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Daybreak: Security Council Gets to Business

Plus nukes in Prague, sex in the West Bank, and more in the news

by
Marc Tracy
April 08, 2010
Presidents Obama, Medvedev, and Vaclav Klaus (Czech Republic) this morning.(Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images)
Presidents Obama, Medvedev, and Vaclav Klaus (Czech Republic) this morning.(Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images)

• Today sees the first high-level talks among senior U.N. Security Council members—including China—over further Iran sanctions. [WP]

• Presidents Obama and Medvedev signed a nuclear arms treaty in Prague this morning. [NYT]

• More on the Obama Administration’s deliberations over whether to write up its own peace treaty and submit it to the Israelis and the Palestinians. [LAT]

• Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas fired the top aide who is seen on a scandalous tape allegedly extorting sex from a woman not his wife. [NYT]

• An overview of Turkey’s attempts to gain regional prestige and hegemony, in part by cozying up to neighbor Syria. [WP]

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