BP cuts back oil spill clean-up as it prepares to ‘kill’ leak – Telegraph.co.uk

The Hindu BP cuts back oil spill clean-up as it prepares to 'kill' leak Telegraph.co.uk An oil skimming boat cleans up after the BP oil spill . Photo: Jim McKinley / Alamy In a sign that the environmental … BP lawsuits over oil spill take center stage Reuters BP Oil Disaster: 'Spillionaires' Cleaning Up On the Gulf Oil Spill ABC News BP oil spill CEO Tony Hayward says he was made to be a 'villain' for 'doing … New York Daily News Dallas Morning News

Research on gulf oil spill shouldn’t take a backseat to litigation – Washington Post

CNN Research on gulf oil spill shouldn't take a backseat to litigation Washington Post … would enable the nation to learn from this disaster and better understand the effects of oil spills on the marine environment and coastal communities. … Day 97: The Latest on the Oil Spill New York Times Surface oil from Gulf spill in bits and hard to collect Seattle Times Oil Spill Business Boom FOXNews (blog) Christian Science Monitor

BP chief in the line of fire for oil spill. – Findtut

Sydney Morning Herald BP chief in the line of fire for oil spill . Findtut Tony Hayward apologized for the oil spill and the disaster that has now unearthed.At the meeting, a protestor was seen with black hands who yelled out at … Hayward Being Sidelined After Shoddy Performance at BP Oil Spill FOXNews BP CEO Tony Hayward 'too busy' meet with oil tycoons, goes AWOL amid Gulf … New York Daily News Gulf oil spill plays differently on the other side of the Atlantic National Post Bizjournals.com (blog)

Earthquake drill held

BALANGA CITY – The City Disaster Operations Center (CDOC) on Friday conducted its quarterly earthquake drill for more than 500 pupils and teachers of the Central Elementary School here.

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China earthquake: day of mourning

Beijing set Wednesday as a day of mourning over the 6.9-magnitude earthquake in China’s western Qinghai Province last week. It is taking a very proactive stance in dealing with the aftermath of the disaster, which killed more than 2,000 people.

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Chileans disappointed with president’s slow response to earthquake (Times Online)

As Chile began three days of mourning for victims of the earthquake, anger was mounting over the slowness of President Bachelet’s Government in responding to the disaster.

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Chileans disappointed with president’s slow response to earthquake (Times Online)

Chile earthquake: Residents wait for aid in tsumani-hit coastal towns (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News)

The damaged highway connecting Santiago to the south-central regions hardest hit by Saturday’s monster 8.8-magnitude Chile earthquake is now open, but help is slow to arrive for the disaster zone’s desperate survivors.

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Chile earthquake: Residents wait for aid in tsumani-hit coastal towns (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News)

Haitian earthquake seems to have had little impact on country’s ecosystem (Washington Post)

The human toll of the earthquake in Haiti has been devastating, but what, if anything, does the disaster mean for the environment?

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Haitian earthquake seems to have had little impact on country’s ecosystem (Washington Post)

DART mobile medical teams get out in the field in earthquake battered (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)

JACMEL, Haiti – Canada’s Disaster Assistance Response Team is putting a new tool in the field in earthquake shattered Haiti.

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DART mobile medical teams get out in the field in earthquake battered (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)

Chaos as women raped in Haiti earthquake camps (New York Post)

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Bandits in Haiti are preying on vulnerable earthquake survivors, even raping women, in makeshift camps which were set up in the capital of Port-au-Prince after the disaster. “With the blackout that’s befallen the Haitian capital, bandits are taking advantage to harass and rape women and young girls…

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Chaos as women raped in Haiti earthquake camps (New York Post)