Says U.N. Security Council is ‘neutered.’

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Clinton Calls Syria Vote ‘Travesty’

Security Council will only call for ‘political transition.’

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U.N. Shrinks from Syria Sanctions

ON MAY 29, 2008, D.C. Council member Jim Graham (D-Ward 1) met with representatives of a District business who were pressing their bid for the city’s lottery contract. Allegations have emerged, most recently in a report by D.C. Inspector General Charles J. Willoughby, that the council member offered to drop his opposition to the group’s bid if one of its members would agree to withdraw from a separate real estate deal with Metro, on whose board Mr. Graham sat. As this page reported Wednesday , Mr. Graham flatly denied that he ever made such an offer. Read full article > >

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Editorial Board: E-mails renew questions about Jim Graham’s role in lottery contract

ON TUESDAY, President Obama’s Jobs Council reminded the nation that it is still hooked on fossil fuels, and will be for a long time. “Continuing to deliver inexpensive and reliable energy,” the council reported, “is going to require the United States to optimize all of its natural resources and construct pathways (pipelines, transmission and distribution) to deliver electricity and fuel.” Read full article > >

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Editorial Board: Obama’s Keystone pipeline rejection is hard to accept

BAGHDAD — The U.S. military on Friday handed over its last and most controversial prisoner to the Iraqi government ahead of the departure of the remaining few thousand U.S. troops, officials said. The prisoner, Ali Musa Daqduq, a senior member of the Lebanese Shiite Hezbollah movement, is suspected in the killings of five U.S. soldiers in 2007. He was transferred to Iraqi custody after the Obama administration “sought and received assurances that he will be tried for his crimes,” according to Tommy Vietor, spokesman for the National Security Council in Washington. Read full article > >

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The Prince George’s County Council and county executive, already among the highest paid county government officials in Maryland, are due for a 3.4 percent raise next month. The increase comes at a time when public employees are enduring pay freezes and unpaid furloughs to plug local government budget gaps. In nearby Howard and Montgomery counties, pay raises are also in the offing. Read full article > >

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Prince George’s elected officials due for a raise in tough economic times

England pace bowler James Anderson says the International Cricket Council has a responsibility to prevent the Test game from being overtaken by one-dayers.

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ICC must protect Tests – Anderson

Abdullah al-Senussi — Moammar Gadhafi's brother-in-law and intelligence chief — was captured by Libyan revolutionary forces at his brother's house, senior National Transitional Council member Mohammed Sayeh told reporters Sunday.

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World powers meeting at the U.N. nuclear agency have agreed on a draft resolution sharply criticizing Iran for its nuclear activities while stopping short of setting deadlines or recommending new sanctions, two Western diplomats familiar with the document said Thursday. The resolution, which is expected to win formal approval by the nuclear watchdog’s 35-nation governing board Friday, is a partial victory for Western powers seeking to strongly rebuke Iran for pursuing nuclear technology in defiance of U.N. Security Council resolutions. Read full article > >

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U.N. resolution to sharply criticize Iran for nuclear efforts

In Libya, the National Transitional Council is releasing hundreds of prisoners, many suspected Gaddafi loyalists, ahead of a major religious festival.

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VIDEO: Hundreds of Libyan prisoners freed

England captain Andrew Strauss labels the anti-corruption unit of the International Cricket Council as a “toothless tiger”.

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Strauss criticises ICC inquiries

Nato’s mission over Libya is set to end after more than seven months, despite calls from the National Transitional Council for the operation to continue.

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Nato set to finish Libya mission

The Syrian National Council has closed ranks in the most concerted attempt yet to forge an alternative to President Bashar al-Assad.

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Qaddafi’s Death Stirs New Protests, and Hope, in Syria

Campaigners are to hold a vigil every day outside a library in north-west London as they try to prevent it from being boarded up by the council.

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Campaigners hold library vigils

After a rumor was started Thursday that the Transitional National Council had captured ousted Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi’s son Mutassim, massive celebrations broke out in the capital, Tripoli. Jubilant Libyans fired shots into the air, an increasingly common practice in the country that has left more than a few dead Read full article > >

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Libyan activists call for end to celebratory gunfire