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8A – Daily News – Thursday, July 29, 2010 WORLD BRIEFING Judge blocks most of Arizona immigration law PHOENIX (AP) — A feder- al judge dealt a serious rebuke to Arizona’s toughest-in-the- nation immigration law on Wednesday when she put most of the crackdown on hold just hours before it was to take effect. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton shifts the immigration debate to the courts and sets up a lengthy legal battle that may not be decided until the Supreme Court weighs in. Republican Gov. Jan Brewer said the state will likely appeal the ruling and seek to get the judge’s order overturned. But for now, opponents of the law have prevailed: The pro- visions that most angered oppo- nents will not take effect, including sections that required officers to check a person’s immigration status while enforcing other laws. The judge also delayed parts of the law that required immi- grants to carry their papers at all times, and made it illegal for undocumented workers to solic- it employment in public places — a move aimed at day labor- ers. In addition, the judge blocked officers from making warrantless arrests of suspected illegal immigrants. ‘‘Requiring Arizona law enforcement officials and agen- cies to determine the immigra- tion status of every person who is arrested burdens lawfully- present aliens because their lib- erty will be restricted while their status is checked,’’ Bolton, a Clinton appointee, said in her decision. Plane crashes in Pakistan, all 152 aboard killed ISLAMABAD (AP) — A pas- senger jet that officials suspect veered off course in monsoon rains and thick clouds crashed into hills overlooking Pakistan’s capital Wednesday, killing all 152 people on board and scattering body parts and twisted metal far and wide. The Airblue jet’s crash was the deadliest ever in Pakistan, and just the latest tragedy to jolt a country that has suffered numerous deaths in recent years due to al-Qaida and Taliban attacks. At least two U.S. citizens were on the plane, which carried mostly Pakistanis. The plane left the southern city of Karachi at 7:45 a.m. for a two- hour flight to Islamabad and was trying to land when it lost contact with the control tower, said Per- vez George, a civil aviation offi- cial. Airblue is a private airline based in Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city. The aircraft, an Airbus A321, crashed some 15 kilometers from the airport, scorching a wide stretch of the Margalla Hills, including a section behind Faisal Mosque, one of Islamabad’s most prominent landmarks. Twisted metal wreckage hung from trees and lay scattered across the ground. Smoke rose from the scene as helicopters hovered. The exact cause of the crash was not immediately clear, and rescue workers were seeking the ‘‘black box’’ flight data recorder amid the wreckage. But Defense Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar said the government did not suspect terrorism. Jurors start deliberating in Blagojevich trial CHICAGO (AP) — Rod Blagojevich’s fate was in the hands of jurors Wednesday as they began deciding whether the impeached Illinois governor tried to sell an appointment to Presi- dent Barack Obama’s former Senate seat and schemed to use his political power for personal gain. Jurors, weighing evidence against the second Illinois gover- nor in a row to be charged with corruption, received lengthy instructions from the judge on how their deliberations should be conducted. Prosecutors loaded two carts of exhibits they intro- duced at the trial that a marshal would wheel into the jury room. ‘‘I’m not expecting’’ a speedy verdict, Judge James B. Zagel said before jurors entered the courtroom. After jurors left to begin their work, Blagojevich appeared relaxed. He cupped his hand over his mouth and said to someone in the spectator’s section, ‘‘Say a prayer.’’ One elderly spectator walked over and hugged him, also handing him a piece of candy. He and his co-defendant broth- er, Robert Blagojevich, have rarely been seen speaking to each other during the trial. But they stood shoulder to shoulder in front of Zagel to say they both wanted to be exempt from having to come to court each time jurors have a question for the judge. The judge granted it. Hundreds of FBI agents investigated WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director Robert Mueller told Con- gress on Wednesday that he does not know how many of his agents cheated on an important exam on the bureau’s policies, an embar- rassing revelation that raises ques- tions about whether the FBI knows its own rules for conduct- ing surveillance on Americans. The Justice Department inspector general is investigating whether hundreds of agents cheat- ed on the test. Some took the open-book test together, violating rules that they take it alone. Others finished the lengthy exam unusu- ally quickly, current and former officials said. The test was supposed to ensure that FBI agents understand new rules allowing them to con- duct surveillance and open files on Americans without evidence of criminal wrongdoing. If agents can’t pass that test without cheat- ing, civil liberties groups ask, how can they follow them? Asked about an Associated Press report about the cheating investigation, Mueller said he does not know how widespread the problem was. ‘‘I’ve got a general idea, but I do not know how many,’’ Mueller testified. ‘‘And I am not certain the IG knows how many either. He has pointed out instances orally to me where there may be persons in a particular office where it was widespread and may be attribut- able to a lack of understanding and confusion about the proce- dures.’’ Key Republican senator calls Kagan dangerous WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan picked up more GOP backing Wednesday in her drive toward near-certain confirma- tion next week, even as a top Republican lashed out at her as ‘‘dangerous.’’ Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alaba- ma, the senior Republican on the Judiciary Committee, warned senators in unusually dire terms against voting for President Barack Obama’s choice, saying, ‘‘Be careful about it, because I’m afraid that we have a dangerous, progres- sive, political-type nominee.’’ Sessions’ words of caution — he said they were primarily directed toward Democrats — came just hours after Sen. 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