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A protester from the Greenpeace group holds a banner with BP company's altered logo with 'oil' spilled on it and the words 'British Polluters' alongside it outside the entrance to the BP headquarters in central London Thursday May 20, 2010.
BP   Disaster   Gulf   History   Photos  
 London Evening Standard 
BP to publish oil disaster report
Wed 8 Sep 2010
BP is to publish the findings of an investigation into the causes of the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster which led to the largest offshore spill in history. | It remains unclear how much responsibility BP... (photo: AP / Lefteris Pitarakis)
Oil Barrels JM05
Economy   Energy   Ghana   Photos   Wikipedia: Ghana  
 Joy Online 
Two million barrels crude oil for Ghana
Tue 7 Sep 2010
Ghana and Equatorial Guinea have concluded a sales and purchase agreement under which two million barrels of Zafiro blend crude oil will be lifted annually from Equatorial Guinea to Ghana. | The Crude... (photo: Creative Commons / Jmabel)
Semi-submersible  Offshore drilling rig on MS3 Heavy-lift Ship .Semi-submersible rigs make stable platforms for drilling for offshore oil and gas. They can be towed into position by a tugboat and anchored, or moved by and kept in position by their own azipod propellers with dynamic positioning.  The New York Times  Sun 5 Sep 2010
A Voice From the Next Offshore Oil Frontier
| On Thursday, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar had a meeting with the only people  outside the gulf region whose waters had been opened to offshore oil exploration. He was in Barrow, Alaska, the capit... (photo: Creative Commons / Fallschirmjger)
Exploration   Gulf   Offshore   People   Photos  
Freedom sq  The New York Times  Sun 5 Sep 2010
Freedom's Just Another Word
| AMONG the few scraps of news to emerge from Barack Obama’s vacation was the anecdote of a Martha’s Vineyard bookseller handing him an advance copy of Jonathan Franzen’s new novel, ... (photo: Creative Commons / Magnus Manske)
Book   Freedom   Photos   Vineyard   Wikipedia: Freedom  
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Childhood obesity The New York Times Sun 5 Sep 2010
City's Efforts Fail to Dent Child Obesity
| New York City schoolchildren are as heavy, or perhaps even heavier, than the national average, despite the Bloomberg administration’s dogged efforts to improve th... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Children   Health   Obesity   Photos   Wikipedia: Childhood obesity  
 Presidente Lula, ao lado de trabalhadores da Plataforma P-50, da Petrobras, durante inaugurao da obra.  ula1 Gulf News Sun 5 Sep 2010
Petrobras to sell $64.5b of new shares in record offer
| Rio De Janeiro: Brazilian state oil company Petrobras last week filed to sell up to $64.5 billion of new stock — the largest in capital markets history — se... (photo: Ricardo Stuckert/PR.)
Economy   Markets   Photos   Stock   Wikipedia: Petrobras  
A security guard stands by a BP logo outside the BP headquarters in London, Monday, June 14, 2010. Shares in BP PLC plunged again on Monday as the company's board discussed U.S. demands that it suspend dividend payments until it pays for the cleanup of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Gulf News Sun 5 Sep 2010
BP spends $8b to battle Gulf of Mexico oil spill
| Washington: British oil giant BP has spent $8 billion to battle the Gulf of Mexico disaster, the company has revealed as its crews retrieved key evidence from the seabe... (photo: AP / Akira Suemori)
British   Energy   Environment   Photos   Wikipedia: BP  
Waves lap against the shore at West Dennis Beach, in West Dennis, Mass., on Cape Cod, Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010. The Star Sun 5 Sep 2010
Earl reaches Canada with hurricane-speed punch
| HALIFAX, Canada (Reuters) - Hurricane Earl lashed into the Canadian Maritime provinces on Saturday, picking up wind speed in warm Atlantic waters after a surprisingly t... (photo: AP / Steven Senne)
Canada   Hurricane   Photos   Weather   Wikipedia: Hurricane Earl (2010)  
Dubai airport The New York Times Sat 4 Sep 2010
UPS Cargo Plane Crashes Near Dubai Airport
| Filed at 7:38 a.m. ET | DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- A UPS cargo plane with two crew members on board crashed shortly after takeoff Friday outside Dubai, officia... (photo: Creative Commons / MoHasanie)
Airport   Dubai   Photos   Transport   Wikipedia:Dubai Airport  


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