Archive for May, 2010
UN chief in football match stunt
May 31st
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon takes part in a football match in Uganda to highlight victims of war crimes.
‘Top kill’ fails to stop oil leak
May 30th
Oil giant BP says its latest attempt to stop the leak in the Gulf of Mexico has failed, and it will try another technique.
UN push for nuclear-free Mid-East
May 29th
Signatories of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty agreed to hold a conference on a nuclear-weapons free Middle East in 2012.
Obama defends oil spill response
May 28th
President Obama defends his handing of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico as BP takes stock of its work to plug the well.
Obama to stress homegrown threats
May 27th
The US president's national security strategy is to highlight homegrown terrorism for the first time.
Peru frees US ‘rebel’ Berenson
May 26th
US citizen Lori Berenson, held in Peru for aiding a leftist guerrila group, is released on parole.
Video: Was access sold to UK royals?
May 24th
A British tabloid posted a video on its website Sunday that appears to show Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, accepting money from an undercover reporter in exchange for access to her ex-husband, Prince Andrew, a U.K. trade envoy.
Jamaica police in ‘druglord’ plea
May 23rd
Street barricades protecting an alleged druglord in Jamaica's capital Kingston must come down, police say.
BP to try pumping fluid into well to stop Gulf oil leak
May 22nd
The "top kill" method intended to stop the runaway flow of oil spewing into the Gulf of Mexico will likely be tried early next week, BP's chief operating officer said.
