Aragon's attorneys prepare for dismissal
ALBUQUERQUE (AP) - Attorneys for former state Sen. Manny Aragon are trying to lay the groundwork to dismiss a political corruption indictment against him as a product of the Bush administration targeting Democrats across the nation. Aragon's attorneys filed a motion Tuesday tying his prosecution to the political controversy that erupted around the firing of eight U.S. attorneys beginning in late 2006. Among them was the U.S. attorney for New Mexico, David Iglesias, who left office in February 2007.
Interior Dept. mismanages Indian funds
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge on Wednesday ruled that the Interior Department has "unreasonably delayed" its accounting for billions of dollars owed to American Indian landholders. The federal agency "has not, and cannot, remedy the breach" of its responsibilities to account for the American Indian money, U.S. District Judge James Robertson said in a 165-page decision in a long-running federal lawsuit alleging mismanagement of American Indian trust funds.
Cable damage cuts off Internet in Middle East
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Internet outages disrupted business and personal usage across a wide swathe of the Middle East on Wednesday after two undersea cables in the Mediterranean were damaged, government officials and Internet service providers said. In Cairo, the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology said the cut of the international communications cables Flag and Seamewe 4 had led to a partial disruption of Internet services and other telecommunications across much of Egypt.
