China devastated by floods | World news | The Guardian

"Huge floods in southern China have killed at least 132 people and displaced 800,000, the government said today as the annual storm season picked up ferocity.

Local media showed images of people abandoning their homes in rubber dinghies in Nanchang, Jiangxi province, one of the worst-hit areas.

Many carried bundles of possessions salvaged from the waters that turned the streets into rivers.

More than 10 million people have lost property, been injured or suffered a cut in power or water supplies as a result of the week of torrential rain across Guangdong, Fujian, Guangxi, Jiangxi and Sichuan."

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Al-Qaeda US-born spokesman warns Americans

"The US-born spokesman for al-Qaeda has sent out a warning that the militant group intends killing more Americans.

In a taunting message, directed at President Barack Obama, Adam Gadahn needled the president over setbacks in his administration and set out al-Qaeda demands for peace with the US.

He described Obama as 'a devious, evasive and serpentine American president with a Muslim name' and taunted him as being 'no longer the popular man you once were, a year ago or so.'"

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France24 - Saudi king to visit Obama: White House

"AFP - President Barack Obama will host Saudi King Abdullah in Washington on June 29, the White House announced Sunday.

Obama 'looks forward to discussing with King Abdullah the strengthening of bilateral ties between the United States and Saudi Arabia as well as a range of common concerns related to Gulf Security, peace in the Middle East, and other regional and global matters,' White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said."

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BP document: Oil flow could be 4.2 million gallons per day!

"BP PLC officials believe that oil may be gushing from its damaged well at a rate of 4.2 million gallons per day -- 100 times the company's original estimate, and over two-thirds higher than current government estimates -- according to an internal company document released by a Democratic congressman.

Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., said on NBC's 'Meet the Press' Sunday that the document shows that 'BP was either lying or grossly incompetent' in the estimates they have been releasing publicly."

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Future looks bleak for Gulf: Alaska STILL hasn't recovered from Exxon Valdez disaster 21 years later

"Cordova, Ala. - The old fisherman wrapped his freckled knuckles around a shovel and started digging on the low-tide beach.

Six inches down, Robert (RJ) Kopchak saw the telltale, iridescent sheen smearing the groundwater.

'There it is. That's oil coming out. I can smell the hydrocarbons,' he said as gumball-sized tar balls bubbled up. 'It's just poison soup is what that really amounts to.'"

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BP memo: Company feared 100,000 barrels of oil could spill in Gulf of Mexico daily

"An internal BP document shows the company estimated that in the worst case, their broken oil well would pump more than 100,000 barrels of oil a day into the sea - far more than the company let on publicly.

The document was made public by Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), chairman of the House Energy and Environment Subcommittee"

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Will 2012 be the end of the world? Astronomer says threat from space is real

"Is it time to start worrying about the apocalypse?

Some say the Mayan calendar portends the end of the world, but others say a threat to Earth could come from space.

Astronomer Chris Impey, writing for The Independent, recently gave us some frightening doomsday scenarios."

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