After a yearlong oil drilling moratorium, BP and other companies have intensified exploration and production in the gulf, and drilling will soon be expanded to Mexican and Cuban waters.
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Deepwater Oil Drilling Picks Up Again as BP Disaster Fades
They could see the outbreak coming three days in advance. It was the classic set-up. Up high, a mass of cold air, the moisture wrung out of it by the Rockies, screamed east across the Great Plains. Down low, near the surface, soupy air surged north from the Gulf of Mexico. Read full article > >
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Tornadoes in South, Midwest kill more than three dozen
BP’s settlement deal Friday night puts the oil company one giant step closer to containing the gusher of damage claims that arose from the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill. But BP still faces one major hurdle: the federal government. Read full article > >
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BP moves closer to containing financial damage from oil spill
BP says it has reached a $7.8bn (£4.9bn) deal with the largest group of plaintiffs suing it over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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BP reaches $7.8bn oil spill deal
With settlement talks grinding on, the trial of BP over its culpability for the massive 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico looks set to begin Monday in a New Orleans courtroom — and two nearby overflow rooms — packed with lawyers, public relations specialists, reporters and other observers. Read full article > >
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DARAA, Syria — Nearly 11 months ago, protests against local authorities began in this small southern town and spread to become an uprising against the government of Bashar al-Assad that engulfed Syria. Read full article > >
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In birthplace of Syria’s uprising, a fragile military control
DARAA, Syria — Nearly 11 months ago, protests against local authorities began in this small southern town and spread to become an uprising against the government of Bashar al-Assad that engulfed Syria. Read full article > >
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BP must cover some but not all of oil rig owner Transocean’s liabilities for the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a US judge rules.
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BP ordered to share spill damages
BP must cover some but not all of oil rig owner Transocean’s liabilities for the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a US judge rules.
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BP ordered to share spill damages
BP must cover some but not all of oil rig owner Transocean’s liabilities for the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a US judge rules.
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BP ordered to share spill damages
Saudi Arabia’s Gulf allies joined Riyadh on Tuesday in pulling out of an Arab League monitoring team to Syria, risking the collapse of a mission whose presence has not halted more than 10 months of violence.
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Gulf Arabs Quit Syria Monitoring Mission
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico — A fight among inmates armed with makeshift knives, clubs and stones left 31 people dead in a prison in a drug-plagued state in northern Mexico, authorities said. Another 13 prisoners were wounded in the brawl in the penitentiary in the Gulf Coast city of Altamira, Tamaulipas state’s Public Safety Department said in a statement. Read full article > >
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Prison fight in northern Mexico leaves 31 inmates dead; 13 injured
The aircraft carrier John C. Stennis supported ground troops in Afghanistan as scheduled after being warned not to re-enter the Persian Gulf.
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Work as Usual for U.S.S. John C. Stennis After Warning by Iran
Iran escalated its war of words with the United States on Tuesday with a warning to Navy ships to stay out of the strategic Strait of Hormuz , remarks that rattled commodities markets and helped send oil prices soaring. The latest in a series of provocative statements by Iranian leaders was delivered by the Iranian armed forces commander, Gen. Ataollah Salehi, who appeared to threaten a U.S. aircraft carrier that steamed out of Persian Gulf waters last week. Read full article > >
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