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Daybreak: Iran Open to More Talks

Plus Kushner to be offered and accept degree, and more in the news

by
Marc Tracy
May 10, 2011
The reactor at Bushehr last August.(IIPA via Getty Images)
The reactor at Bushehr last August.(IIPA via Getty Images)

• Iran has accepted an EU request for more nuclear talks, though it’s not clear when. [AP/WP]

• A senior Syrian official expressed confidence that the regime’s crackdown on what has been a nearly two-month-long uprising would prove sucessful. [NYT]

• CUNY will indeed offer Tony Kushner an honorary doctorate after its executive committee overturned its board, and Kushner will indeed accept it. [NYT/CUNY Graduate Center Advocate]

• President Obama wished Israel a happy Independence Day. [JPost]

• Jordan’s King Abdullah II will visit the White House later this month. [AP/WP]

• Oh, and Glenn Beck is in Israel. [JPost]

Marc Tracy is a staff writer at The New Republic, and was previously a staff writer at Tablet. He tweets @marcatracy.