They have the legal authority to cut off funding for the Libya operation, and the defense bill is coming up in a couple weeks.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

Mr Justice Akenhead said Thales claimed the money is needed to cover extra costs due to TfGM's failures, blaming the authority for late instructions and a lack of co-operation.

BBC: Metrolink

Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani on Friday expressed "deep shock and grief over the tragedy, " ordering his country's Civil Aviation Authority "to gear up all its resources for rescue operation, " state media reported.

CNN: No survivors from Pakistan plane crash, official says

Until recently he was Director of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) Culham, with responsibility for the UK fusion programme and operation of the Joint European Torus (JET).

UNESCO: THEMES

What is more, the prime minister chooses the projects for both units, and the units can invoke his authority to ensure co-operation.

ECONOMIST: The cafeti��re theory of government

The responsibility for any clear-up operation along the shore would fall to the local authority.

BBC: Oil spill 'impacts heavily' on beaches