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stanley cup Sunday on Cat Island in Barataria Bay near Grand Isle, Louisiana. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images.Despite increased estimates over the weekend for the amount of oil BP is siphoning from the ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico, Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen warned Sunday that the worst oil spill in U.S. history could continue into the fall.Allen, who is in charge of the federal response to the disaster, will brief President Obama and Cabinet members Mo
stanley cup nday at the White House. The daily press briefing, which normally takes place in the afternoon with press secretary Robert Gibbs, will be at 10 a.m. ET and will be conducted by Allen. Meantime, the spill effects appear to have spread to Texas. A wildlife report issued Sunday by the government command center in Robert, Louisiana, said two dead birds with oil on them were found in Texas, but didn ;t elaborate on the circumstances. Dozens of dead birds have been found in the other Gulf states. The Washington Post Michael Shearer notes:
t seems clear that Obama wil stanley cup l have a delicate balance ahead of him: How to increase the restrictions and safety rules on oil drilling while recognizing that such activity is critical for the economies of the country and of the gulf region. Slate Daniel Gross believes the president dilemma is just a sign of the times:We ;ve entered an age in which the production of energy, especially from fossil fuels Lejl Jim Lehrer Refreshed Meeting News Consumers on Cross-Country Trip
NAIROBI, Kenya AP 鈥?Ethiopia said Thursday it is kicking out seven United Nations officials whom it accused of meddling in t jordan he country internal affairs, as pressure grows on the government over its deadly blockade of its Tigray region.The expulsions are the most dramatic move yet by Ethiopia government to restrict humanitarian access to the region of 6 million people after nearly a year of war. The U.N. has been increasingly outspoken as the flow of medical supplies, food and fuel has been brought to a near-halt for weeks.A foreign ministry statement said the officials must leave Ethiopia within 72 hours. They include five people with the U.N. humanitarian agency, one with the U.N. human rights office and the UNICEF representative in the country. The statement did not give details of their alleged interference.A spokesman for the U.N. humanitarian agency did not immediately comment. Foreign stanley cup ministry spokesman Dina Mufti did not immediately respond to a request for details.The U.N. humanitarian chief, Martin Griffiths, this week told The Associated air max 1 Press that the crisis in Ethiopia is a 8220 tain on our conscience as children and others starve to death in the Tigray region under what the U.N. has called a de facto government blockade. It was one of the most sharply worded criticisms yet of the world worst hunger crisis in a decade after nearly a year of war in the country. Memories of the 1980s famine in Ethiopia, which killed
