Morning Brief, Tuesday, April 3
Darren Hauck/Getty Images United States The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency can regulate greenhouse gases, contradicting the Bush administration position that the gases aren’t subject to the Clean Air Act. Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney leads Republican candidates with $21 million in first-quarter fundraising. Sen. John McCain? Third place. Middle East ...
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United States
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency can regulate greenhouse gases, contradicting the Bush administration position that the gases aren’t subject to the Clean Air Act.
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney leads Republican candidates with $21 million in first-quarter fundraising. Sen. John McCain? Third place.
Middle East
The showdown continues over 15 captured British sailors and marines. How will it end? One clue: An Iranian diplomat has just been released, and Iran is making conciliatory noises. But the real story, writes the Independent‘s Patrick Cockburn, is that in January the United States tried to capture two top Iranian security officials. And TIME reports that U.S. and Iranian troops exchanged fire back in September.
Moqtada al-Sadr’s Mahdi Army militia is splintering, the LA Times reports.
The U.S. military is sending units back to Iraq early.
Europe
Ukraine appears to be falling into political chaos. Yesterday, its government collapsed.
Europe’s stock markets have surpassed their U.S. counterparts in total capitalization.
The European Commission has slapped Apple, Inc. with an antitrust suit for its iTunes online music store.
Asia
Some 5,000 Pakistani tribesmen gathered yesterday to organize their fight against Uzbek, Chechen, and Arab militants affiliated with al Qaeda.
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This just in: foreign-policy realist predicts China’s rise will lead to conflict.
It’s curtains for China’s “nail house.”
Elsewhere
A court ruling may rule out a presidential run from Nigeria’s vice president.
So far, a strike by Zimbabwe’s main labor unions looks like a bust.
Argentina wants the Falkland Islands back, 25 years after its failed war with Britain.
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