The Guardian Wall Street reform bill in detailThe GuardianThe Wall Street reform bill – the biggest shakeup since the 1930s – was passed late last night. Here are some of the key measures: What we know • There will be a new consumer financial protection bureau set up within the Federal Reserve, …Senate Passes Finance [...]
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Scientists press BP to release ocean-floor film of Deepwater oil leak – The Guardian
May 13th, 2010 
Reuters Scientists press BP to release ocean-floor film of Deepwater oil leakThe GuardianMarine scientists were scouring footage of oil and gas billowing out of a ruptured well on the ocean floor today to try to deliver the first reliable estimates of the crude gushing into the Gulf of Mexico. The film could help resolve the [...]
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No Comments »Obama says taking the fight to the Taliban is paying off – The Guardian
May 12th, 2010 The Guardian Obama says taking the fight to the Taliban is paying offThe GuardianBarack Obama warned today that coalition forces in Afghanistan faced months of hard fighting, but said they had started to "reverse the momentum of the insurgency" by taking the fight to the Taliban. Speaking after a meeting at the White House with [...]
Gulf oil spill: firms ignored warning signs before blast, inquiry hears – The Guardian
May 12th, 2010 The Guardian Gulf oil spill: firms ignored warning signs before blast, inquiry hearsThe GuardianOil executives ignored warning signs in the hours before the disastrous Deepwater rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico last month, a congressional hearing heard today. In a second day of hearings, the House of Representatives' energy and commerce …Lawmakers Cite Failure [...]
7 children killed in latest attack at China school – The Guardian
May 12th, 2010 The attack began at 8 a.m., as children were arriving at the Shengshui Temple Kindergarten in Hanzhong’s Nanzheng … Xinhua News Agency said they included five boys, two girls and teacher Wu Hongying, who the agency said ran the kindergarten. View full post on latest news – Bing News
Oil spill: US failing to tighten ecological oversight, say activists – The Guardian
May 9th, 2010 The Guardian Oil spill: US failing to tighten ecological oversight, say activistsThe GuardianThe Obama administration waived environmental reviews for 26 new offshore drilling projects even as the BP oil disaster spewed hundreds of thousands of gallons of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico, environmental activists said today. …Factbox: Chronology of Gulf of Mexico oil [...]
Posted in Front Page Tags: 'activists', ecological, failing, Guardian, Oversight, spill, tighten No Comments »Taliban behind Times Square plot, says US – The Guardian
May 9th, 2010 Telegraph.co.uk Taliban behind Times Square plot, says USThe GuardianSenior White House officials said today they believe last week's Times Square car bomb was the work of a Pakistani Taliban group, rather than a "lone wolf" attacker, after finding evidence of a broader plot behind the botched attack. …Pakistani Taliban behind Times Square bombing attempt, White [...]
