Monday, December 5, 2011

BP: Halliburton destroyed key oil spill evidence

BP: Halliburton destroyed key oil spill evidence


BP: Halliburton destroyed key oil spill evidence

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 04:10 AM PST

BP in a high-stakes court filing on Monday accused Halliburton of destroying damaging evidence about the quality of its cement slurry that went into drilling the oil well that blew out last year and caused the nation's worst offshore oil spill.


Sikh man stabbed at US airport

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 02:48 AM PST

A Sikh man waiting for a plane at Fresno Yosemite International Airport was stabbed in a seemingly unprovoked attack, police said.


Climate talks: India dismisses reports of differences with China

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 02:17 AM PST

India has dismissed talks of differences with other BASIC nations particularly China at the climate change talks in Durban. The BASIC group which comprimises Brazil, South Africa, India and China, has been negotiating with other countries to try and secure a second round of commitment from the Developed Nations under an extended Kyoto Protocol


US intel failed to detect India's first nuclear test: US docs

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 02:16 AM PST

The American intelligence community failed to detect India's first nuclear test in 1974 as the then Nixon administration, which was focused on Russia and the Vietnam war, had given it a low priority.

US welcomes Gilani's view to build US-Pak ties

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 01:34 AM PST

The US on Monday welcomed Pakistan Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani statement that he would like to rebuild relationship with the US following deterioration in bilateral ties after the recent NATO air strike that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers in a cross-border fire.


Why sell uranium only to India, Pakistan asks Australia

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 03:25 PM PST

A day after Australia's ruling Labor Party approved uranium sale to India, Pakistan has demanded it be allowed to buy the nuclear raw material if the Gillard administration proceeds with sales of yellowcake to New Delhi.


California recovering from winds, new gusts on way

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 03:02 PM PST

Thousands of Southern Californians who have gone without power for five days are being told it's almost over, though a new round of high wind warnings have been issued for some areas hard hit by last week's ferocious windstorm.


Merkel, Sarkozy wrangle over euro rescue plan

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 02:26 PM PST

The leaders of Germany and France sought on Monday to present a unified plan to tighten oversight of government budgets - a key step ahead of a European Union summit later this week to try to save the euro.


US vacating Shamsi air base in Pakistan used by drones

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 02:23 PM PST

The United States is vacating an air base in Pakistan used by American drones that target Taliban and Al Qaeda militants, complying with a key demand made by Islamabad in retaliation for the NATO airstrikes that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers, the US ambassador said on Monday.


Egyptians head to polls for 2-day election runoffs

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 02:19 PM PST

A trickle of Egyptian voters headed to the polls on Monday for two days of runoffs in the country's first parliamentary elections since Hosni Mubarak's ouster, a balloting in which Islamist parties already captured an overwhelming majority of the votes in the first round.


UK Olympic security costs soar over $1.6 billion

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 02:04 PM PST

In a dramatic shift, British Olympic officials doubled the funding on Monday to protect venues at the 2012 London Games, raising overall security costs to more than 1 billion pounds ($1.6 billion).

Thieves target toilet paper at US diner: Report

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 12:36 PM PST

A New Mexico restaurant employee says he's now seen it all, after three men left his diner with rolls of toilet paper and were nabbed in the parking lot by police.


Pakistan wants to rebuild ties with the U.S, says Gilani

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 11:54 AM PST

Mr Gilani said new ties being negotiated with the U.S. would ensure that the two countries "respected each other's red lines" regarding sovereignty and rules of engagement along the border. While he gave few details, he made it clear he thought this was both desirable and possible.


Ivory Coast's Gbagbo makes first International Criminal Court appearance

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 11:10 AM PST

Former Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo was making his first appearance before the International Criminal Court on Monday, as his lawyers called his arrest and transfer to the court French "neocolonialism."


UK Court: Assange can continue extradition fight

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 10:42 AM PST

A British court on Monday gave WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange permission to continue his legal battle to avoid extradition to Sweden over sex crimes allegations. The decision means Assange does not face immediate deportation to Sweden. The court said he can apply to Britain's Supreme Court in a bid to remain in the United Kingdom.


Russia polls: Putin's party barely hangs onto its majority

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 09:53 AM PST

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's party saw its majority in Russia's Parliament weaken sharply, according to preliminary election results released Monday, a humiliating setback for the man who has steadily tightened his grip on the nation for nearly 12 years.


Pakistan's Mukhtar Mai blessed with baby boy

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 09:24 AM PST

A Pakistani gang rape victim who made headlines for her outspoken stance on the oppression of women has given birth to a baby boy, her husband and hospital officials said Monday. Mukhtar Mai delivered the baby by Caesarian section two weeks prematurely in the central city of Multan, they added.


World's most-expensive car crash: Eight Ferraris

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 07:35 AM PST

An outing of luxury sports car enthusiasts in Japan ended in an expensive freeway pileup - smashing a stunning eight Ferraris, a Lamborghini and two Mercedes likely worth more than $1 million together.


Pak may have 'low-level participation' at Afghan meet: Report

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 06:28 AM PST

Pakistan, which decided to boycott the Bonn conference on Afghanistan's future after a NATO air strike killed its 24 soldiers, may now have "low-level participation" at the meet in the wake of US President Barack Obama's call to his counterpart Asif Ali Zardari, a media report said today.


Salman Khan and his free Math lessons on YouTube

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 06:20 AM PST

Jesse Roe, a ninth-grade math teacher at a charter school here called Summit, has a peephole into the brains of each of his 38 students.


Pakistan to review all accords with US, NATO: Gilani

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 05:46 AM PST

Pakistan will review all its agreements with the US and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) in the aftermath of the November 26 airstrike that left two dozen Pakistan Army soldiers dead, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said.


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