BP Director shifts as Hayward steps back from daily spill duties
BP removes Tony Hayward from day to day oversight of the Gulf spill and hands operations to Bob Dudley. Coast Guard reports containment nearing 1 million gallons daily with expansion planned to reach 90 percent of flow by late June.
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Ethnic Uzbeks fear returning home as Kyrgyz violence lashes border
In Kyrgyzstan near the Uzbek border hundreds of ethnic Uzbeks shelter in bare tents facing hunger and unsafe water. Refugees fear returning to Osh and nearby towns where mobs killed, burned and displaced hundreds of thousands. UN appeals for 71 million dollars. US released 32.2 million. aid from Russia and France arrives.
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Son Kills Father Over Iraq Interpreter Loyalty
In Samarra a 50 year old Iraqi U.S. interpreter Hameed al Daraji was shot dead in his bed by his son Abdul Halim Hameed for refusing to quit his role for the U.S. military. Police say the suspect and a cousin were arrested while another son hides. At least 27 people died nationwide in a violent day linked to insurgent attacks.
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Five NATO troops die in Afghanistan clash
Five NATO troops including three Americans die in fighting in Afghanistan raising this month's US deaths to 34. NATO reports two American fatalities in an insurgent attack and one in a roadside blast. The US tally reaches at least 1,036 military deaths in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Uzbekistan.
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Gardiner executed by firing squad in Utah prison
Ronnie Lee Gardner died two minutes after a firing squad sentenced him to death at the Utah State Prison. Five officers fired from a gunport position while one rifle contained a blank to mask the shooter. The condemned man sat strapped in a metal chair with sandbags surrounding the chamber.
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Police raid Haiti quake camp targets 30 suspects
U N and Haitian police conducted a pre dawn raid at a crowded quake survivor camp near Port au Prince to seize 30 criminal suspects in the biggest law enforcement operation since the January 12 earthquake. Residents expressed mixed reactions as the effort aims to curb rising crime in the sprawling settlement.
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