Obama Tells Haitian Leader That U.S. Aid Will Continue The New York Times | WASHINGTON — Even as the United States military withdraws the forces it sent urgently to Haiti after its devastating earthquake in January, President Obama on Wednesday pledged a lasting commitment to aid and assistance. Win McNamee/Getty Images | President Barack Obama with President Rene P...
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Australian Police Search Anti-Whaling Ships The New York Times | Filed at 2:31 a.m. ET | ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) -- Australian police conducted searches Saturday on two anti-whaling vessels that recently clashed with Japanese ships in the Antarctic Ocean in an attempt to obstruct their annual catch, police and activists said. | Federal police with search warra...
SS United States being marketed for scrap Philadelphia Daily News | By Sam Wood | Inquirer Staff Writer Once, it was the fastest and one of the most luxurious ocean liners in the world. | On its maiden voyage in 1952, the SS United States set a transatlantic speed record - New York to Bishop Rock, England, in three...
37 years of solitary confinement: the Angola three The Guardian | In 1972, three men in a Louisiana prison were placed in solitary confinement after a prison guard was murdered. Two of them are still there – even though many believe they are innocent | Angola prison, the state penitentiary of Louisiana, is the ...
Demand for Lithium Is Poised to Take Off The New York Times | For many years, few metals drew bigger yawns from mining executives than lithium, a lightweight element long associated mostly with mood-stabilizing drugs. Noah Friedman-Rudovsky/Bloomberg | An engineer for the Bolivian government’s pilot plant f...
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Medicines running out in Haiti Canoe By Ben Fox, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | A man collects wood to build a shelter in the devastated downtown of Port-au-Prince, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Hait...
Medicine running out at Haiti hospitals, clinics Chicago Sun-Times | PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Doctors and aid workers say treating the tens of thousands of Haitians injured by the earthquake is taxing the country's devastated hospitals -- as well ...
Museum and Gallery Listings The New York Times | ART | Museums and galleries are in Manhattan unless otherwise noted. Full reviews of recent art shows: nytimes.com/art. | Museums | AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM: 'THOMAS CHAMBERS (18...
Henri Salmide, 90, Dies; German's Defiance Saved a French Port The New York Times | PARIS — Henri Salmide, a former German naval officer who defied orders to blow up the French port of Bordeaux in 1944, died on Feb. 23. He was 90 and lived in Bordeaux. | His wife, Henriette, confirmed the death. | Born Heinz Stahlschmidt, Mr...
Carp Solution Could Provide Financial Benefits The New York Times | Proposals to block Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes have largely focused on the costs and inconvenience of closing off Chicago-area waterways into Lake Michigan. But now business and environmental groups are exploring a possible upside: a b...
Australian Police Search Anti-Whaling Ships The New York Times | Filed at 2:31 a.m. ET | ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) -- Australian police conducted searches Saturday on two anti-whaling vessels that recently clashed with Japanese ships in the Antarctic Ocean in an attempt to obstruct their annual catch, police and ...
OPEC sees risk of overproduction m&c | Vienna - The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) warned in a report released on Wednesday that its members might be pumping too much oil given the uncertain global economic outlook. | The cartel's latest monthly market report came one week before the next regular OPEC meeting in Vienna, where oil ministers are set to discuss ...
Cathay Pacific returns to profit Gulf News | Hong Kong: Cathay Pacific Airways, Hong Kong's biggest carrier, posted a second-half profit after paring capacity and selling a stake in a maintenance venture. | The HK$3.9 billion (Dh1.84 billion) profit compared with a loss of HK$7.9 billion a year earlier, based on annual results announced yesterday. | Sales fell 18 per cent to HK$36 billion. ...
