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UK To Double Oil Rig Inspections Following BP Leak
ABC26 NewsBritish officials said Tuesday they would double the number of inspections carried out at oil rigs in the North Sea following the disastrous leak at a BP-operated installation in the Gulf of Mexico. Britain's Department of Energy said the average number...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Gulf of Mexico, BP Plc, Energy, London (England)
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Coast Guard to BP: Speed it up, stop the spill
ABC26 NewsThe Coast Guard has demanded that BP step up its efforts to contain the oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico by the end of the weekend, telling the British oil giant that its slow pace in stopping the spill is becoming increasingly alarming as the disaster...Tags: Texas, Alabama, Government, Mississippi, Louisiana
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Obama tells Britain no hard feelings over spill
ABC26 NewsPresident Barack Obama reassured Prime Minister David Cameron on Saturday that his frustration over the mammoth oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is not an attack on Britain as the two leaders tried to soothe trans-Atlantic tensions over the disaster....Tags: Alaska, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Barack Obama, BP Plc, Heads of State
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Injured Student Returns To Britain
Staff reporterOne of the survivors of a crash that killed three people near Southeastern Louisiana University has returned home to Britain for treatment, her mother said in an e-mail Monday. Freshman Nadine Steward, 18, was critically injured March 6 when she and four...Tags: Death, Louisiana, Health and Safety at School
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New data add to worries about European economies
World NowWith European leaders squabbling over how to revive their withering economies, new market indicators Thursday showed the steep challenge they face, including signs that even powerhouse Germany may be heading for trouble.... -
Britain's deep double-dip raises questions about austerity
We knew it was bad, but news out from across the pond indicates that uncertainty in Europe might be slamming the economy there even more than had been thought. Revised data show that Britain’s gross domestic product contracted more than previously...
Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Europe, Personal Investing, Economic Indicator, Consumer Confidence
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Iran counters Western offer on nuke inspections, news agency says
World NowIranian negotiators have countered a proposal from six world powers with their own plan to resolve the long-running dispute over Iran's nuclear program, according to a state-controlled Iranian news agency.... -
1812: Our first war of choice
In this bicentennial year of the start of the War of 1812, the StarSpangledBaltimore.com website tells us: "The War of 1812 represents what many see as the definitive end of the American Revolution. A new nation, widely regarded as an upstart,...Tags: Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry, Revolutions, National Government, Government, Iraq
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Orange Prize to lose its color
Jacket CopyThe Orange Prize will no longer be sponsored by mobile company Orange.... -
Lockerbie bomber dies in Libya
TRIPOLI, Libya — The Libyan intelligence officer convicted in the 1988 bombing of an American airliner over Lockerbie, Scotland, died at home here Sunday nearly three years after passions around the case were reawakened when he was freed on...Tags: Lockerbie Bombing (1988), CNN (tv network), Tripoli (Libya), Barack Obama, Libyan Civil War (2011)
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Quick Takes: Registry adds recordings
Donna Summer's throbbing 1977 hit "I Feel Love," Prince's 1984 "Purple Rain" album, the first known commercial sound recording dating to 1888, the Sugar Hill Gang's watershed rap record "Rapper's Delight" and 1930s and '40s news reports and speech...Tags: Leonard Bernstein, Library of Congress, Duane Chapman, Stan Kenton, Prince (music artist)
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46.5 seconds vs. 33 months
Halfway up a wee hill, the fuselage had landed in the backyards of Rosebank Crescent. Bob Edgar ... counted 18 bodies in his own backyard, many still in their seats. But the detail that will forever remain in his mind is how most of the passengers had...
Tags: Government, National Government, FBI, Gordon Brown, Tripoli (Libya)
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