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| 1 | Mexican police free journalists seized by drug gangs MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican police raided a drug gang safe house before dawn on Saturday and rescued two television journalists kidnapped by cartel members who demanded networks broadcast their messages. Reuters: World News - July 31, 2010 - 8:26 pm read more* |
| 2 | Big Oil's PR machine takes a hit over celeb-backed greenwash When Sandra Bullock, John Goodman and Lenny Kravitz were asked to appear in a video urging viewers to sign a petition to help highlight the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, they could be forgiven for believing they were on the side of the angels. Independent: World News - July 31, 2010 - 6:00 pm read more* |
| 3 | Police Rescue 2 Mexican Journalists Javier Canales and Alejandro Hernández, both camera operators, had been kidnapped earlier in the week by suspected drug traffickers seeking to silence the media. New York Times: International News - July 31, 2010 - 5:04 pm read more* |
| 4 | 3 squabbling companies must cooperate to plug well On shore, BP, Halliburton and Transocean are engaging in a billion-dollar blame game over the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. At sea, they're depending on each other to finally plug up the environmental disaster.document.write( " " ); var myAj StarTribune: Nation/World - July 31, 2010 - 4:05 pm read more* |
| 5 | Bogota denies Venezuela war plan The Colombian government denies accusations by Caracas it is planning a military attack on Venezuela, following claims by President Hugo Chavez that his Colombian counterpart, Alvaro Uribe, was "capable of anything". BBC News: UK Edition - July 31, 2010 - 2:21 pm read more* |
| 6 | 3 of 4 kidnapped Mexican journalists freed The signal of one of Mexico's largest television networks faded to black for almost an hour as a symbolic protest of violence against journalists. CNN: World - July 31, 2010 - 1:23 pm read more* |
| 7 | Oil spill mars UC Berkeley's BP-funded research BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is fueling opposition to the University of California, Berkeley's research partnership with ... USATODAY: Top Stories - July 31, 2010 - 1:05 pm read more* |
| 8 | Colombia denies war launch as Chavez dispatches troops Colombian President Alvaro Uribe denies he plans to launch a military attack on neighboring Venezuela, denouncing President Hugo Chavez after Caracas ordered troops to the border. ABC Australia - July 31, 2010 - 12:42 pm read more* |
| 9 | BP to try well kill Tuesday BILOXI, Mississippi (Reuters) - BP said on Friday it could seal its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well by next week as the House of Representatives voted to toughen regulation of offshore energy drilling. Reuters: Top News - July 31, 2010 - 8:18 am read more* |
| 10 | Argentina Belatedly Celebrates a Journalist Hero When the generals began disposing of thousands of young people in the late 1970s, only one journalist dared stand up for the rights of the "disappeared." And then he seemed to vanish from history. TIME Magazine: World - July 31, 2010 - 3:40 am read more* |
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