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Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki was absent from the ceremony. On Monday he was scheduled to return from a two-day visit to the U.S.'s adversary, Iran, where he met with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Supreme Leader Ayatullah Khamenei. According to Iranian state news agency IRNA, Khamenei told al-Maliki on Sunday that the U.S. presence in Iraq was the root cause of terrorism, and that the U.S. seeks to establish a permanent base there to dominate the region. He urged further political and economic cooperation with Iran...
...Bybee, then chief of the Office of Legal Counsel, acknowledged in a later memo that the act generally prohibits use of the military for law enforcement purposes unless there's a constitutional or statutory reason for doing so. However, he and others came to the conclusion that even absent constitutional or statutory support, the act "does not forbid the use of military force for the military purpose of preventing and deterring terrorism within the United States...
...vicissitudes of political controversy, to place them beyond the reach of the majorities and officials and to establish them as legal principles to be applied by the courts." Brown has apparently now taken that as a touchstone, arguing that some rights cannot be taken away by the majority, absent special circumstances. "The Declaration of rights in Article I gives certain rights a privileged status," Brown told TIME. "Those rights, including the right to marry, are in a unique position. And while we cite no precise precedent saying so, our argument does follow from that position, and from the logic...
...population of wild bears. Additional funding could be hard to come by, since Japan has a huge budget deficit and the economy is in recession. And even though local energy use is currently rising, Kuzumaki's population is falling as the young move away and remaining residents age. Absent an economic and demographic revival, the wind turbines in years to come will be producing power for fewer and fewer citizens...
CORRECTION Due to an error in Undergraduate Council record-keeping, the Dec. 15 article "UC Approves ATM for Currier" incorrectly stated that John F. Pararas '08-'09 had been expelled from the Council due to excessive absences. In fact, Pararas has not been absent quite enough to qualify for expulsion, and UC Vice President Randall Sarafa '09 announced over the UC-General e-mail list Thursday evening that Pararas had not been expelled...