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June 2, 2010 10:00 AM

BP hopes to contain oil spill in Gulf of Mexico

BP hopes to contain the spill from its leaking well in the Gulf of Mexico within 24 hours. Its chief operating officer Doug Suttles has said an operation using undersea robots to cut off the fractured pipe and seal it with a cap was launched on Tuesday. It comes as U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder ...

June 2, 2010 10:00 AM

BP hopes to contain oil spill in Gulf of Mexico

BP hopes to contain the spill from its leaking well in the Gulf of Mexico within 24 hours. Its chief operating officer Doug Suttles has said an operation using undersea robots to cut off the fractured pipe and seal it with a cap was launched on Tuesday. It comes as U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder ...

June 2, 2010 9:52 AM

Israel releases all foreign nationals seized on board aid flotilla

Israel says it will release all the foreign nationals seized on board an aid flotilla trying to break its blockade of Gaza. The office of Prime Minister Banjamin Netanyahu said it hopes deportations would be completed within 48 hours. At least nine pro-Palestinian activists died when Israeli command...

June 2, 2010 9:52 AM

Israel releases all foreign nationals seized on board aid flotilla

Israel says it will release all the foreign nationals seized on board an aid flotilla trying to break its blockade of Gaza. The office of Prime Minister Banjamin Netanyahu said it hopes deportations would be completed within 48 hours. At least nine pro-Palestinian activists died when Israeli command...

June 2, 2010 9:25 AM

Japanese PM Hatoyama resigns

Yukio Hatoyama today resigned as Prime Minister of Japan. He stepped down less than nine months after taking power following a landslide election win. Hatoyama, who took office in September, has seen his poll ratings plummet from more than 70 per cent to below 20 per cent amid a row over an unpopula...

June 2, 2010 9:25 AM

Japanese PM Hatoyama resigns

Yukio Hatoyama today resigned as Prime Minister of Japan. He stepped down less than nine months after taking power following a landslide election win. Hatoyama, who took office in September, has seen his poll ratings plummet from more than 70 per cent to below 20 per cent amid a row over an unpopula...

June 1, 2010 9:24 PM

Iraq Supreme Court ratifies March election results

Iraq's Supreme Court has ratified the results of the March election, officially ruling that Iyad Allawi's Iraqiyya party won by a narrow margin. The ruling clears the way for further negotiations between parties trying to form a coalition government. <br/><br/>The elect...

June 1, 2010 9:24 PM

Iraq Supreme Court ratifies March election results

Iraq's Supreme Court has ratified the results of the March election, officially ruling that Iyad Allawi's Iraqiyya party won by a narrow margin. The ruling clears the way for further negotiations between parties trying to form a coalition government. <br/><br/>The elect...

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