Tuesday, July 06, 2010

Overview

2010/07/06 Headlines: Oil from BP Spill Reaches Texas; 2007 Memo: Danger of Offshore Oil Drilling Spill a "Low-Probability" Event; BP Still Has Nearly $1 Billion Pentagon Fuel Contract; Israel Partially Eases Gaza Blockade Ahead of White House Meeting; B'Tselem: Jewish Settlements Control 42 Percent of West Bank Land; Tax-Exempt Funds Aid Settlements in West Bank; Justice Dept to Sue Arizona over Immigration Law; GOP Chair Steele: Afghanistan Is "War of Obama's Choosing"; Costa Rica Approves Plan to Give Access to US War Ships; Syrian Human Rights Attorney Sentenced to Three Years in Jail; US Awards $1.85B in Loan Guarantees for Solar Projects; Greenpeace Accuses Paper Firm of Destroying Indonesian Rain Forests; Maoist Leader Killed in India; Puerto Rico Probes Police Crackdown on Student; Puerto Rican Analyst Juan Manuel García-Passalacqua, 73, Dies; Thousands Attend Funeral of Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah