Ha'aretz | LIVE: Israeli raid on Gaza flotilla BBC News Live coverage of events, after Israeli commandos storm a convoy of boats carrying aid to Gaza, showing latest developments with breaking news and comment from BBC correspondents. » |
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Ha'aretz | LIVE: Israeli raid on Gaza flotilla BBC News Live coverage of events, after Israeli commandos storm a convoy of boats carrying aid to Gaza, showing latest developments with breaking news and comment from BBC correspondents. » |
Telegraph.co.uk | Drilling limits raise fears for jobs, prices Houston Chronicle President Barack Obama takes questions Thursday at a news conference in the East Room of the White House after announcing a new federal ban on drilling in the deep-water Gulf of Mexico as well as in waters off Alaska. ... Obama Vows Tougher Stance on Oil Industry |
CBC.ca | BP Used Riskier Method to Seal Oil Well Before Blast New York Times WASHINGTON รข" Several days before the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, BP officials chose, partly for financial reasons, to use a type of casing for the well that the company knew was the riskier of two options, according to a ... Questions about the oil spill that Obama could hear at his news conference World waits to see if 'top kill' will stop oil flow in gulf BP's 'Top Kill' Operation Under Way |
Washington Post | White House, Congress reach deal on repeal of 'don't ask, don't tell' CNN Democrats want the agreement to have the full support of Defense Secretary Robert Gates and the Pentagon. Washington (CNN) -- Congressional Democrats reached an agreement Monday with the White House and possibly the Pentagon on a key legislative step ... Deal could end 'don't ask, don't tell' Obama backs 'don't ask, don't tell' compromise that could pave way for repeal Waste, Fraud and the Truth |
Reuters | Senate clears way for final vote on financial reform bill Christian Science Monitor Three Republican senators from the Northeast join majority Democrats to advance a financial reform bill to tighten regulation of W » |
Sydney Morning Herald | Governor's spending plan cuts welfare, boosts colleges San Francisco Chronicle Emelyn Ejada works in the San Francisco Human Services Agency office Friday. Ejada was hired as a six-month temporary employee through the CalWORKS program but could lose her job if Gov. Schwarzenegger's proposed budget cuts are enacted. ... Schwarzenegger C » |
BBC News | Scare Reveals Other Side of Times Square New York Times On a typical warm weekend night, Times Square teems with visitors: theater fans taking a post-show stroll down Broadway; tourists staying in high-rise hotels; suburban teenagers who gather to gawk at the jumbo-sized ... NY police defuse car bomb in Times Square Times Square - 'crossroads of the world' First New York City car bomb since 1993 at World Trade Center |