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A Vietnamese oyster fisherman stands idle at the docks in Empire, La. The BP PLC oil spill has struck at the heart of the tight-knit Vietnamese community, posing hardships for those who brought their fishing traditions here as refugees. (Associated Press)
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In this Friday, June 25, 2010 photo, members of the Positive Ladies Football Club are shown during a practice session in Epworth, about 30 kilometers south east of Harare, Zimbabwe. The team consists of women who are infected with the HIV/AIDS virus, and soccer has become more than just a game for them. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
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As the White House releases its National AIDS Strategy Tuesday, Los Angeles-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation launched an ad campaign comparing President Obama's AIDS policy with President George W. Bush's. (Graphic: AIDS Healthcare Foundation)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS A spokeswoman for Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. says sanctuary cities that refuse to enforce federal immigration laws will not face lawsuits like Arizona, which has passed a law on illegal immigrants.
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** FILE ** Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer slammed the administration for being indecisive on criticism of the immigration law in July 2010. (AP Photo)
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Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. says he doesn't know whether a terrorist can face the death penalty if he or she were to plead guilty to a military commission. (CBS via Associated Press)
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Los Angeles police Sgt. Bill Smith (right) talks with Marine 1st Lt. Tylor Johnston as they ready for a ride-along in Los Angeles. Seventy Marines recently patrolled streets with the Los Angeles police in a weeklong exercise to help the Marines with law enforcement in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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A Jan. 12, 2010, file photo shows American Aijalon Mahli Gomes, during a rally denouncing North Korean's human rights conditions at the Imjingak Pavilion, near the demilitarized zone of Panmunjom that separates the two Koreas. North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency reported Friday, July 9, 2010, that Aijalon Mahli Gomes, from Boston, attempted to commit suicide and was being treated at a hospital. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)
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** FILE ** In this June 15, 2010 file photo, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer speaks in Phoenix. Donations to a special fund that Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer established to help pay for the state's legal defense of its immigration enforcement law now total roughly $500,000. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File )
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A protester shouts slogans during a rally in central Athens, Thursday, July 8, 2010. More than 12,000 people took part in two separate protest marches, according to police estimates. Greece's governing Socialists are battling growing discontent as a new round of economic austerity faces party dissent, growing public hostility and fresh strike.(AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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Protesters shout slogans during a rally in central Athens,Greece, Thursday, July 8, 2010. More than 12,000 people took part in two separate protest marches, according to police estimates. Greece's governing Socialists are battling growing discontent as a new round of economic austerity faces party dissent, growing public hostility and fresh strike.(AP Photo/Alkis Konstantinidis)
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Protesters take part in a rally in central Athens,Greece, Thursday, July 8, 2010. More than 12,000 people took part in two separate protest marches, according to police estimates. Greece's governing Socialists are battling growing discontent as a new round of economic austerity faces party dissent, growing public hostility and fresh strike.(AP Photo/Alkis Konstantinidis)
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A protester walk past riot police outside parliament during a rally in central Athens, Thursday, July 8, 2010. More than 12,000 people took part in two separate protest marches, according to police estimates. Greece's governing Socialists are battling growing discontent as a new round of economic austerity faces party dissent, growing public hostility and fresh strike. (AP Photo/Dimitri Messinis)
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A protester shouts slogans in front of riot police outside parliament during a rally in central Athens, Thursday, July 8, 2010. More than 12,000 people took part in two separate protest marches, according to police estimates. Greece's governing Socialists are battling growing discontent as a new round of economic austerity faces party dissent, growing public hostility and fresh strike. (AP Photo/Dimitri Messinis)
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** FILE ** This is a July 2, 2004 file photo of the Very Rev. Jeffrey John at St. Albans Abbey in St. Albans, England. The Church of England may be on the verge of promoting a gay priest to bishop, a step that would widen the split over sexuality in the global Anglican Communion. (AP Photo/Michael Stephens/PA File)
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel reacts at the beginning of a special budget meeting of the cabinet at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, June 6, 2010. Chancellor Angela Merkel met with her ministers to hammer out a savings plan for the nation's budget that could include cuts to federal staff, social welfare benefits or tax hikes. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
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** FILE ** Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, with law enforcement supporters behind her, signs immigration bill SB 1070 into law in Phoenix on April 23, 2010. (AP Photo)
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Tourists from Uruguay, left, hold up signs as they briefly join a protest against the meeting between President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Family members of victims comfort each others after suicide bombers attacked a popular Muslim shrine in the Pakistan city of Lahore late Thursday night July 1, 2010, killing more than 30 people and wounding 175 others, the city's top official said. (AP Photo/K.M.Chaudary)
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Afghan security force members stand outside a USAID compound in Kunduz, northern Afghanistan, Friday, July 2, 2010, after it was stormed by militants wearing suicide vests. Six suicide bombers attacked the compound Friday, killing at least four people and wounding several others, officials said. (AP Photo)
