Posts Tagged ‘ramps’
As race ramps up, GOP asks if Perry can stay atop (AP)
AP – The Republican race for the White House is about to accelerate dramatically, with a series of debates and events testing whether Rick Perry has staying power and Mitt Romney can keep focusing on the president instead of his GOP rivals.
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Cairo ramps up evacuations, thousands seek exit (AP)
AP – EgyptAir’s staff scuffled with frantic passengers, food supplies were dwindling, flight information was nonexistent — and some policemen even demanded substantial bribes before allowing foreigners to board their planes.
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Cairo ramps up evacuations, thousands still stuck (AP)
AP – The exodus of foreigners and Egyptians from Cairo surged Tuesday as dozens of evacuation planes arrived, but the airport itself was still in disarray, overwhelmed with over 4,500 stranded passengers.
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Security ramps up ahead of Afghan vote (AP)
AP – Police set up extra checkpoints across Afghanistan on Friday to scan for suicide bombers and insurgents a day ahead of parliamentary polling that will test the government’s ability to hold a legitimate election after last year’s disastrous presidential vote.
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World ramps up flood aid to stricken Pakistan (AP)
AP – The world ramped up assistance to flood-ravaged Pakistan on Thursday three weeks after the crisis began, and U.S. Sen. John Kerry said Washington did not want Islamist extremists to come out of the disaster stronger.
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Company ramps up effort to clean Mich. river spill (AP)
AP – Michigan’s governor on Wednesday sharply criticized attempts to contain a large oil spill making its way down the Kalamazoo River after the company responsible for the spill said it had redoubled its efforts to clean up the mess.
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BP oil collection ramps up; so do claims questions (AP)
AP – BP plans to bring in an oil-burning device and a tanker from the North Sea as it tries to contain the crude spewing into the Gulf of Mexico, a disaster creating headaches for people who make money off the sea and those processing their claims of financial loss.
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