The President of Mexico Felipe Calderon has condemned a new law in the American state of Arizona to crack down on illegal immigrants. He described it as racial discrimination and the violation of human rights. The law was enacted in the border state last week, giving police new powers to stop suspected illegal immigrants.
The Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger says the Hollywood sign is safe. Enough money has been raised to ensure the lands surrounding the famous sign can't be built on. There had been plans for four luxury homes on the site, but Mr Schwarzenegger said a donation from Hugh Hefner of Playboy magazine would allow a trust to buy the property for 12.5 million dollars. David Bamford reports.
Governor Schwarzenegger confirmed that the giant Hollywood letters overlooking Los Angeles had been spared from disappearing behind urban sprawl at the hands of property developers. The saviours of the day, a fund raising drive and the 900,000-dollar donation from none other than the founder of Playboy magazine, Hugh Hefner , enough to buy up the land and turn it into a park. The governor said the sign will continue to welcome dreamers, artists and like him Austrian body-builders for generations to come.
The oil company BP is using four robot submarines to stop oil leaking into the Gulf of Mexico from a sunken rig almost a kilometer and a half below the surface. Around 16,000 litres of oil a day is flowing from the platform which sank after an explosion last week. BP has warned that if the submarines can't activate the machine which will shut off the oil flow, it could be months before the leak was stopped.