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...back against Washington on the terms of a security pact that will govern the presence of U.S. troops in Iraq after their current U.N. mandate expires at the end of the year. With the clock ticking on a Bush Administration that is keen to finalize a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) before the expiration of the U.N. mandate - and its own - al-Maliki is holding out for the U.S. to back down from its demands for legal immunity for U.S. troops in Iraq and for their right to arrest and detain Iraqis...
...private security contractors working with the U.S. military and embassy staff will no longer enjoy immunity. But even if the Americans hold firm on the final two sticking points (which is likely) al-Maliki can grudgingly approve the deal and still ultimately get his way. That's because the agreement must be ratified by the Iraqi parliament, which is unlikely to occur without the U.S. conceding on the immunity and arrest issues. Whether he makes the stand himself or leaves it to the legislature, the end result will most likely be the same: no concessions, no deal...
...burgeoning cyclists dismounted. At least two of the 20-odd freshmen who participated appeared satisfied. “I definitely started harder than I should have, but at the end I definitely wanted to keep going,” said Vicky E. Koski-Karell ’12, drawing agreement from a similarly sweaty Ethan N. Waxman ’12. Both claimed to have ascended to the breathless territory that was Zone 4. But despite the FDO’s extensive offerings, neither Koski-Karell nor Waxman could recall attending any other non-mandatory opening week events?...
...more unnerving than any one of the governor’s Christian-fundamentalist policy goals is the operating mechanism she sees compelling their implementation. Rather than resign herself—as Obama has—to seeking a functional agreement in a complex world, Palin would prefer to achieve cohesion and progress through simple homogeneity...
This morning, to the relief of Detroiters and the Democratic Party, Kilpatrick went back on those words. "I lied under oath," he admitted in a Detroit courtroom before accepting a plea deal negotiated with Wayne County prosecutors. Under the agreement, the mayor will resign his office, plead guilty to two counts of criminal obstruction of justice, pay $1 million restitution and spend four months in jail. "I gave that up a long time ago," said Kilpatrick, who has long battled with the local media, when the judge asked if he understood that he was giving up the right...