The giant oil company BP says it's preparing a new attempt to stem the flow of oil spilling from a sunken drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico.
It plans to use remote-controlled submarines to position a metal dome over the leak far beneath the sea. The aim is for the dome to funnel escaping oil into a pipe that will carry it to tankers on the surface.
BP says it hopes to get the dome in place in the next few days.
The Kenya Prime Minister Raila Odinga has criticized an American anti-abortion group for funding a campaign against Kenya’s draft constitution. The American Center for Law and Justice and its partner association in Kenya opposed an article in the draft document which they say would allow abortion on demand. The Kenyan authorities denied this, saying doctors would only allow abortions in medical emergencies. Mr. Odinga told the BBC the Americans were interfering.
That it is a very disturbing development indeed that American organizations start involved in negative campaign against the draft constitution,a real interference in the internal affairs of Kenya.Kenyans are due to vote on draft constitution by July.
World News from the BBC.
A special commission in Honduras has begun investigating last year's military-backed overthrow of the then President Manuel Zelaya. The body known as a truth commission was set up by the new President Porfirio Lobo shortly after his election in November in an attempt to restore some of the country’s international standing.