The most important news for Tuesday, May 18th, 2010....
Scientists are expressing major concern that the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico will soon reach a major ocean current that could carry it through the Florida Keys and up the East Coast.
In fact, researchers are warning that miles-long underwater plumes of oil from the oil spill could poison and suffocate sea life across the food chain, with damage that could endure for a decade or more.
Air samples from Louisiana reveal that levels of airborne chemicals there now far exceed what is considered considered safe for human exposure.
An over 7,000-square-mile wildlife "dead zone" located in the center of the Gulf of Mexico has grown from being a curiosity to a colossus over the past two decades, and scientists are now concerned that the recent oil spill and other emerging chemical threats could widen the zone even further.
The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is greatly endangering an unseen world of amazing sea creatures on the bottom of the Gulf.
The violence in the Thai capital of Bangkok has escalated as authorities there continue to attempt to evict thousands of anti-government protesters, known as the Red Shirts, from a downtown district.
Iran has agreed to a plan, announced by Brazil, to ship its low-grade uranium to its new ally Turkey, which in return will give Tehran fuel rods of medium-enriched uranium for a "medical research reactor".
High-ranking sources in the Israeli Foreign Ministry are expressing displeasure with Turkey over the deployment of anti-aircraft batteries along the Syrian border. It is believed that this move is intended to help repel a U.S. or Israeli attack against Iran or Syria.
Syrian Prime Minister Muhammad Naji al-Otari is threatening to retaliate strongly should Israel attack his country.
South Korea's navy has fired warning shots at North Korean patrol boats that strayed across the sea border between the two countries.
Japan is urging China to cut its nuclear arsenal or at least to stop stockpiling more atomic weapons.
According to a new report, the U.S. national debt will reach 100 percent of GDP by the year 2015.
The euro has plunged to a four year low against the U.S. dollar.
During a recent speech, IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn called for the introduction of a global currency backed by a global central bank which would act as the "lender of last resort" in the event of a severe economic crisis.
In addition, it is being reported that the IMF still favors global taxes on financial institutions as a way of preventing a repeat of the financial crisis.
There is a lot of talk in Europe that the euro is still on the verge of a major crisis.
The European Central Bank's chief economist says that the recent 750 billion euro rescue loan package only bought eurozone countries more time.
There are reports that German dealers and banks have been desperate to get their hands on krugerrands, the world's most popular gold coin.
An Abu Dhabi hotel has installed a gold vending machine.
It turns out that Barack Obama, working with his cohorts at the Federal Reserve, is actually using American taxpayer money to bail out the Greek welfare state, thereby enabling dole recipients in Greece to continue receiving their dole.
More news outlets are reporting on the London-based commodities trader that is claiming that major New York banks are involved in serious manipulation of the silver and gold futures markets.
In a recent interview, White House information czar Cass Sunstein revealed his desire that political websites be mandated by law to link to opposing information.
An attorney representing the family of a 7-year-old girl shot to death on Sunday in a police raid is accusing the Detroit Police Department of misrepresenting the incident.
In some areas of the U.K., residents are being asked to report neighbors for "environmental crimes" such as putting their trash bins out too early or too late.
200,000 small nonprofit organizations have until midnight Monday to file with the IRS or lose their tax-exempt status under a new law many of them have failed to notice.
Starting in 2012, all companies will have to file tax forms not just for freelancers, as in the past, but for anyone from whom they buy $600 in goods or services over the course of a year.
The upcoming EU-Russia summit will see the launch of a new initiative designed to help bring Russia's petro-dominated economy into the modern age.
Sarah Palin has defended a new law cracking down on illegal immigration in Arizona claiming: "We're all Arizonans now".
The San Diego Convention & Visitors Bureau and several hotels in the area are reporting receiving e-mails and letters from Arizona visitors saying they intend to change their plans to travel to San Diego in light of local outcry over their home state’s anti-illegal immigration stance.
It turns out that Barack Obama's "faith-based" programs are focusing on global warming, climate change and other green issues.
Female British soldiers are being urged to carry condoms to war after an alarming number of pregnancies at bases in Afghanistan.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is working on developing sweat-triggered vaccines.
Gallup’s annual poll on moral values found that 76 percent of Americans believe that moral values in the country are getting worse, up five percent from last year.
On Saturday, the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles ordained a partnered lesbian as a bishop.
According to a new poll, a majority of Italians now believe that Roman Catholic priests should be allowed to marry.
In an attempt to avoid legal liability for sex crimes, the Roman Catholic Church is now saying that Catholic bishops are not employees of the Vatican.
Google is getting ready to move into the living room with a computer operating system that will bring the Internet to home televisions.
Lastly, on Sunday night Sandra Diaz-Twine was revealed as the winner of "Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains". It was the end of Survivor's 20th season on television.
This is really very serious problem. I hope they can find a solution about this as soon as they can because this is very harmful to the sea life.