Friday, April 30, 2010

Oil stocks slide as Gulf spill grows - Reuters


Globe and Mail


Oil stocks slide as Gulf spill grows

Reuters


HOUSTON (Reuters) - Shares of companies that provided services or operated the sunken Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, including H »

Thursday, April 29, 2010

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Senate panel says Goldman inflated housing bubble - Reuters


CBC.ca


Senate panel says Goldman inflated housing bubble

Reuters


Daniel Sparks (from LR) , former partner, Head of Mortgages Department for Golden Sachs, Joshua Birnbaum, former Managing Director of Structured Products Group Trading for Goldman Sachs, Michael Swanson, Managing Director for Structured Products Group ...


Investors Were Not Duped, Goldman Tells Senators

New York Times


Tourre Testimony: Deal 'Was Not Designed to Fail'

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Monday, April 26, 2010

Shelby predicts Senate GOP will vote unanimously to block debate on bill - Washington Post


Reuters UK


Shelby predicts Senate GOP will vote unanimously to block debate on bill

Washington Post


The top GOP negotiator on a bill to overhaul financial regulation said he expects  »


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Sunday, April 25, 2010

10 dead in Miss. after tornado, storms hit South - The Associated Press


Globe and Mail


10 dead in Miss. after tornado, storms hit South

The Associated Press


YAZOO CITY, Miss. â€" Rescuers spread out Sunday to scour neighborhoods of splintered homes and twisted debris in Mississippi, a day after a devastating tornado sliced through the state and killed 10 people, including three children. ...


Mississippi tornado leaves path of death, destruction

CNN International


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Saturday, April 24, 2010

Goldman Sachs e-mails show bank sought to profit from housing downturn - Washington Post


Reuters


Goldman Sachs e-mails show bank sought to profit from housing downturn

Washington Post


A Senate investigation into the financial crisis has found that Goldman Sachs, the storied W »


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Friday, April 23, 2010

Wave of Fatal Bombs in Iraq After Killing of Qaeda Chiefs - New York Times


ABC Online


Wave of Fatal Bombs in Iraq After Killing of Qaeda Chiefs

New York Times


Karim Kadim/AP People rushed to extinguish a burning car moments after a bomb exploded in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City in Baghdad on Friday. By STEVEN LEE MYERS BAGHDAD â€" A series of bombings on Friday struck mosques, a market and a shop in ...


Bombings in Iraq Kill Nearly 60

Voice of America


Bombings Kill Dozens in Baghdad

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Thursday, April 22, 2010

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

At least 11 missing after blast on oil rig in Gulf - CNN


The Guardian


At least 11 missing after blast on oil rig in Gulf

CNN


By the CNN Wire Staff More than 120 people reportedly were on board the oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico at the time of the blast. (CNN) -- At least 11 people were missing and seven were critic »


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Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Some flights resume in Europe, ash cloud disrupts - Reuters


New York Times (blog)


Some flights resume in Europe, ash cloud disrupts

Reuters


LONDON, April 20 (Reuters) - European airports slowly started to return to life on Tuesday after five days cut off from the world due to a huge ash cloud, but some airspace stayed closed after reports a new plume from Iceland may be ...


Flights ease Europe's air traffic crisis

CNN International


European Airlines Seek Help With Cost Of Ash Crisis

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Monday, April 19, 2010

First European airports reopen to limited traffic - Washington Post


Telegraph.co.uk


First European airports reopen to limited traffic

Washington Post


The Eyjafj »


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Sunday, April 18, 2010

European airlines test the ash cloud - Los Angeles Times


ABC Online


European airlines test the ash cloud

Los Angeles Times


A KLM plane stuck in Germany starts a trek back to Amsterdam, and Germany and France are also expected to send test flights. Airlines facing losses of millions of dollars a day are eager to resume operations. Lufthansa airplanes stand on the tarmac at ...


Airlines search for safe path through ash as travel pressure mounts

Times Online


Airlines conduct more test flights on ash cloud safety

BBC News


Ash causes no problems for Dutch test flight

CNN International


Reuters -Xinhua -BusinessWeek


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Saturday, April 17, 2010

Poland marks minute of president's plane crash - Times Online


Times Online


Poland marks minute of president's plane crash

Times Online


Poland marked the minute their president, his wife and 94 others were killed in a plane crash, as the country began a weekend of mourning. Hundreds of thousands of Poles descended on Warsaw's Pilsudski Square for a massive outdoor memorial to victims ...


Poland holds public memorial for crash victims

The Associated Press


Poland Holds Memorial Service for Plane Crash Victims

Voice of America


Lech Kaczynski memorial attended by 100000 mourners in Warsaw

The Guardian


BBC News -Xinhua -BusinessWeek


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Friday, April 16, 2010

Iceland volcano's uncertain timescale - BBC News


The Hindu


Iceland volcano's uncertain timescale

BBC News


The picture of whether Iceland's volcanic eruption is intensifying or abating remains murky, particularly since the webcam images on Friday morning were shrouded in cloud. Scientists are struggling to work out if the eruption itself ...


Volcano: health watchdogs vigilant but no risk yet

AFP


UN health agency: F »

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Britain Closes Airspace as Volcanic Ash Spreads - New York Times


New York Times


Britain Closes Airspace as Volcanic Ash Spreads

New York Times


An aerial photo shows smoke rising from the volcano under a glacier in the Eyjafj »

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

China urges talks, not sanctions, in dealing with Iran on nukes - CNN

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Monday, April 12, 2010

Obama, world leaders work to stop nuclear spread - The Associated Press


BBC News


Obama, world leaders work to stop nuclear spread

The Associated Press


WASHINGTON â€" President Barack Obama and presidents, prime ministers and other top officials from 47 countries start work Monday on a battle plan to keep nuclear weapons out of terrorist hands. Confronting what he c »


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Sunday, April 11, 2010

Putin returns to crash site to pay last respects to Kaczynski - RIA Novosti


Globe and Mail


Putin returns to crash site to pay last respects to Kaczynski

RIA Novosti


Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin flew back on Sunday to the site of the Polish plane crash near Smolensk in west Russia to pay last respects to Polish President Lech Kaczynski who was killed in the incident. The Soviet-made TU-154 carrying ...


City service for Polish victims

BBC News


Poland mourns death of president, other top officials in plane crash

Washington Post


Israelis pay their respects at Polish embassy

Ynetnews


BusinessWeek -Beaver County Times -Mercury-Register


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Friday, April 9, 2010

Mine Operator Escaped Extra Oversight After Warning - New York Times


The Hindu


Mine Operator Escaped Extra Oversight After Warning

New York Times


The operator of the West Virginia mine that exploded on Monday, killing at least 25 people, was warned by federal officials just over two years ago that it could be cited for having a “pattern of violations,” which ...


Two rescue teams enter W.Va. mine

Los Angeles Times


Rescuers to make 'mad dash' to search for trapped West Virginia miners

CNN


Search on again for WV coal mine blast survivors

Bismarck Tribune


Washington Post -W »


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Wednesday, April 7, 2010

AP: Major safety lapses at mine long before blast - The Associated Press


Reuters


AP: Major safety lapses at mine long before blast

The Associated Press


CHARLESTON, W.Va. â€" Federal inspectors found a string of safety violations at a sprawling West Virginia coal mine in the months and days leading up to an explosion that killed 25 this week. Miners were so concerned about the conditions that several ...


US mine blast firm lax on safety - former miners

Reuters


Crews near mine entry as town hopes

USA Today


3rd hole will be drilled in mine rescue

WTNH


Christian Science Monitor -New York Times -Los Angeles Times


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Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Spirit Airlines to charge for carry-on bags - MarketWatch


CBS News


Spirit Airlines to charge for carry-on bags

MarketWatch


A MarketWatch report Tuesday on Spirit Airlines misstated the year-ago increase for industry revenue from baggage fees. Airlines rang up more than $700 million in baggage-fee revenue for the third quarter, up 111%, ...


Spirit Airlines to charge up to $45 for carry-on bags

New York Daily News


Airline to charge for carry-on bags

CNN


Florida airline charges for carry-on bags

NBC2 News


Aviation Week -WOKV -Winknews.com


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Monday, April 5, 2010

White House 'troubled' by President Karzai's accusations of fraud - Times Online


Telegraph.co.uk


White House 'troubled' by President Karzai's accusations of fraud

Times Online


The White House has dropped any pretence of maintaining a cordial relationship with President Karzai of Afghanistan, rejecting his latest anti-Western outbursts as “simply untrue” and drawing attention to the sacrifices made by US soldiers for his ...


Afghan President Karzai Stands by Fraud Comments

Voice of America


AP Analysis: Karzai remarks risk US-Afghan rift

The Associated Press


Afghanistan leader's remarks stir more unease

Los Angeles Times


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Sunday, April 4, 2010

Saturday, April 3, 2010

25 Members of Sunni Family Killed Near Baghdad - New York Times


CBC.ca


25 Members of Sunni Family Killed Near Baghdad

New York Times


BAGHDAD â€" The killers came at night, speaking passable English and wearing uniforms and carrying weapons that resembled those of the American military. Iraqi soldiers stopped vehicles at a checkpoint in ...


Men in Iraqi Army Uniforms Brut »


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