An Angry Congress Lambasts BP Chief Hayward Over Safety -- Miami Harald
WASHINGTON -- Sitting alone at a table, BP Chief Executive Tony Hayward on Thursday bore the bipartisan brunt of a livid congressional panel seeking to affix corporate greed and corner-cutting aboard an oil rig as the cause of 11 deaths and the ruin of an ecosystem and a way of life in the Gulf of Mexico.
It didn't begin well for the 53-year-old chief executive of one of the world's largest and most profitable corporations, who was just minutes into his opening remarks when he was interrupted by a protester who held up black-painted hands and shouted: "You ought to be charged with a crime!"
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MIDDLE EAST
Syria's Bashar al-Assad warns of Middle East conflict.
Iran tests Iraqi resolve at the border.
Israel agrees to ease Gaza land blockade. Israel's partial easing of Gaza blockade dismissed as inadequate.
Black-Market gas shelters Iran.
Erdogan rebuffs U.S., insists Turkey isn’t Iran ally. U.S. Congress: 'There will be a cost' for Turkey drawing toward Iran.
Turkish troops enter Iraq, kill four Kurdish rebels.
Turkish flotilla organisers to send more Gaza ships.
ASIA
Kyrgyzstan's crisis is 'immense', says Red Cross. Political instability, economic woes fuel Kyrgyz interethnic unrest. UN: 400,000 now uprooted by Kyrgyzstan unrest. Kyrgyz city still tense after ethnic fighting.
US Senator questions arms sales to Taiwan.
Dozens of Pakistani troops 'captured by the Taliban'.
US identifies North Korea as a criminial State.
Army training 50,000 men to tackle Naxals.
UPDATE: Japan ruling party pledges 2% growth, balanced budget.
AFRICA
Finally, a way to put Somali pirates on trial.
Hi-tech navies take on Somalia's pirates.
U.N. voices concern on child soldiers in Somalia.
Work is skipped, parties abound during World Cup.
EUROPE
Illegal immigration to EU drops.
EU invites Iceland to membership talks. UK may try to stop Iceland joining EU over bank collapse refund.
France floods death toll rises to 25.
EU to publish bank stress tests.
Spain: the new crisis in Euroland.
AMERICAS
70 miners feared dead in Colombia explosion.
Hugo Chavez picks up Iran's S-300 missiles.
Hugo Chávez sees support fade, even in Venezuela strongholds.
Calderon makes appeal as drug violence soars in Mexico.
Uptick in violence forces closing of Parkland along Mexico border to Americans.
TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR
Pakistan 'gave funds' to group on UN terror blacklist.
US showed Pakistan evidence on militant faction.
Pakistan 'gave funds' to group on UN terror blacklist.
Al-Qaida in Iraq claims deadly central bank attack.
Indonesia's anti-terror campaign under fire.
ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS
China rides to the rescue of debt-burdened Greece.
Warren Buffett, Bill Gates ask billionaires to give away wealth.
Is the euro really in danger of failing?
Apple: 600,000 iPhone 4 units pre-ordered in day one hysteria.
More than 90 banks miss TARP payments.
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