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Cruise Ship - Travel -  Tourism
Cruise   Luxury   Photos   Ship   Vacation  
 The Daily Telegraph Australia 
First class cruise ship Silver Spirit is the best way to relax - and be spoilt - in Mexico
Sun 9 May 2010
| THE sombrero is packed, and the shades. I've boned up on tequila cocktails and my iPod is playing Latin rhythms as we fly into Acapulco for a cruise along Mexico's Riviera. | Cruise boardi... (photo: WN / Farida Azzawi)
Oil containment booms placed by BP contracted boats protect the waters of Biloxi, Mississippi to prevent oil from the Deepwater Horizon from reaching the beach.
Environment   Maritime   Oil   Photos   Pollution   US  
 The Independent 
Million gallons of oil a day gush into Gulf of Mexico
Sun 9 May 2010
| An extraordinary account of how the Deepwater Horizon disaster occurred emerged yesterday in leaked interviews with surviving workers from the rig. They said that a methane gas bubble had formed, ro... (photo: US Navy / MCS2 (EXW/SW) Corey Truax)
In this April 6, 2003 file picture Russian anti-submarine ship Marshal Shaposhnikov of the Pacific Fleet, is ready to leave Vladivostok harbour in the Russian Far East, to head to the Indian Ocean. The Russian Defense Ministry says, the Russian anti-submarine destroyer Marshal Shaposhnikov has freed the Moscow University, a Russian oil tanker that had been seized by pirates off the coast of Somalia on Thursday, May 6, 2010.  Al Jazeera  Thu 6 May 2010
Russian navy retakes oil tanker
| The Russian navy has retaken an oil tanker that had been hijacked by suspected Somali pirates off the coast of Yemen, officials say. | At least one pirate was killed and 10 other captured after... (photo: AP / file)
Defence   Photos   Piracy   Russia   Somalia  
Gathered concentrated oil burns during a controlled oil fire in the Gulf of Mexico to aid in preventing the spread of oil following the April 20 explosion on Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit Deepwater Horizon.  The Boston Globe  Thu 6 May 2010
A different kind of battle in the Gulf
| THE UNITED STATES has arguably the best resources to combat oil spills, but we haven't fought anything quite like the oil leaking in the Gulf of Mexico after the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon o... (photo: US Navy / PO2 Justin E. Stumberg)
Environment   Maritime   Oil   Photos   Pollution   US  
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A containment dome made for the leak created by the recent collapse of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig is loaded by crane on to a ship, at the Port of Fourchon, La., Wednesday, May 5, 2010. The Star Thu 6 May 2010
Giant dome, fires aimed at huge U.S. oil spill
| VENICE, La. (Reuters) - Workers toiled above and below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday to plug a gushing oil leak and protect the U.S. shoreline in one o... (photo: AP / Eric Gay)
Disaster   Oil   Photos   US   Wildlife  
The barge Joe Griffin turns around in a channel after a crane loaded a chamber, center, that will be used to help contain oil leaking from the Deepwater Horizon oil drilling platform in Port Fourchon, La., Wednesday, May 5, 2010. The Daily Telegraph Australia Thu 6 May 2010
Giant dome deployed to halt oil spill
| BP have deployed a giant "dome" to contain the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, knowing failure will leave crude spewing into the sea for months and magnify the risk... (photo: AP / Patrick Semansky)
Disaster   Environment   Photos   US   Wildlife  
 sea duck - smew - birds - wildlife - nature - environment - am1 The Times Thu 6 May 2010
Marine paradise in peril as BP oil disaster threatens to become worst ever
| Fish are leaping, a dolphin is cruising behind the boat and six brown pelicans have just flown overhead in a perfect V-formation like a display team. When Captain Sam E... (photo: GNU / Aruna Mirasdar)
Disaster   Oil   Photos   US   Wildlife  
Mary Selecky, Secretary of the Washington Department of Health, left, and Alan Levine, Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals speak with Governors during the National Governors Association Health and Human Service Committee meeting in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010. The Daily Beast Wed 5 May 2010
Will the Spill Impact Public Health?
| The Daily Beast speaks to Louisiana Secretary of Health Alan Levine about whether the spill will impact air quality and drinking water. Plus: How New Orleans’ inf... (photo: AP / Cliff Owen)
Environment   Health   Louisiana   Oil Spill   Photos  
Walking along the A9 near Paranthan, 3km north of Kilinochchi. The road to recovery will be a long one IRINnews Wed 5 May 2010
SRI LANKA: Moves to boost livelihoods in former combat-zone
web | KILINOCHCHI, - Reviving the farming and fishing sectors in northern Sri Lanka’s former combat zone is vital for returning residents to regain their livelihoods, e... (photo: IRIN News)
Asia   Economy   Maritime   Photos   Sri Lanka  
Naval Air Station Pensacola Pollution Response unit deploys an oil containment boom at Sherman Cove to protect environmentally sensitive grass beds from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, May 4, 2010. The New York Times Wed 5 May 2010
No Fooling Mother Nature
| There is only one meaningful response to the horrific oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and that is for America to stop messing around when it comes to designing its ener... (photo: US Navy / Patrick Nichols)
Environment   Nature   Oil   Photos   Pollution   US  
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, wearing a pair of glasses, gets into a vehicle as he leaves a hotel in Dalian, northeastern China, on Monday May 3, 2010. The New York Times Tue 4 May 2010
Secrecy Shrouds NKorean Leader's Rare China Visit
| Filed at 7:26 a.m. ET | BEIJING (AP) -- Reclusive North Korean leader Kim Jong Il toured an industrial zone and met local officials in northeastern China on Tuesday, re... (photo: AP / Kyodo News)
China   Diplomacy   NKorea   Photos   SKorea  


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