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<P>Light sweet c<A></A>rude is all but choking the delicate eco-system along the extreme southeast tip of Louisiana.</P>

<P>Brazil having coaxed Iran into some fairly major bargaining concessions, Washington’s push for sanctions against Tehran possibly constitutes a slamming of the diplomatic door.</P>

Is BP, or worse, the US, another Captain Ahab, and the oil they hunt, their Moby Dick?

<p>Critics suggested that getting involved in mediating the nuclear dispute was a sign of his ego, but now Brazil's presiednt could be having the last laugh.</p>

<p>&nbsp;Lula’s trip to Tehran could represent for the international community its last, best shot at a negotiated solution before the UN takes up a vote on new sanctions.</p>

<p>At a primary school in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, the Cherokee Native American nation is fighting hard to keep its ancestral language alive for a new generation.</p>

<p>Doris McLemore is the last surviving speaker of Wichita, one of thousands of small languages world-wide on the brink of oblivion.</p>

<P>There’s a huge amount of public anger over BP’s damaged oil rig and there will be endless demands for accountability and countless inquiries into what went wrong on April 20 -&nbsp;and how to prevent a similar incident.</P>

<p>As millions of barrels of crude gush from BP's ruptured rig -&nbsp;threatening a vast swath of coastline -&nbsp;people here are weighing the benefits of oil and gas against the potential environmental and economic cost.</p>