Libyan opposition to ask White House for recognition

Washington (CNN) -- A top Libyan opposition leader said Thursday the United States should recognize his group.

In an interview on CNN's "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer," Mahmoud Gibril said when he meets with White House national security advisor Tom Donilon on Friday, his main message will be to clear up "misperceptions" about extreme elements in the opposition and to ask for formal recognition.

"We need the recognition as the sole legitimate interlocutor of the Libyan people," said Gibril, the interim prime minister of Libya's Transitional National Council (TNC).

To date, the United States has not recognized the opposition formally, although it has provided aid. Italy and France have recognized the opposition group.

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Speaking earlier in the day, Gibril also said the United States should turn over some of Libya's frozen assets to his group because "a human tragedy is in the making right now."

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Lords to investigate judicial diversity (Guardian)

Figures show 20% of judges in England and Wales are women and less than 5% from ethnic minority backgrounds The predominance of white men on court benches and calls for parliament to hold US-style confirmation hearings into the appointment of senior judges are to be investigated by peers. The House of Lords constitution committee has announced an inquiry into judicial diversity and whether the appointments process was "fair, independent, transparent and open". Two new judges, both white and male, were appointed to the supreme court this month and figures from the judicial diversity taskforce revealed a slow advance in the number of women and those from ethnic minority backgrounds. The taskforce said there were 3,598 judges in England and Wales in 2010, of whom 20.6% were women and 4.8% from ethnic minority backgrounds. In 2000 there were 3,441 judges, 12.7% of them women and 2% from ethnic minority backgrounds. The selection of Lord Justice Wilson and Jonathan Sumption QC for the 12-member supreme court resulted in no change to its composition of 11 white men and one woman. No one from an ethnic minority background was said to have applied. Peers are concerned about how unrepresentative the judiciary ...Share With Friends: | | Politics - Top Stories Stories, News Feeds and News via Feedzilla.

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Trial Raises Questions On Pakistan's Terrorism Ties

The trial set to begin next week in Chicago could further inflame U.S.-Pakistan tensions. The case involves a man charged with conspiring with others in the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India. But the bigger question at hand: Pakistan's role in the deadly attacks.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/05/13/136254210/trial-raises-questions-on-pakistans-terrorism-ties?ft=1&f=1004

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Feds: Border arrests down 58% in 5 years

By at least one measure, illegal immigration is not the problem that it used to be for the United States -- the number of arrests of people trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally has decreased sharply in the last five years, according to federal statistics.

In fiscal year 2006 there were 1,071,972 arrests of undocumented immigrants in the multi-state border area, according to Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The number had fallen to 705,005 in 2008, and last year's figure was 447,731, CBP data shows. Those figures represent a 58% decrease from 2006 to 2010.

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Divining Doomsday: An Old Practice With New Tricks

Convinced that May 21 will mark the world's end, believers continue to warn of God's ensuing wrath. But they aren't alone: End times prophecies have existed for centuries, and today, they're on the rise, examining whether world events ? from earthquakes to economic globalization ? are signs of the coming Apocalypse.

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U.S., Other States To Cooperate On Arctic Rescues

The deal among the eight-nation Arctic Council is a small step toward cooperation in a region threatened by looming fights over resources and military dominion. Climate change is creating new shipping routes, fishing grounds and oil and gas drilling opportunities in the Arctic.

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After Deluge, Kentucky Dries Out

The surge of Mississippi River water continues to move down toward the Gulf of Mexico. Louisiana and Mississippi are preparing for the flood. In western Kentucky, officials and residents are taking stock now that the waters have receded. Many are facing tough decisions.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/05/12/136250372/after-deluge-kentucky-dries-out?ft=1&f=1003

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Romney Is Not the Front-Runner; No One Is

Michael Barone, DC ExaminerIn two Washington Post articles this morning Mitt Romney is referred to as the front-runner in the race for the Republican nomination. Why? On what basis?The first article, headlined “Romney has eye on one prize right now: money,” Dan Eggen and T. W. Farnam refer to Romney as “the presumed front-runner.” In a second article on page A4, headlined “Romney to confront his critics in a speech on health care,” Karen Tumulty more cautiously writes that Romney “is seen as a possible front-runner for the 2012 Republican...

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