Day: June 3, 2010

Press Briefing by National Incident Commander for Deepwater BP Oil Spill Response, June 3, 2010

METAIRIE, La.–(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2010.  Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, National Incident Commander for the Deepwater BP oil spill response, briefed national and international media today on developments in the ongoing response. The briefing took place at 9:15 a.m. at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans. U.S. COAST GUARD ADMIRAL THAD ALLEN:[Read More…]

Obama Administration Sends $69 Million Bill To BP

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2010.  The Obama Administration today sent a preliminary bill for $69.09 million to BP and other responsible parties for response and recovery operations relating to the BP/Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. The Administration will continue to bill BP regularly for all associated costs to ensure the Oil Spill Liability[Read More…]

State Department Briefing by Phillip J. Crowley, June 3, 2010

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2010. INDEX: DEPARTMENT Secretary Clinton meets with Indian Education Minister Kapil Sibal/U.S.-Indian cooperation in higher education Under Secretary Burns’ meeting with Indian Foreign Secretary Rao Secretary Clinton’s meeting with civil society activists from the Middle East and North Africa Special Envoy Mitchell’s visit to the Middle East[Read More…]

Rights Groups Ask Court To Block Movie Industry Subpoenas

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2010.  Subpoenas seeking the names and contact information of thousands of individual Internet users from their respective Internet service providers (ISPs) violate the individual users’ rights to due process and anonymity, according to friend-of-the-court briefs filed late last night by the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU[Read More…]

White House Press Briefing by Robert Gibbs, June 3, 2010

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2010 – 2:27 P.M. EDT MR. GIBBS:  Just one quick scheduling update for you all.  Tomorrow before departing for the Gulf, the President will stop with the Vice President at a business in Hyattsville, Maryland, to comment on the May employment numbers that will be, as you[Read More…]

Catholic Bishop Stabbed to Death in Turkey

Turkey–(ENEWSPF)– From the BBC: A Roman Catholic bishop has been stabbed to death in southern Turkey, state-run media report. Luigi Padovese, 63, was attacked in the garden of his summer house in the Mediterranean port of Iskenderun, according to Anatolia news agency. Police have arrested Bishop Padovese’s driver, a man[Read More…]

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