CBC.ca | Obama hosts two-day summit on nuclear security CNN By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- President Obama hosts leaders from 46 countries for a two-day nuclear security summit starting Monday that will focus on how to better safeguard weapons materials, both old and new, to keep them out of the hands of ... Iran on Obama-Hu agenda as nuclear summit looms President opens nuclear summit Obama's Nuclear Summit: Leaders Meet for Security Talks |
TIME | Poland awaits return of president's body Washington Post AP WARSAW, Poland -- Poland was enveloped in mourning Sunday, with many attending church services to mark the loss of President Lech Kaczynski and many of the country's elite in a plane crash in Russia. At the Field Cathedral of ... Service being held for Polish aircrash victims Muscovites encircle Polish embassy with flowers and candles Poland Mourns President, Elite Killed In Crash |
CBC.ca | John Paul Stevens' unexpectedly liberal legacy Los Angeles Times The retiring Supreme Court justice started out as a conservative in 1975, but as he saw it, the court shifted right as he held to the center. By David G. Savage The Supreme Court career of John Paul Stevens could not have been easily predicted in 1975 ... Pending midterm elections add political for friction to court nomination Summer battle ahead for Stevens' court replacement Stevens Sets Up Court Fight |
Reuters | West Virginia coal mine rescue weighs desperation with caution Christian Science Monitor The rescue team in the West Virginia coal mine disaster was c » |
Reuters | Massey Energy is a key player in region USA Today The economy in southern West Virginia has long been dependent on coal and Massey Energy, the nation's sixth-largest coal company and owner of 56 mines, including Upper Big Branch. Boone County has 102 mines that employ 4656 people, and neighboring ... Mine Owner Faces Scrutiny as Rescue Effort Continues West Virginia Mine Rescue: Clinging to Waning Hope for Survivors Mine Rescue Efforts to Continue as Hopes Fade |
Globe and Mail | W. Va. Mine Explosion: 25 Dead, Crews Hoping to Reach Trapped Miners ABC News Rescue workers Tuesday began to drill deep into the West Virginia mine where a massive explosion killed at least 25, though it could take more than 12 hours to ventilate the area where four miners are believed to be ... Massey Coal Mine Explosion Kills 25; Four Missing (Update2) Obama to address W. Va. explosion, rescue efforts W.Va. Calculates Survival in a New Climate |
The Guardian | Mexicali earthquake: Damage could have been much worse Christian Science Monitor Sunday night's 7.2 Mexicali earthquake was the most powerful to hit the area in decades, but damage was limited compared to the recent tragedies in Haiti and Chile. People walk through downtown Calexico, Calif. after an earthquake struck the area ... 2 Dead in 7.2 Magnitude Earthquake LA refineries say no impact from earthquake Mexico Earthquake Could Trigger More Powerful Shaking |
