The Guardian | Passengers stranded across Europe as volcano blows ABC Online A huge plume of drifting ash from a volcanic eruption in Iceland has disrupted air traffic across much of northern and western Europe, stranding tens of thousands of air passengers. The entire airspace in the UK, ... Icelandic Ash Cloud Spreads; European Air Travel Snarled US carriers cancel flights to Europe due to ash Weather is factor in how ash cloud acts, experts say |
Globe and Mail | London's Polish community hold mass for dead president BBC News Hundreds of Poles are gathering in west London to mourn the death of their president and 95 other people killed in a plane crash in Russia. Lech Kaczynski and many of the country's top military, civic and cultural figures died in Saturday's crash near ... Poland mourns death of president, other top officials in plane crash Muscovites encircle Polish embassy with flowers and candles Poland Mourns President, Elite Killed In Crash |
CBC.ca | Officials: Passenger tried to ignite shoe on United flight CNN By the CNN Wire staff (CNN) -- A passenger with diplomatic credentials of Qatar was detained Wednesday night after a disturbance aboard a United Airlines flight en route to Denver, Colorado, federal authorities said. Initial reports were that the ... AP source: Man on flight possibly sneaking smoke Minute-by-Minute, the Qatari Shoe Bomber Who Wasn't Air Marshals Intervene in Incident on Plane |
Reuters | Republicans hope for another Senate victory, this time in Obama's Illinois Washington Post CHICAGO -- Not a good week for the Democrats here trying to hang on to President Obama's old Senate seat. The party's leading contender -- state Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias -- has spent these last precious days before Tuesday's primary ... GOP Envisions Northeast Comeback President Obama speaks to Republicans: GOP open floor (video) President Obama slams obstructionist Republicans at GOP issues retreat |
CNN International | Obama's State of the Union: Immigration? Gays in the military? USA Today White House press secretary Robert Gibbs confirmed a few more subjects that may surface in the State of the Union tomorrow night, including immigration and gays in the military -- but he provided few details and noted that the address is still being ... State of the Union speech unlikely to ease worries, analysts say How much would Obama's spending freeze trim US deficits? Not a lot. Obama looking to reconnect with voters |
Reuters | In Senate Vote on Health Care Overhaul, New Partisan Vitriol New York Times WASHINGTON รข€" The vote on Monday, in the dead of night, was 60 to 40. The vote on Tuesday, just after daybreak, was 60 to 39. And the vote on Wednesday afternoon, at a civil hour but after less-than-civil debate, ... Senate positioned to pass healthcare overhaul Senate health care bill close to final vote House Democrats making plans for final health care bill |
Washington Post | In a sleep-deprived Senate, a punch-drunk holiday Washington Post As he kicked off another day in the interminable Senate health-care debate, a weary Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) drew inspiration from the noted political strategist Rodney King. "I would hope that everyone would go back to their ... One Hurdle Remains in Senate |
