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- 70,000 cyclone-hit people in Andhra relief camps
- Cyclone Laila triggers rains in Orissa
- Four rhino poachers killed in gunfight in Kaziranga
- Cyclone Laila stationary, toll up at 27 in coastal Andhra
- Worries rise at Louisiana wildlife refuge with discovery of dead brown pelican matted with oil
- Cyclone Laila wreaks havoc in Andhra, armed forces called in (Intro Roundup)
- Storm Laila wreaks havoc in Andhra, heads to Orissa (Roundup)
- Laila hits Andhra coast, wrecks havoc (Second Lead)
- Heavy rains batter coastal Andhra as cyclone inches closer
- Next Indian Ocean cyclone to be called Bandu
- Andhra hastens to protect coastal villages from Laila (Roundup)
- Orissa fishermen alerted over cyclone Laila
- West Bengal issues alert on cyclone Laila
- Cyclone Laila to hit Andhra coast Thursday morning
- Andhra to forcibly evacuate people from coastal areas
- Brown pelican’s plight illustrates perils confronting troubled Gulf species as oil spill grows
- Endangered Baboon monkeys, hyenas seized in Abu Dhabi
- Profits, energy squeeze likely to keep nuke plant near NYC open despite state ruling
- Officials say 189 animals found dead near Gulf, but oil’s toll on wildlife may never be known
- A summary of May 18 events related to the vast oil spill from the Deepwater Horizon
- Farmers temporarily flooding fields to help migratory shorebirds, improve land for crops
- Cyclonic storm kills three, damages 1,000 houses in Tripura
- Drilling critics fear spill in remote Chukchi Sea; Shell says risk not comparable to gulf
- Two killed in lightning, 10,000 displaced in Assam floods
- BP operates rig in Gulf without proper safety documents; experts say this can lead to a spill
- Two poachers held with spotted deer skins
- Obama pledges to end ‘cozy’ ties between oil companies, regulators, denounces fingerpointing
- White House, Interior pledge to review Minerals Management Service procedures
- A summary of May 14 events related to the vast oil spill from the Deepwater Horizon
- Text of President Barack Obama’s remarks on the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico
- La. officials: Huge tar balls, some 8 inches across, found littering wide area of beach
- Heat wave claims 26 lives in Andhra Pradesh
- Shell clears court hurdle, but still needs permits before Arctic drilling can begin in 2010
- Mexico worries seasonal shift in currents could bring Gulf oil spill to Mexican shores
- Probe ordered into deaths of 11 blackbucks in Gujarat
- Tar balls found in La.’s southeastern marshes, in prime grounds for shrimp, other seafood
- Environmental groups hope Gulf oil spill will change public policy, consumer behavior
- Gulf oil spill could hurt aquatic species in Mexico, even though slick expected to stay away
- A summary of May 11 events related to the vast oil spill from the Deepwater Horizon
- Russia, UAE offer help in tackling oil spill
- Flights to offshore wildlife refuge in La. halted; officials say media frightening birds
- Woman arrested with tortoises
- Barrier islands wildlife refuge off La. coast closed as oil advances
- Nine killed in squall in Uttar Pradesh
- A summary of May 6 events related to the vast oil spill from the Deepwater Horizon
- Crocodile kills US woman in India
- Floods threaten Kashmir Valley after incessant rains
- Poacher arrested, 23 kg dolphin oil seized
- Crews burn oil off Gulf water as giant containment box preps to head to site of massive spill
- Crews make final preparations to take 100-ton contraption to Gulf to help pump out oil
- A summary of May 5 events related to the vast oil spill from the Deepwater Horizon
- After Obama’s visit, other administration officials to survey cleanup of Gulf oil spill
- Giant containment box to bottle up oil gets loaded on barge, headed for massive Gulf spill
- Satellite image expert says oil ‘very close’ to coming ashore at islands off La. coast
- No radioactive material lying in open in Delhi: Nuclear watchdog (Second Lead)
- Giant containment box to bottle up oil will head to site of massive Gulf spill
- Giant containment box to bottle up oil in the Gulf to head to site of massive spill
- Delhi free of radioactive materials: Nuclear watchdog
- No radioative pencils lying around in open in Delhi
- A summary of May 4 events related to the vast oil spill from the Deepwater Horizon
- No oil on 35 dead turtles that have washed up from Gulf of Mexico; cause of deaths unknown
- Those along the Gulf Coast wait for ocean currents to decide what path massive spill will take
- Gulf of Mexico threatens ‘Mediterranean of the Americas,’ environmental melting pot of species
- BP pledges to pay for Gulf oil spill’s cleanup, damages; Obama wants more details on promise
- P&G shipping thousands of bottles of Dawn dish liquid to Gulf to help clean wildlife
- Tiger skin, teeth seized in Chandigarh
- Investigative board probing massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill to hold hearing in 2 weeks
- Wildlife officials will see if oil spill led to the deaths of jellyfish appearing in Miss.
- BP says it will pay for Gulf oil spill’s cleanup; gusher could continue for at least a week
- Another week at least: No solution working to stop oil gushing from Gulf of Mexico seafloor
- With oil spill widening in Gulf, Obama contemplates an environmental and economic disaster
- Wildlife officials don’t know if oil spill killed 20 sea turtles found along Miss. coast
- In BP’s best-case scenario, oil geyser could gush unabated for another week of devastation
- White House pledges to do everything ‘humanly possible’ to address Gulf Coast oil spill
- Wildlife official says amount of oil reaching Gulf wetlands a factor in affecting food chain
- President Obama to tour oil spill disaster area
- Coast Guard commandant: Exact estimate of what’s leaking from sunken gulf rig is impossible
- Expert: Surface area of Gulf oil spill has tripled; rough seas again thwart containment
- Future of climate bill could be harmed as massive Gulf oil spill reopens drilling debate
- ‘No radiation source found in Delhi University’ (Second Lead)
- 2 offshore platforms shut down near Gulf oil sheen; 1 is evacuated as a safety measure
- Rough seas again thwart cleanup of Gulf Coast oil catastrophe that BP had deemed ‘unlikely’
- Major oil spill was deemed ‘unlikely’ in BP environmental study for Gulf well that exploded
- Killing of Ganges River Dolphins upsets Jairam Ramesh
- Expert: Oil may be leaking from sunken Gulf rig at much faster rate than previously thought
- Document: BP didn’t plan for major oil spill; asserted adverse environmental impacts unlikely
- Obama says no new US offshore drilling leases until new safeguards in place
- 1st oil-coated bird found off La. shore; rescuers begin cleaning with dishwashing detergent
- Weather hinders fight as Gulf oil slick comes ashore; Obama puts hold on new offshore drilling
- Coast Guard defends federal response to massive spill in Gulf as oil hits Louisiana coast
- With oil slick headed ashore in Gulf, BP faces largest PR challenge since Exxon Valdez
- Pelicans, otters, mink along fragile La. islands, marshes in path of oil spill oozing ashore
- Gulf Coast oil spill starts washing ashore, threatens to eclipse even Exxon Valdez disaster
- Oil from massive spill in the Gulf of Mexico washing ashore along the Louisiana coast
- Gulf Coast oil spill moves closer to shore, threatens to eclipse even Exxon Valdez disaster
