July 31, 2007

Earlybird Roundup: Ethics & Energy Bills; Al-Maliki Under Fire

Congress. Democrats offered up ethics legislation and reached an agreement on a new energy package yesterday.

Iraq. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is under renewed pressure from within his own party now that the Iraqi parliament has departed for a monthlong summer recess over U.S. objections.

Washington. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Robert Gates touch down in Egypt today to promote a peace conference later this year.

North Korea. A U.N. nuclear team said yesterday that North Koreans were fully cooperating with inspectors monitoring the shutdown of the Yongbyon nuclear complex.

Nation. An FDA panel voted to keep the diabetes drug Avandia on the market but mandated that it also be sold with a label warning of an increased risk of heart disease.

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