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Listen to Antonia Juhasz's interview with BBC Radio's Wake up to Money HERE.
Today sees BP's AGM - not only is the Gulf of Mexico oil spill likely to prompt irate exchanges, but...
April 14, 2011
One year ago this month, the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded 50 miles off the coast of Louisiana. This week we learned that the company's CEO, Steven Newman, and other executives of Transocean, the owner and operator of the rig, were not only awarded raises, but...
April 14, 2011
Oil giant BP faced the anger of protesters inside and outside its annual general meeting today, which came just days before the first anniversary of the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster.
Activists wearing t-shirts which spelt out "No Tar Sands" in protest against BP's...
April 14, 2011
A number of protesters have been ejected from BP's Annual General Meeting after attempting to storm the stage.
The group, dressed in matching T-shirts, were carried out of the Excel Centre in east London by security guards as BP chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg was...
April 14, 2011
A number of protesters have been ejected from BP's Annual General Meeting after attempting to storm the stage.
The group, dressed in matching T-shirts, were carried out of the Excel Centre in east London by security guards as BP chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg was...
April 14, 2011
LONDON - The most heated moment in today's BP annual shareholder meeting occurred when Antonia Juhasz, author of Black Tide: the Devastating Impact of the Gulf Oil Spill and director of the Energy Program for Global...
April 14, 2011
LONDON - The most heated moment in today's BP annual shareholder meeting occurred when Antonia Juhasz, author of Black Tide: the Devastating Impact of the Gulf Oil Spill and director of the Energy Program for Global...
April 14, 2011
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Antonia Juhasz, author Black Tide; Tracy Kuhns, Lousiana BayouKeeper, and Byron Encalade - President, Louisiana Oysterman's Association
April 13, 2011
The World Today
BBC World Service
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Antonia Juhasz, author Black Tide; Tracy Kuhns, Lousiana BayouKeeper, and Byron Encalade - President, Louisiana Oysterman's Association
April 13, 2011
According the latest survey of the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, some 26.2% of families live in poverty and 14.1% live in deep poverty for a total of 40.3% living in poverty or deep poverty in the WB and Gaza. The situation in Gaza is worse than in the WB. By...
April 13, 2011
Listen to Antonia Juhasz's interview with BBC Radio's Wake up to Money HERE.
Today sees BP's AGM - not only is the Gulf of Mexico oil spill likely to prompt irate exchanges, but...
April 11, 2011
One year ago this month, the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded 50 miles off the coast of Louisiana. This week we learned that the company's CEO, Steven Newman, and other executives of Transocean, the owner and operator of the rig, were not only awarded raises, but...
April 11, 2011
One year ago this month, the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded 50 miles off the coast of Louisiana. This week we learned that the company's CEO, Steven Newman, and other executives of Transocean, the owner and operator of the rig, were not only awarded raises, but...
April 11, 2011
Ramallah - PNN - The Palestinian government announced Monday that it is ready to establish the independent Palestinian state in September. The government says that this readiness came out of hard work. The plan announced by the Prime Minister Salam Fayyad consisted of...
April 11, 2011
WASHINGTON — Though US-Cuba ties are less tense than they have been, the 50th anniversary of the botched US-backed Bay of Pigs invasion highlights how hard it is for the two neighbors to bury the hatchet.
When he entered office more than two years ago, US President...
April 11, 2011
There were a few titters and bored sighs at last year's annual general meeting of BP as one long-standing private shareholder made a somewhat lengthy point about why the oil giant should improve its well cement procurement.
The cavernous ExCel convention centre...
April 10, 2011
He's considered one of world's most dangerous terrorism suspects, and the U.S. offered a $1-million reward for his capture in 2005. Intelligence experts say he's a master bomb maker and extremist leader who possesses a wealth of information about Al Qaeda-linked groups in...
April 10, 2011
Leaving aside all the new conflicts in the Middle East, how are our nation's longstanding struggles in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan going?
Iraq had the best winter of the three. Bombings by insurgents continued, but the disputes over last year’s general election...
April 10, 2011