Work on BP relief well may not resume for week Canoe By Anna Driver, Reuters | HOUSTON - BP Plc began moving ships and workers back to a Gulf of Mexico oil spill as a storm diminished Saturday, but work to permanently plug the well may not resume for a week, officials said. | It will take that long to reconnect a rig drilling a relief well intended to...
Netherlands: Oil Trading Company Fined in Dumping of Toxic Sludge The New York Times | A Dutch court on Friday imposed the maximum fine of $1.28 million dollars on the oil trading company Trafigura for illegally exporting highly toxic sludge that ended up dumped in Ivory Coast and that was eventually linked to the deaths of 16 people and thousands of illnesses in 2006. The court als...
Somali pirates release Turkish cargo ship CNN | (CNN) -- Somali pirates have released a Turkish cargo ship that they had held since March 23, the European Naval Force in Somalia said Thursday. | The Maltese-flagged MV Friga, which has a crew of 21 sailors from Turkey and Ukraine, was hijacked ap...
Jonathan And the 'Port Harcourt Declaration' All Africa On Monday, July 26, 2010 , leaders of the South-South geo-political zone of Nigeria converged on Port Harcourt , the Rivers State capital to take a unanimous stand on zoning and the 2011 presidential election. But some people argued that rather than ...
Somali pirates release hijacked ship off Somalia The Press Democrat | Karya company lawyer Nilgun Yamaner told CNN-Turk television the Malta-flagged MV Frigia is sailing to meet a Turkish navy ship that patrols the Gulf of Aden along with ships from the EU Naval Force, NATO and the U.S. | The ship had been carrying f...
Somali pirates release hijacked ship off Somalia Herald Tribune | ANKARA, Turkey - A Turkish shipping company's lawyer says Somali pirates have freed a Turkish ship months after it was hijacked. | Karya company lawyer Nilgun Yamaner told CNN-Turk television the Malta-flagged MV Frigia is sailing to meet a Turkish...
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Ship Originally Bound for Gaza Docks in Egypt The New York Times | CAIRO — A Libyan ship that tried to break Israel’s blockade of Gaza docked in the Egyptian port of El Arish on Thursday afternoon, amid claims by the ship’s spo...
Libyan ship with Gaza aid docks in Egyptian port Lexington Herald-Leader | AP Photo - The Libyan aid vessel, 'Amalthea' enters the port of the costal city of al Arish, Egypt, Thursday, July 15, 2010. The vessel, carrying aid for the impoverished Gaza St...
Libyan aid ship docks at Egyptian port The Star | EL-ARISH, Egypt (Reuters) - A Libyan-chartered ship barred by the Israeli navy from sailing to Gaza with aid for Palestinians docked instead at Egypt's El-Arish port on Thursday ...
Somali pirates release hijacked ship off Somalia The State | ANKARA, Turkey - A Turkish shipping company's lawyer says Somali pirates have freed a Turkish ship months after it was hijacked. | Karya company lawyer Nilgun Yamaner told CNN-Turk television the Malta-flagged MV Frigia is sailing to meet a Turkish...
Somali pirates release hijacked ship off Somalia Seattle Times ANKARA, Turkey - | A Turkish shipping company's lawyer says Somali pirates have freed a Turkish ship months after it was hijacked. | Karya company lawyer Nilgun Yamaner told CNN-Turk television the Malta-flagged MV Frigia is sailing to meet a Turkish...
Abbas in Cairo for Arab League peace talks m&c | Cairo - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was in Cairo Thursday for a meeting with the Arab League committee dealing with the group's regional peace initiative, as talks with Israel remained in a stalemate. | Officials said Abbas asked for the meeting to update the Arab League about the stalled peace process, which has so far failed to bring th...
UAE has highest Opec quota compliance Gulf News | Abu Dhabi: The UAE in June had the highest quota compliance with the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries' (Opec) re-adjusted quota for member countries, latest data from the International Energy Agency (IEA) shows. | "Opec's largest producer Saudi Arabia pumped 200,000 barrels per day (bpd) above target, with compliance just over 9...
