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4A – Daily News – Friday, July 30, 2010 WORLD BRIEFING Rep. Rangel accused of 13 ethics violations WASHINGTON (AP) — House investigators accused veteran New York Rep. Charles Rangel of 13 violations of congressional ethics standards on Thursday, throwing a cloud over his four-decade political career and raising wor- ries for fellow Democ- rats about the fall elec- tions. The allegations — which include failure to report rental income from vacation property in the Dominican Republic and to report more than $600,000 in assets on his congres- sional financial disclo- sure statements — came as lawyers for Rangel and the House ethics committee worked on a plea deal. One was struck, peo- ple familiar with the talks said, but Republi- cans indicated it was too late. The deal between the lawyers will have little meaning if the commit- tee members don’t approve it, and Republi- cans said at the proceed- ing they were insisting on going forward with a trial. The panel is evenly divided between Democ- rats and Republicans. ‘‘Mr. Rangel was given multiple opportu- nities to settle this mat- ter. Instead, he chose to move forward to the public trial phase,’’ said Rep. Jo Bonner of Alabama, the senior Republican on the ethics panel Dozens arrested as judge blocks new law PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona asked an appeals court Thursday to lift a judge’s order blocking most of the state’s immi- gration law as the city of Phoenix filled with pro- testers, including about 50 who were arrested for confronting officers in riot gear. Republican Gov. Jan Brewer called U.S. Dis- trict Judge Susan Bolton’s Wednesday decision halt- ing the law ‘‘a bump in the road,’’ and the state appealed to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco on Thursday. Outside the state Capi- tol, hundreds of protesters began marching at dawn, gathering in front of the federal courthouse where Bolton issued her ruling on Wednesday. They marched on to the office of Maricopa County Sher- iff Joe Arpaio, who has made a crackdown on illegal immigration one of his signature issues. At least 32 demonstra- tors were arrested after blocking the entrance and beating on the large steel doors leading to the Mari- copa County jail in down- town Phoenix. Sheriff’s deputies in riot gear opened the doors and waded out into the crowd, hauling off those who didn’t move. Dozens of others were arrested throughout the day, trying to cross a police line, entering closed-off areas or sitting in the street and refusing to leave. Former state Sen. Alfredo Gutierrez, who ran unsuccessfully for governor in 2002, was among them. A photogra- pher for the Arizona Republic also was detained. Arlington mix-ups grow to 6,600 WASHINGTON (AP) — Estimates of the num- ber of graves that might be affected by mix-ups at Arlington National Ceme- tery grew from hundreds to as many as 6,600 on Thursday, as the ceme- tery’s former superinten- dent blamed his staff and a lack of resources for the scandal that forced his ouster. John Metzler, who ran the historic military burial ground for 19 years, said he accepts ‘‘full responsi- bility’’ for the problems. But he also denied some of the findings by Army investigators and suggested cemetery employees and poor tech- nology were to blame for remains that may have been misidentified or mis- placed. He said the sys- tem used to track grave sites relied mostly on a complicated paper trail vulnerable to error. ‘‘Personally it is very painful for me that our team at Arlington did not perform all aspects of its mission to the high stan- dard required,’’ he told a Senate panel. He was sub- poenaed to testify. 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The legal effect of Mis- souri’s measure is question- able, because federal laws generally supersede those in states. But its expected pas- sage could send an ominous political message to Democrats seeking to hang on to their congressional majority in this year’s midterm elections. The Missouri measure, shepherded to the ballot by Republican state lawmak- ers, is a glaring example of the twisting, troubled poli- tics surrounding the health overhaul. After years of Jack the Ribber Come by for the Best Lunch in town • Ribs •Tri-Tip • Pulled Pork • Specials Mon.-Fri. 11am-8pm Sat. 4-9pm 1150 Monroe St. 527-6108 campaigning for health care reform, Democrats finally accomplished it. Yet Democrats are largely silent and it is Republicans who now are highlighting the health care law in their cam- paigns. From Florida to Wash- ington and numerous states in between, Republican candidates for the U.S. Sen- ate and House — and even for local offices that have little to do with the federal law — are calling for the repeal of what they derisive- ly dub as ‘‘Obamacare.’’ Ousted USDA employee to sue blogger over video SAN DIEGO (AP) — Ousted Agriculture Depart- ment employee Shirley Sherrod said Thursday she will sue a conservative blogger who posted a video edited in a way that made her appear racist. Sherrod was forced to resign last week as director of rural development in Georgia after Andrew Breit- bart posted the edited video online. In the full video, Sherrod, who is black, spoke to a local NAACP group about racial reconcil- iation and overcoming her initial reluctance to help a white farmer. Speaking Thursday at the National Association of Black Journalists conven- tion, Sherrod said she would definitely sue over the video that took her remarks out of context. 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Most Pakistanis want improved relations with the United States, according to the poll. But most view the U.S. with suspicion, sup- port for American involve- ment in the fight against extremists has declined, and nearly two-thirds want U.S. troops out of neigh- boring Afghanistan. Nearly six in 10 Pakista- nis polled described the U.S. as an enemy and only one in 10 called it a partner. Public attitudes in Pak- istan figure importantly in the Obama administra- tion’s strategy for strength- ening the U.S. partnership with Pakistan to help defeat al-Qaida and stabilize Afghanistan. Another U.S. worry is the prospect of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons falling into the hands of militants.