BP seeks spill costs from Halliburton
Court filing seeks 'all costs and damages incurred by BP related to the Deepwater Horizon incident and resulting spill' in case against contractor
BP has called on its contractor Halliburton to pay all costs and expenses it incurred to clean up the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, according to a court filing by BP's lead trial attorney.
BP has spent $14bn (£9bn) in the Gulf Coast region in its response to the spill and set aside $20bn for economic claims and restoration work, according to its website. The filing did not give a figure on the amount of damages BP is seeking from Halliburton, which provided cement contracting services on the Macondo well project.
Peace broken in Kashmir as forces fire on protesters
Killing by security forces outside power station could reignite separatist unrest in disputed region
The fragile peace in India's disputed state of Jammu and Kashmir was broken yesterday when security forces opened fire on demonstrators protesting against electricity power shortages, killing a 25-year old man and injuring two others.
Anger has been spreading across the mountainous region, where temperatures have dropped to near freezing, since unusually heavy power cuts were imposed last month. Yesterday's demonstration was outside a power project at Uri near Boniyar, 90kms from the state's summer capital of Srinagar.
The dictator with 13 wives who rules a country fuelled by Coke
January 3, 2012 - 1:53PM
Coca-Cola has been accused of propping up one of Africa's most notorious dictators.
The multibillion dollar beverage company owns a concentrate-manufacturing plant in Swaziland, an impoverished kingdom ruled by Africa's last absolute monarch, Mswati III.
The king has travelled to Coca-Cola's headquarters in Atlanta in the US, much to the disgust of Swazi political activists who blame him for human rights abuses and looting the nation's wealth.
Hungarians protest against new Fidesz constitution
The BBC 3 January 2012
Tens of thousands of people have been protesting in Budapest over Hungary's controversial new constitution, a day after it came into force.
The country's governing Fidesz party pushed the law through parliament in April after winning a two-thirds majority in parliamentary elections.
Opponents say it threatens democracy by removing checks and balances set up in 1989 when Communism fell.
The EU and US had also asked for the law to be withdrawn.
Correspondent reflections: The 10 news events that shaped 2011
In this special section, we look at the year’s biggest stories, and seven staff correspondents reflect on events in hot spots from Latin America to the Libyan front.
Dan Murphy, Ben Arnoldy, Scott Peterson, Robert Marquand, Sara Miller Llana, Peter Ford, Scott Baldauf, Staff writers
Arab uprisings
The most widespread popular uprisings in half a century swept across the Arab world, ousting three of the region’s most stalwart autocrats – inTunisia, Egypt, and Libya – and opening the door for more representative government.
So far, that appears to mean a greater voice for Islamists – those who want Islam to play a greater role in politics.
Father thanks passers-by who saved three children from icy river crash
'It's a story to me that is inspiring in many ways' says grateful driver
msnbc.com staff and news service reports
Roger Andersen thought it was over.
The 46-year-old lost control of his car this weekend on a winding Utah canyon road and slid into an icy river, trapping his 9-year-old daughter Mia and 4-year-old son Baylor, along with their friend, 9-year-old Kenya Wildman. The car flipped upside-down and quickly became submerged.
"The first thought was, 'So this is it how it ends," Andersen said while choking back tears Monday. "This could very easily have been a funeral for four of us."
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