AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-05-02)

1. The Coast Guard has comes up with a plan to deal with the thick oil slicks in the Gulf of Mexico - light them on fire. Its the last-ditch effort to protect environmentally sensitive areas on the coast. About 42,000 gallons of oil a day are leaking

AP 2010-05-19

1. BP says it hopes to siphon as much as half of the oil leaking into the Gulf of Mexico, and it's getting ready to shoot mud into a blown-out well later this week to try and stop it all. Meanwhile, the Obama administration is defending the governmen

AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-04-20)

A drifting volcanic ash flew from Iceland is keeping nearly 2/3 of Europe's commercial flights grounded.It's expensive.The industry is estimated that the volcano was costing the airlines at least 200 million dollars a day. The Security and Exchange C

AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-04-21)

1. Survivors and family members of those who died in the Oklahoma City bombing will gather to commemorate the 15th anniversary of that attack. The blast in 1995 killed 168 people, injuring 600 more. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano will s

AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-04-22)

1. White House says the killing of twotop al-Qaeda forces in Iraq is a potentially devastating blow to theterrorist network. US and Iraqi forces killed the two figures in anight-time rocket attack. 2. The sky has been carved up into three zones, brea

AP 2010-07-21

1. BP's experimental cap on its gushing well in the Gulf of Mexico appears (to be) holding. Engineers continue to monitor the well for signs of leaks. 2. New Jersey authorities have called off a search at a partly collapsed parking garage after deter

AP 2010-07-22

1. An administration official says testing will continue as BP and the government disagree over whether the new cap on the well should be removed. BP wants to keep the cap while administration officials say that cap should be removed. They guess meth

AP 2010-07-23

1. Senate Republicans are firing back at the latest criticism from President Barack Obama. He's accusing them of standing in the way of extended unemployment benefits. GOP lawmakers say they will support an extension only if the bill is paid for and

AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-06-19)

1. President Barack Obama will meet with BP executives today for the first time since the Gulf oil spill started. Last night, the president addressed the nation from the Oval Office, saying BP must set aside whatever money is needed to compensate tho

AP 2010-06-22

1. The BP executive who angered Gulf residents by saying he wanted his life back is spending the day at a yacht race in England. A BP spokesperson calls it a rare moment of private time for CEO Tony Hayward. 2. A top US envoy is calling for an indepe

AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-06-21)

1. There has been more sound and fury than substance in today's congressional hearing into BP. The chairman of the oil giant apologized for the spill in the Gulf, but didnt answer many questions. And instead, he didnt have the answers with him. 2. De

AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-06-20)

1. BP CEO Tony Hayward is expected to appear before a House panel today. Hayward plans to tell Congress he's personally devastated by the Gulf oil spill. Hayward says BP has spent nearly 1.5 billion since the rig disaster, and adds BP won't stop unti

AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-06-18)

1. President Barack Obama toured the white sand beaches of the Florida Panhandle Tuesday, vowing to fight the oil spill with (quote) everything we got. The president spoke in Pensacola to wrap up a two-day visit to the Gulf Coast before returning to

AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-06-16)

1. The federal government has given BP until the end of the weekend to find better ways to contain the oil spewing into the Gulf of Mexico. Scientists estimate that between about 40 million gallons to 109 million gallons of oil have gushed into the g

AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-06-17)

1. President Barack Obama is promising Gulf Coast residents that the region will be left in better shape than it was before the massive BP oil spill. On a visit to the Alabama Coast, Obama said his administration will do everything it can to make sur

AP 2010-09-03

1. Fourteen US troops have been killed in eastern and southern Afghanistan in the past three days. They include seven American service members who were killed today in two separate roadside bomb attacks. 2. Hurricane Earl is getting stronger, it's he

AP 2010-09-01

1. On the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, President Barack Obama is calling the city of New Orleans a symbol of resilience and community. He told the crowd at Xavier University Sunday, his administration will stick with the Gulf Coast until t

AP 2010-09-16

1. New wildfire is burning in Colorado. Authorities say it has destroyed several homes. There are other homes nearby in the foothills, but the fire is moving slowly - something firefighters hope to use to get the blaze under control. 2. A plane carry

AP 2010-09-17

1. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in Egypt for the second round in the latest Mideast peace efforts. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas are set to meet at the summit. On Wednesday the summit shift

AP 2010-09-18

1. American Sarah Shroud says shes grateful to Iran's president and other officials for her release from a Tehran prison. Iran is still holding her two hiking companions. Shroud boarded a plane out of the country earlier Tuesday. 2. Warm, dry weather