu | Strong earthquake shakes Mexico, U.S. Washington Post A 7.2-magnitude earthquake centered just south of the US border near Mexicali, was felt by more than 20 million people throughout northern Mexico, California, Nevada and Arizona. A store assistant hands back change through a broken window at a store in ... Aftershocks Rattle Mexico-California Region Hit by Quake Two killed, scores injured in Mexican earthquake 2 Dead, Aftershocks Continue After 7.2 Magnitude Earthquake |
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