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- SKorea: China will ‘defend no one’ over sinking of SKorean ship, blamed on NKorea
- Japan hits North Korea with new sanctions; Obama, Hatoyama condemn ship sinking
- Some oil spill events from Thursday, May 27, 2010
- Decision to halt Arctic Ocean drilling panned by Alaska leaders, praised by enviro groups
- BP CEO: 48 hours before we know if pumping mud is successful in plugging Gulf oil gusher
- War funding bill passes Senate with bipartisan support
- BP insists attempt to plug Gulf well is proceeding as planned despite stops and starts
- Some oil spill events from Friday, May 28, 2010
- Obama visits Gulf, confronts spill damage _ and rising anger over failure to stop gushing oil
- Americans watch, wait to see if latest attempt to plug Gulf oil well works
- Obama increases manpower in Gulf region to speed up response to oil spill
- CEO says it will be 48 hours before BP knows if well is plugged; Obama arrives in Gulf
- Obama visits beach threatened by Gulf oil spill, says ‘we’re going to keep at it’ to stop leak
- Obama, in Louisiana: People ‘watching their livelihoods wash up on the beach’
- Obama visits beach threatened by Gulf oil spill; Set for briefing, remarks and meetings
- Obama tours Louisiana beach threatened by Gulf oil spill
- A day after proclaiming oil spill his responsibility to clean up, Obama arrives in Gulf
- BP CEO: 48 hours before we know if pumping mud successfully plugs Gulf oil gusher
- Video of oil blasting from the floor of the Gulf draws viewers to TV, online coverage of spill
- Highlights of Obama’s orders on offshore oil drilling safety in response to Gulf oil spill
- Gulf Coast waits to see if BP has finally succeeded in stopping gushing oil deep underwater
- BP pauses effort to stop Gulf oil leak, says it is monitoring unprecedented top kill attempt
- Obama heading for Gulf Coast, defends actions, says fixing oil disaster is his responsibility
- SKorean president seeking Beijing’s support on NKorea during summit with Chinese premier
- From Artic Ocean to Chesapeake Bay, Obama’s decision to halt drilling stirs debate
- Obama heading to Louisiana coastal areas for update on efforts to stop devastating oil spill
- BP: Effort has started to try to stop leaking Gulf oil well by filling it with mud, cement
- Exxon Mobil CEO says company is helping BP figure out how to control Gulf spill
- AP source: Obama to extend moratorium on some oil offshore drilling leases
- BP labors to kill oil leak; scientists say it eclipses Exxon Valdez as biggest US spill ever
- BP CEO: Effort to plug spill going as planned, will be at least a day before success is known
- AP source: Salazar calls for delaying exploratory drilling in Arctic Ocean until 2011
- Obama to face reporters, delay new drilling permits in heightened response to Gulf oil spill
- Obama extends offshore drilling ban, affecting proposed leases in Alaska, Virginia, Gulf
- Obama says he, not BP, in charge of effort to stop disastrous oil leak in Gulf _ ‘It’s my job’
- Obama says moratorium on some deepwater drilling to continue, more environmental study needed
- Obama: Gov’t should look at acquiring technology to respond to leaks; only oil companies have
- Obama says his administration in control in Gulf, doing everything needed to protect region
- Obama says government, not BP, is in charge of efforts to stop disastrous oil leak in Gulf
- BP hopes mud will stop Gulf oil; Obama set to extend stop on new offshore wells, cancel some
- AP Exclusive: Workers describe bureaucracy, technical failures before Gulf rig exploded
- Obama fires head of US Minerals Management Service in wake of Gulf oil spill
- Chief of federal agency overseeing drilling resigns, Obama extends drilling ban
- Scientists: Gulf oil spill surpasses Exxon Valdez as worst in US history; plug try going well
- Scientists: Gulf well leaking at least twice as much and possibly 5 times as much as estimate
- BP to try to choke off oil gusher in Gulf; testimony says decisions aboard rig criticized
- AP source: Obama extends stop on deepwater oil wells, cancels Western Gulf, Va. drilling plans
- BP’s top kill in progress as company tries to plug the massive Gulf of Mexico oil leak
- Anxious Gulf Coast awaits word on whether latest BP remedy to plug oil gusher works
- Oil well plug effort readied; probe cites cronyism between companies, agency overseeing wells
- In a flurry of activity, Obama raises public engagement on oil spill, seeks control of crisis
- Some oil spill events from Wednesday, May 26, 2010
- Clinton says world must respond to ‘unacceptable provocation’ in sinking of South Korean ship
- BP CEO expects to decide soon whether to start ‘top kill’ bid to plug Gulf oil leak with mud
- BP: top kill going as planned as company tries to plug the massive Gulf of Mexico oil leak
- BP’s latest bid to stop Gulf oil awaits final call by CEO; warnings cited before April blast
- BP says effort has started to try to stop leaking Gulf oil well by filling it with mud
- Obama: Deepwater drilling increases costs and risks, alternative fuel sources needed
- Coast Guard gives BP approval to try to cap leaking Gulf oil well; no word on start time
- Rig worker says senior managers complained BP took ’shortcuts’ before Gulf well blowout
- AP Exclusive: Worker says managers complained BP took shortcuts before blast; feds OK top kill
- AP Exclusive: Rig worker says managers complained BP took ’shortcuts’ before explosion
- BP CEO says expects to decide soon whether to go ahead with effort to fill oil leak with mud
- With U.S. support, SKorea cuts trade with North, vows to make Pyongyang pay for topedo attack
- Obama heading to Louisiana Gulf Coast on Friday to review efforts to combat oil spill
- INFLUENCE GAME: Drilling regulators move from government to industry through revolving door
- With future of oil drilling in question, Obama pivots to alternative energy
- AP source: Interior report to call for tougher rules on drilling, inspections
- Some oil spill events from Tuesday, May 25, 2010
- Democrats pad war funding bill with money for teachers; Republicans push border security
- Oil well plug readied as spill marks 5 weeks; probe cites cronyism between companies, agency
- BP probe of Gulf spill focuses on cementing, blowout preventer; feds briefed on findings
- AP source: Obama heading to Louisiana Gulf Coast on Friday to review efforts on oil spill
- Probe finds meth, porn use by staff at agency overseeing offshore drilling, cites cronyism
- BP’s own investigation of oil rig explosion largely focuses on work done by other companies
- BP exec says he knows people are frustrated over oil spill, company is doing all it can
- SKorea resumes psychological warfare with Pyongyang over deadly warship sinking
- Salazar: IG follow-up report on agency that oversees offshore drilling is ‘deeply disturbing’
- BP CEO walks on oily beach, says he’s ‘devastated’ by impact from Gulf spill
- Congress to vote on $11B tax increase on oil companies to help pay to clean up spills
- Coast Guard commandant says BP is exercising all technical means to plug oil leak in Gulf
- UN chief condemns torpedo attack on South Korean ship, expects Security Council response
- Afghans: 7 arrested in car bomb that killed 6 NATO troops in Kabul
- Miner: Massey Energy alerted workers at W.Va. mine when safety inspectors arrived
- Obama starts week with focus on Gulf oil spill, Mideast
- SKorea’s Lee says NKorea must pay for ‘brutality,’ will take North to Security Council
- Oil soaks coastal marshes, birds as Gulf spill grows; BP says tube not as effective as before
- As spill grows, oil soaks delicate marshes, birds; BP says tube not as effective as before
- BP: Mile-long tube collecting less oil from Gulf spill as crude creeps into coastal marshes
- Obama sends top chiefs to Gulf Coast to monitor massive spill response as frustration mounts
- EPA chief Jacson to return to Gulf to monitor response to massive oil spill, talk to residents
- A summary of May 22 events related to the vast Gulf oil spill from the Deepwater Horizon rig
- Lights, cameras, action: Congressional panels rush to probe oil spill, curry favor with voters
- Former Fla. Sen. Bob Graham, ex-EPA chief William Reilly head presidential oil spill panel
- Frustration, anger mount as gooey oil seeps into Gulf of Mexico wetlands and leak continues
