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Partner accuses BP of 'misconduct'
BP's erstwhile silent partner in its damaged, gushing oil well in the Gulf of Mexico has accused the UK-based energy giant of "gross negligence
Hopes fade for Colombia miners
Hopes are fading for dozens of workers trapped in an underground coal mine in Colombia after an explosion killed at least 18 miners....
Kyrgyz toll 'could touch 2,000'
Roza Otunbayeva, Kyrgyzstan's interim leader, says the death toll from ethnic clashes in the country's south could reach 2000,...
Russia’s Medvedev Slams Unilateral Iran Sanctions
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has censured unilateral US and European sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program,...
Gates Defending New Missile System: Iran Could Fire Hundreds Missiles at Us
Pentagon chief Robert Gates claimed that US intelligence has shown Iran could launch an attack against Europe with "scores or hundreds" of missiles, ...
BP 'complacent' over oil well risks
US legislators have accused BP of evasion, complacency, ducking responsibility and cutting corners as they grilled the energy giant's...
Deaths in Colombia mine explosion
At least 17 Colombian miners have been killed and dozens more are missing after an explosion in a coal mine in the northwest of the country,...
Kyrgyz leader visits troubled south
Roza Otunbayeva, Kyrgyzstan's interim leader, has travelled to the country's south to help ease tensions in the region after a week of ethnic violence....
BP agrees to $20bn spill claim fund
Executives from BP have agreed to set up a $20bn compensation fund to pay for claims stemming from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill....
