January 11, 2008

Earlybird Roundup: Bush's West Bank Visit, Contract Inquiry, Kenya Talks

Administration. In the West Bank city of Ramallah yesterday, President Bush said Palestinian refugees should receive compensation and Israel should end its "occupation" over some Palestinian-controlled areas. He also went to Israel's Holocaust memorial this morning, telling Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice afterward that the U.S. should have bombed Auschwitz.

Congress. Top Democrats asked the Justice Department for information on contracts directed to former Attorney General John Ashcroft and lawyers tracking companies that settled criminal charges out-of-court.

Iraq. The U.S. military announced yesterday that the Anbar province will return to Iraqi control in March.

Courts. A Pennsylvania judge blocked the federal government's efforts to deport a Coptic Christian man who said he would be tortured if he returned to his home country of Egypt.

World. U.S. and African Union diplomats left Kenya after failing to make headway on mediating the dispute over the country's presidential election.

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Posted at 8:43 AM
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