Friday, May 14, 2010

Deadly clashes erupt in Bangkok - BBC News


Globe and Mail


Deadly clashes erupt in Bangkok

BBC News


Thai security forces have fired live rounds after moving to seal a heavily defended demonstrators' camp in Bangkok amid clashes that left two people dead. Embassies were closed as protesters set fire to a police bus and shot fireworks at troops, ...


Thai Army says it did not shoot protest leader

CNN


Violence Continues to Roil Bangkok

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Thursday, May 13, 2010

Transocean Petitions to Limit Liability - Wall Street Journal


Sydney Morning Herald


Transocean Petitions to Limit Liability

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Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Factbox: Chronology of Gulf of Mexico oil spill - Reuters


Globe and Mail


Factbox: Chronology of Gulf of Mexico oil spill

Reuters


(Reuters) - A drilling rig explosion on April 20 left 11 workers missing and presumed dead, and the rig's subsequent collapse unleashed a major oil spill that threatens the ecosystems and economy of the US Gulf of Mexico. Also threatened is the heart ...


BP's Dispersant Strategy on Spill Veers Into Uncharted Science

BusinessWeek


Oil execs face more questions about Gulf spill

CNN


Oil spill in Gulf of Mexico endangers wildlife; jobs are at risk, too

Washington Post


TIME -USA Today -Houston Chronicle


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Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Elena Kagan started Harvard environmental law program - USA Today


Globe and Mail


Elena Kagan started Harvard environmental law program

USA Today


Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan led the creation of an environmental law program and clinic while dean of Harvard Law School from 2003 to 2009. "The fact that she was interested in building an environmental law program when none existed, I think, ...


Abortion could be sleeper issue in Supreme Court confirmation process

Washington Post


Kagan has presumption of court confirmation

The Associated Press


Kagan's Legal Record Portrays a Cautious Liberal

FOXNews


San Francisco Chronicle -Detroit Free Press -Philadelphia Inquirer


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Monday, May 10, 2010

Obama to nominate Kagan for Supreme Court -sources - Reuters


Washington Post


Obama to nominate Kagan for Supreme Court -sources

Reuters


WASHINGTON, May 10 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama was poised on Monday to nominate Solicitor General Elena Kagan for the US Supreme Court, choosing a moderate who may not spur a damaging political fight in a ...


Kagan had rapid ascent to high court nomination

The Associated Press


Elena Kagan's Goldman Sachs "Connection"

CBS News


Kagan is no stranger to confirmation travails

MiamiHerald.com


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Sunday, May 9, 2010

Gulf spill reminds America: The era of easy oil' is over - MiamiHerald.com


Reuters


Gulf spill reminds America: The era of easy oil' is over

MiamiHerald.com


WASHINGTON -- To meet the world's boundless thirst for oil, drillers are searching in the sand and mud of remote western Canada, the tough shale rock of North Dakota and more than a mile under the seas off the southern US coast, ...


BP Oil-Collection Chamber Clogs, Removed From Leaking Gulf Well

BusinessWeek


New Setback in Attempt to Contain Gulf Oil Spill

New York Times


Obama oil response: aggressive as crisis unfolded

The Associated Press


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