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BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's new president is nominating the country's deputy parliament speaker, Haider al-Ibadi, as the new prime minister, and is giving him the responsibility of forming a new government in the next 30 days. The president's choice is a very public snubbing of incumbent Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who in an angry midnight speech all but demanded he be re-nominated for a third term. Al-Maliki has deployed his elite security forces in the streets of Baghdad and has partially closed two main streets — popular spots for pro and anti-government rallies — as hundreds of his supporters took to the streets.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge is extending a moratorium on executions in Ohio as debate over the state's new two-drug combination continues. The moratorium was supposed to end this week. The new order extends it through Jan. 15. That will delay executions scheduled for September, October and November. It highlights the ongoing problem faced by states in obtaining drugs to put inmates to death.
AMSTERDAM (AP) — The Dutch Safety Board says it will push ahead with an investigation into the cause of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 disaster, despite not being able to access the site where the plane went down in eastern Ukraine. Flight 17 was shot down July 17 above an area held by pro-Russia separatist rebels, killing all 298 aboard. The board said today it is also investigating whether flight routes over the area should have been left open to civilian air traffic.
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are higher at the start of a new trading week. An easing of tensions in Ukraine combined with subdued Chinese inflation numbers helped stock markets around the world enjoy one of their best days in a while today. Japan's main stock index was up by nearly two and a-half percent.
NEW YORK (AP) — The upscale retailer Barneys has agreed to pay $525,000 to settle allegations of racial profiling at its flagship New York City department store. The state attorney general announced the agreement today. It comes after several customers complained last year that they were singled out as suspected shoplifters because they were minorities.
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