November 06, 2007

Earlybird Roundup: House To Override Water Bill Veto

Congress. The House is expected to override President Bush's veto of the water resources bill today.

Administration. Bush threatened to veto another bill yesterday, this time the extensive farm bill currently under debate in the Senate.

Iraq. Two mass graves containing at least 30 bodies were discovered Saturday near a former al-Qaida stronghold northwest of Baghdad.

North Korea. The U.S. praised North Korea's cooperation and recent progress in dismantling its nuclear plants.

Pakistan. The country's judicial system is paralyzed due to President Pervez Musharraf's crackdown, with one in four lawyers jailed and many judges detained in their homes.

Nation. Most of the funds allocated for post-Katrina rebuilding in Louisiana and Mississippi remain unspent.

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