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30-Apr-2010
Florida officials, residents and hoteliers were keeping a watchful eye Friday on a looming oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico expected to reach the state's northern shores by Monday.
A massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico neared wildlife refuges and seafood grounds along the Louisiana coast on Friday, as efforts redoubled to avert what could become one of the worst U.S. ecological disasters.
Five months after the troubled United Nations conference in Copenhagen, Germany and Mexico are teaming up in an effort to break the deadlock in negotiations on a global climate deal.
Mexico City, the country's capital, is one of the world's important cultural centers -- showcasing Latin America's rich history and traditions.
April 30 (Bloomberg) -- Grupo Mexico SAB , the country?s largest mining company, said first-quarter profit jumped 18-fold after it regained control of a bankrupt copper unit and demand from China boosted prices for the metal.
A major oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is expected to cause substantial environmental damage along the Louisiana and Florida coastline.
Drug traffickers, not soldiers, killed two children during a shootout in northern Mexico earlier this month, Mexican military officials said Friday.
A massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico washed up to wildlife refuges and seafood grounds on the Louisiana coast on Friday, as authorities struggled to avert what could become one of the worst U.S. ecological disasters.
British Petroleum faces a slew of lawsuits filed in Louisiana, Alabama and elsewhere accusing it of negligence over a giant oil spill coming from a sunken oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico.
President Obama's plan to open new swaths of coastline to offshore drilling is being questioned anew in light of the potentially disastrous Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Politics of the pending climate-energy bill may be affected, too.