Archive for June, 2010

Thick oil soils Mississippi shore, storm looms

OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss./CAMPECHE, Mexico (Reuters) – Large patches of thick oil from BP Plc’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill washed ashore in Mississippi for the first time on Sunday while the Atlantic hurricane season’s first named storm posed an uncertain threat to the gulf.


G20 offers no big boost for fearful markets

TORONTO (Reuters) – Deficit pledges made by Group of 20 leaders on Sunday won’t provide a big boost for financial markets, with uncertainty about the strength of global economic recovery still the larger concern for investors.


Byrd hospitalized in serious condition

Sen. Robert Byrd, the 92-year-old Democrat from West Virginia who is the longest-serving Congress member in history, has been hospitalized in serious condition.

Somaliland election worker killed

As ballots were being counted in Somaliland, a breakaway republic in northwest Somalia, officials said an observer from the electoral commission was killed.

Toronto police fired tear gas on G20 protesters

TORONTO (Reuters) – Police in Toronto fired tear gas on protesters for a second straight day on Sunday as new violence surrounding the G20 summit erupted and the arrest tally climbed toward 600.


Kyrgyzstan approves new constitution

Kyrgyzstan on Sunday approved a new constitution following a nationwide referendum, the state-run Kabar news agency reported.

Senator Byrd, 92, “seriously ill” in hospital

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic Senator Robert Byrd, the longest-serving member of Congress, is “seriously ill” and has been hospitalized, a spokesman for the West Virginia lawmaker said on Sunday.


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