BP warns of long effort to cap spill (AFP)
AFP - BP officials warned they may not be able to stop the Gulf of Mexico oil leak until August, as Louisiana residents warned the spill could wipe out dozens of fish species.
Archive for May, 2010
South Korea probes war rumours ahead of elections (Reuters)
Reuters - South Korean police are probing leaflets and Internet messages spreading rumours of imminent war and questioning an investigation into the sinking of a naval vessel which they say could affect Wednesday’s local elections.
Lind hits two-run homer as Blue Jays beat Rays 3-2 (AP)
AP - Brandon Morrow pitched seven strong innings, and the Toronto Blue Jays threw out the potential tying run at the plate in the ninth inning to preserve their 3-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday night.
Strasburg to make debut against Pirates on June 8 (AP)
AP - Stephen Strasburg is ready — and so is the Washington Nationals’ ticket office.
After rain-out, Obama delivers speech back home (AP)
AP - President Barack Obama said Monday that the meaning of Memorial Day is found in the story of ordinary Americans who become extraordinary for one simple reason: love of country.
Israel faces condemnation, protests after raid (AP)
AP - Turkey withdrew its ambassador to Israel and called for an emergency session of the U.N. Security Council as condemnations erupted across Europe and the Arab world over Israel’s deadly commando raid on ships taking humanitarian aid to the blockaded Gaza Strip.
Gulf oil spill threat widens (Reuters)
Reuters - Oil from BP’s out-of-control Gulf of Mexico oil spill could threaten the Mississippi and Alabama coasts this week, U.S. forecasters said on Monday, as public anger surged over the country’s worst environmental disaster.
Relief for Gulf is 2 months away with another well (AP)
AP - The best hope for stopping the flow of oil from the blown-out well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico has been compared to hitting a target the size of a dinner plate with a drill more than two miles into the earth, and is anything but a sure bet on the first attempt.
Nine dead as Israel storms aid ship (Reuters)
Reuters - Israeli marines stormed a Turkish aid ship bound for Gaza on Monday and at least nine pro-Palestinian activists were killed, triggering a diplomatic crisis and an emergency session of the U.N. Security Council.
Iran expands atom work, U.S. sees defiance (Reuters)
Reuters - Iran is preparing extra equipment to enrich uranium to higher levels and continues to stockpile nuclear material, a U.N. watchdog report said, developments likely to raise tensions with the West over its atomic work.