Gold prices & Peru poverty drives illegal mining

AlJazeeraEnglish | July 24, 2010 - As the international price of gold continues to soar, thousands of people in Peru have moved to gold mining areas in the hope of striking it rich.

Along with the unregulated digging comes a trail of deforestation and chemical contamination that is damaging one of the most biodiverse regions on earth.

In addition to the negative environmental impact, there are also many social problems in the boom towns that have emerged.

IS ANY DEEP WATER DRILLING SAFE?

TheRealNews | July 10, 2010 - Mark Seibel: BP Gulf disaster exposes oil companies do not have the technology to deal with big spills

BP Reports Progress on Relief Wells

VOAvideo | July 09, 2010 - BP officials say one of two relief wells being drilled to stop the oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico could be finished weeks ahead of schedule,

Russia spy case takes another twist

AlJazeeraEnglish | July 07, 2010 - Russia has expressed interest in swapping a scientist jailed for espionage with one of 10 alleged Russian agents detained by US authorities last month, a lawyer for the scientist has said.

Igor Sutyagin, a nuclear weapons expert, was convicted by a Russian court in 2004 on charges of passing classified military information to a British firm, which prosecutors said was a front for the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

Life expectancy gap between rich and poor widens.

itnnews | July 02, 2010 - The gap between the life expectancy of the rich and poor widened despite efforts to close it, an official Government watchdog revealed.

German's New presidential poll

GERMAN PRESIDENT HORST KOEHLER RESIGNS 5-31-2010

High stakes for Merkel in presidential poll

AlJazeeraEnglish | June 29, 2010 - Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, faces an uphill battle to get Christian Wulff, her candidate, elected as president in a vote to be held on Wednesday.