Prosecution weighs death penalty in Tsarnaev case
Prosecutors in Boston plan to decide by late October whether to seek the death penalty if Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is convicted in the Boston Marathon bombing. Attorney General Holder could decide about 90 days after the prosecutors’ recommendation, per Assistant U.S. Attorney William Weinreb.
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Obama Clinton health care push ahead of exchanges
President Obama plans a New York meeting with Bill Clinton at the Clinton Global Initiative to promote health care reform days before new insurance exchanges open October 1. Hillary Clinton will introduce them as Obama calls her husband his “secretary of explaining staff” from the 2012 campaign.
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Kerry to meet Iran a top US official at UN event
At UN headquarters Iranian foreign minister Zarif and Secretary of State Kerry will hold talks with other foreign powers this week. The meeting marks a rare high level contact between Tehran and Washington amid efforts to revive international talks on Iran's nuclear program. President Rouhani’s letters to Obama and possible future encounter in New York are noted while Congress remains skeptical of any sanctions relief.
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France signals easing stance on Syria arms resolution
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said the U.N. Security Council is likely to back a resolution enforcing the Geneva deal to remove Syria’s chemical weapons by 2014 and suggested no automatic force threat. He noted Paris may accept Russia’s demand that the draft not be enforceable under Chapter 7 as Western powers reassess their approach ahead of the U.N. General Assembly.
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Progress in AIDS fight shows global declines in infections and deaths
London reporting that UNAIDS says HIV infections and AIDS deaths fell in 2012 while treatment access rose. About 35.3 million people live with HIV. AIDS deaths dropped to 1.6 million. new infections 2.3 million. By end-2012, 9.7 million in poorer and middle-income countries had antiretroviral access.
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