News and views from around the web posted to the Wonderland Wire:
- Anger halts Birmingham ‘terror cameras’ | AFP 17 June 2010
- Lockheed Martin to seek missile defense contract | AP 17 June 2010
- Illinois Debt-Default Insurance Climbs to Record High | BusinessWeek 17 June 2010
- Banks further reduce emergency borrowing from Fed | AP 17 June 2010
- Summary Box: Gold prices rise on economic worries | AP 17 June 2010
- DHS backing off Mexico border fence – Jeff Stein | WaPo 17 June 2010
- Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox in Protest Schools Ruling | NY Times 17 June 2010
- Optimistically, 15-20 Years Before Tapping Afghanistan ‘Motherlode’… So What? | Little Alex in Wonderland 17 June 2010
- U.N. Secret Detention Report | Little Alex in Wonderland 17 June 2010
- BP’s $20 Billion Fund May Not Stop Spill Lawsuits, Judge Says | BusinessWeek 17 June 2010
- SHOCKER: Washington BP Apologist Financed by Big Oil | Little Alex in Wonderland 17 June 2010
- Men charged under law targeting gang members | CHICAGO SUN-TIMES 17 June 2010
- Swiss parliament clears way for US tax deal | AP 17 June 2010
- EU places further sanctions on Iran | AJ English 17 June 2010
- Shell: $40B in Nigerian investments in jeopardy | AP 17 June 2010
- Uzbeks allege rapes, say troops let violence occur | AP 17 June 2010
- China’s secret media: Chinese whispers | The Economist 17 June 2010
- Israel to ‘liberalise’ Gaza embargo | AJ English 17 June 2010
- Settlers ‘building in West Bank despite freeze’ | AFP 17 June 2010
- Israel’s Barak warns Lebanon over Gaza aid fleet | AFP 17 June 2010
- Fired Chicago police lt. denies torturing suspects | AP 17 June 2010
- BUSTED: Rep. Who Apologized To BP Has Taken Millions From Big Oil | Business Insider 17 June 2010
- US Dollar: The Mother Of All Bubbles | Business Insider 17 June 2010
- UK extradition failure may put US base in jeopardy | RT 17 June 2010
- Drones in America – Jacob Hornberger | MWC 17 June 2010
- Kenyan police beat and extort Somalis fleeing war: HRW | Reuters 17 June 2010
- UN representative says Taliban ‘weary of war’ | AFP 17 June 2010
- UN ignores Sri Lanka’s protest over war crimes panel | AFP 17 June 2010
- More than 90 banks miss May TARP payments | Reuters 17 June 2010
- Afghan mineral wealth may be greater: $3 trillion | AP 17 June 2010
- EU to Push Taxes on Banks, Financial Transactions at G-20 | BusinessWeek 17 June 2010
- Spain Will Use Less Than a Third of Bank Rescue Fund | BusinessWeek 17 June 2010
- Gazans Say Blockade Keeps Homes in Decay, Doesn’t Damage Hamas | BusinessWeek 17 June 2010
- Jobless Claims in U.S. Unexpectedly Rose Last Week | BusinessWeek 17 June 2010
- Did the BP Oil Well Really Blow Out in February, Instead of April? | Washington’s Blog 17 June 2010
- China’s Workers Are Stirring – Han Dongfang | NY Times 17 June 2010
- Supreme Court court rules in text-messaging, property rights cases | WaPo 17 June 2010
- Illegal migrants risk kidnapping, rape, torture on journey through Mexico | WaPo 17 June 2010
- Uzbeks stay in squalid camps, saying they don’t trust Kyrgyzstan authorities | WaPo 17 June 2010
- BP Hiring Four More Banks, Total Tally Now At Seven, Scrambles To Create Underwriting Syndicate | zero hedge 17 June 2010
- Direct Action is Key – Darian Worden | C4SS 17 June 2010
- Muslims, Americans down on Obama’s foreign policy | The Cable 17 June 2010
- The hollow Arab core – Marc Lynch | The Middle East Channel 17 June 2010
- Gold: The Currency Of First Resort | zero hedge 17 June 2010
- Top Ten Myths about the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict – Jeremy Hammond | FPJ 17 June 2010
- Sudan rebels surrender to war crimes court | AFP 17 June 2010
- Syria’s Assad says Israeli raid raises war risk | Reuters 17 June 2010
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