Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Chinese earthquake: thousands remain trapped as rescue operation is ramped up - Telegraph.co.uk


Globe and Mail


Chinese earthquake: thousands remain trapped as rescue operation is ramped up

Telegraph.co.uk


Soldiers and aid workers in China are scrambling to rescue thousands of earthquake victims trapped on the high Tibetan Plateau in the country's far southwest. The death toll had reached 617 by noon on Thursday with a further 9110 injured. ...


Donations, supplies flood into quake-hit NW China region

Xinhua


Search for survivors after China earthquake

Times Online


Rescuers struggling to reach survivors as China quake toll hits 617

The Hindu


CNN International -Aljazeera.net -The Associated Press


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Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Proposal targets nuclear terrorism - Los Angeles Times


BBC News (blog)


Proposal targets nuclear terrorism

Los Angeles Times


The leaders of more than 40 nations agreed Tuesday to a voluntary but far-reaching program to prevent thousands of tons of weapons-grade nuclear materials from f »


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Monday, April 12, 2010

Obama, Chinese leader discuss possible Iran sanctions - CNN


Globe and Mail


Obama, Chinese leader discuss possible Iran sanctions

CNN


Washington (CNN) -- President Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao held a private meeting Monday before the start of a nuclear security summit, with the focus on Iran -- and its opposition to the nuclear nonproliferation agreement. ...


China agrees to pursue new sanctions against Iran

Los Angeles Times


Ukraine to give up nuke material; boost for summit

The Associated Press


Nuclear security summit hears of terror risk

BBC News


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Sunday, April 11, 2010

Indian PM expresses concerns over Pakistan to US - BBC News


ABC News


Indian PM expresses concerns over Pakistan to US

BBC News


Indian PM Manmohan Singh has expressed concerns about neighbouring Pakistan to US President Barack Obama ahead of a nuclear security summit in Washington. Mr Singh told Mr Obama that Pakistan's government lacked the will to punish those responsible for ...


Al Qaeda would use nuclear weapon, Obama warns

Boston Globe


China faces nuclear diplomacy with awkward baggage

Reuters


Agenda of Nuclear Talks Leaves Out a New Threat

New York Times


USA Today -Washington Post -Los Angeles Times


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Saturday, April 10, 2010

Poland Feels Shock at the Size of Its Loss - New York Times


Reuters


Poland Feels Shock at the Size of Its Loss

New York Times


Mourners gathered in front of St. John's Cathedral in Warsaw to remember the victims of the plane crash that killed Poland's president, among others, on Saturday. By NICHOLAS KULISH and MICHAL PIOTROWSKI WARSAW â€" On a chilly April night, thousands of ...


For Poland, plane crash in Russia rips open old wounds

Los Angeles Times


In quotes: Reaction to plane crash

BBC News


Polish President Lech Kaczynski, 60; came to power with twin

Washington Post


The Associated Press -Aljazeera.net -Xinhua


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Friday, April 9, 2010

John Paul Stevens' Chicago ties - Chicago Tribune


Washington Post


John Paul Stevens' Chicago ties

Chicago Tribune


In the 1940s, US Supreme Court Justice Wiley Blount Rutledge asked the professors at Northwestern University Law School if they had a student who might be a good candidate to work for him as a clerk. ...


Stevens's Real Legacy

Newsweek


John Paul Stevens' unexpectedly liberal legacy

Los Angeles Times


Stevens Sets Up Court Fight

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Thursday, April 8, 2010

Rescue crews waiting to re-enter mine; air unsafe - Houston Chronicle


The Hindu


Rescue crews waiting to re-enter mine; air unsafe

Houston Chronicle


MONTCOAL, W.Va. â€" A federal safety official says more air testing is needed before rescue teams can head back into a West Virginia mine to look for four miners missing since an explosion killed 25 workers. Federal coal safety administrator Kevin ...


Obama to review mine safety rules after West Virginia blast killed 25 miners

Washington Post


Rescuers retreat in West Virginia mine search

Reuters


NBC: Closure orders dogged mine

msnbc.com


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