Telegraph.co.uk | Former spy says arrests are reminder of 'worst years of the Cold War' CNN Kalugin: US "used to be enemy No. 1 for the KGB ... Now it is priority No. 1" Washington (CNN) -- Former Soviet spy Oleg Kalugin, who headed KGB operations in the United States in the 1970s and later ... US charges 11 as secret agents; Russia c » |
msnbc.com | How BP wants to start over in bid to contain Gulf oil spill Christian Science Monitor Even before tropical storm Alex came on the scene, BP wanted to revamp how it collected oil from the leaking well at the center of the Gulf oil spill. Those plans could take shape this week. The Q4000 (left rear) and Discoverer Enterprise (foreground) ... Alex not aiming at Gulf oil spill area _ for now Storm Alex Moves Over Yucatan Away From Spill for Now With storm's path uncertain, spill cleanup is, too |
Reuters | House, Senate lawmakers reach a deal on financial reform Los Angeles Times The sweeping legislation, an attempt to prevent a repeat of the financial crisis, would create a consumer protection bureau, impose tough regulations on derivatives and grant the government power to seize and dismantle teetering firms. ... Obama 'Gratified' By W » |
The Hindu | Gen. Stanley McChrystal coming to Washington to explain anti-administration ... Washington Post KABUL -- The top US general in Afghanistan was summoned to Washington for a White House meeting after apologizing Tuesday for flippant and dismissive remarks about top Obama administration officials involved in Afghanistan policy. ... US general summoned to White House White House summons US general to explain himself NATO setbacks in Afghanistan as US summons commander |
Globe and Mail | BP Tries to Clarify Who Is in Charge New York Times BP officials scrambled on Saturday to say that Tony Hayward, their embattled chief executive, was still in charge of » |
Reuters | Some Republicans consider BP deal a US "shakedown" Reuters WASHINGTON, June 17 (Reuters) - The first apology that rang out in a congressional hearing about the Gulf of Mexico oil spill on Thursday was not from BP Chairman Tony Hayward. It was from Texas Republican Representative Joe Barton, ... US Rep. Joe Barton apologizes to BP CEO for ' $20B shakedown' |
ABC News | Oil Executives Tell Committee That BP Spill Is an Aberration New York Times Lamar McKay, the chief executive of BP America, right, and Marvin Odum, the president of Shell Oil Company, arrived to testfiy before a House panel on Tuesday about the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. By JOHN M. BRODER WASHINGTON â€" The chief ... Obama's personal decision to focus on the spill BP gets OK to burn off captured oil, gas at sea Obama to address nation on oil spill |
CBC.ca | Obama 'not anti-British' over BP BBC News President Obama's comments about the BP oil spill were not "anti-British", the American ambassador to London has said. Mr Obama has come under fire in the UK for referring to the multinational company by its old name of "British Petroleum" when making ... Obama's Gulf oil spill ultimatum: Clock is ticking, what can BP do? Obama to address nation this week on oil spill Heat on BP to improve oil spill response |
CBC.ca | US teenage sailor Abby Sunderland found in Indian Ocean BBC News A 16-year-old US sailor who went missing while sailing solo around the world has been found safe and well. Abby Sunderland's yacht was spotted by an aerial search team in the southern Indian Ocean, midway between Australia and Africa. ... Teen sailor alive and well Sailing experts criticise Abby Sunderland's circumnavigation attempt Teenage round-the-world sailor Abby Sunderland found alive |
New York Daily News | Joran Van Der Sloot Confession: 'The Girl Intruded on My Private Life' ABC News Peruvian authorities are pressuring Joran van der Sloot to give them information about the disappearance of Natalee Holloway in the wake of the Dutch playboy's reported confession that he murdered a ... Official: Van der Sloot confesses to Peru slaying Was Flores Snooping about Holloway? Missing teen's father urges suspect to tell » |
Reuters | Oil pours from cap over Gulf gusher, some captured The Associated Press PENSACOLA BEACH, Fla. â€" President Barack Obama promised Saturday to fight the massive oil spill alongside the people of the Gulf Coast, as a cap placed over the gusher was collecting only some of the crude and a slow-motion catastrophe spread deeper ... BP siphons gushing oil, Obama defends his actions President Obama Vows To Support Those Hurt By Spill |
The Guardian (blog) | Abbas: Israel performs 'national terrorism' Jerusalem Post By JPOST.COM STAFF Israel is performing national terrorism, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said at the opening of an economic conference in Beersheba on Wednesday. Abbas c » |
