Landtagswahl in Nordrhein-Westfalen – Election Germany in Region of North Rhine Westfalia

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Video: Dutch marines storm cargo ship seized by Somali pirates - Befreiungsaktion eines deutschen Cargo Schiffes durch holländische Marines

The Dutch Ministery of Defence released a footage of a German merchant ship being rescued from pirates. On the video you see how a Unit Intervention Team from the Royal Dutch Marine Corps enters the ship, and arrest the pirates.Video Camera was fixed on the helmet of one soldier.All hostages were freed safely. more on Website Minsitery of Defense Netherland

Sky News: Volcano Ash Cloud: More Air Travel Misery - Vulkan Aschen-Wolke über Irland -

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Air passengers are facing further misery as the Icelandic volcanic ash cloud returned, causing Scotland and Ireland to restrict flights. more...

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New York Times, May 1, 2010 : Police Find Car Bomb in Times Square

By AL BAKER and WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM 
A crude car bomb of propane, gasoline and fireworks was discovered in a smoking Nissan Pathfinder in the heart of Times Square on Saturday evening, prompting the evacuation of thousands of tourists and theatergoers on a warm and busy night. Although the device had apparently started to detonate, there was no explosion, and early on Sunday the authorities were still seeking a suspect and motive. more...


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CNN: Car bomb found in parked SUV in Times Square 
BBC: Car bomb found in New York's Times Square
AFP: New York entgeht nur knapp einem Terroranschlag
Magazine Spiegel Online:  New Yorker Polizei entschärft Sprengsatz am Times Square

Chatroulette Piano - Best voted YouTube Video - Das best bewertete YouTube Video -

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NASA - Oil Slick Spreads off Gulf Coast Apr 25, 2010 ... NASA brings you images from the unique perspective of America's space agency - Oelteppich vor der Golf Küste Amerikas

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NOAA: Deepwater Horizon Incident, Gulf of Mexico

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Today the Deepwater Horizon incident declared a Spill of National Significance (SONS). A SONS is defined as, "a spill that, due to its severity, size, location, actual or potential impact on the public health and welfare or the environment, or the necessary response effort, is so complex that it requires extraordinary coordination of federal, state, local, and responsible party resources to contain and clean up the discharge" and allows greater federal involvement. Estimates of the release rate increased to 5000 barrels (210,000 gallons) per day based on surface observations and reports of a newly discovered leak in the damaged piping on the sea floor. more...

The New York Times: As Greek Drama Plays Out, Where Is Europe?

By STEVEN ERLANGER
Published: April 29, 2010

WASHINGTON — With new European Union leaders practically invisible and some national leaders acting largely for domestic political reasons, the burden of shaping a rapid and credible restructuring program for Greece has fallen primarily to the International Monetary Fund — exactly where proud European Union leaders had insisted it should not be. more...

A look inside The New York Times newsroom and stories being covered Thursday. Today's topics include tensions over the oil spill cleanup, apartment envy on Broadway and more.
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New York Times: Greek Debt Rating Cut to 'Junk' Status

FRANKFURT — Greece’s credit rating was lowered to junk status Tuesday by a leading credit agency, a decision that rocked financial markets and deepened fears that a debt crisis in Europe could spiral out of control.
The ratings agency, Standard & Poor’s, downgraded Greece’s long-term and short-term debt to non-investment status and cautioned that investors who bought Greek bonds faced dwindling odds of getting their money back if Greece defaulted or went through a debt restructuring. The move came shortly after S.&P. reduced Portugal’s credit rating and warned that more downgrades were possible. more...

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