LITTLE ROCK — The Rev. Jesse Jackson said there is “no timetable” as his son, U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., is treated for depression and gastrointestinal issues at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, adding, “We hope he will fully recover.”
Dioncounda Traore, Mali’s interim president, returned to the country from Paris, where the 70-year-old sought medical treatment after a May 21 beating by a mob of protesters, and said he fully trusts Mali’s security services “to assure the safety of the president of the republic” despite reports that soldiers were seen waving in his attackers.
Wallace Weatherholt, a 63-year-old Florida airboat captain whose hand was bitten off by a 9-foot alligator, was charged with unlawful feeding of an alligator after the Indiana family he was giving a tour of the Everglades told police he hung a fish over the side of the boat and had his hand at the water’s surface when the animal attacked.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, has outlined a new approach to overcome Western sanctions, saying Iran should stop selling raw materials, including oil, and instead promote “knowledge-based companies which can make a resistant economy more sustainable.”
Dick Cheney, the former vice president, called it “a mistake” for Arizona’s Sen. John McCain to pick Sarah Palin as his vice presidential running mate in 2008 because she hadn’t “passed that test” of readiness to serve as president and said it’s “pretty important” Republican candidate Mitt Romney handle his selection process differently.
Anna Hazare, a 75-yearold Indian activist, has begun his fifth hunger strike in 16 months to push for an antigraft law in New Delhi.
Antonin Scalia, 76, the U.S. Supreme Court justice, rejected criticism by U.S. Circuit Judge Richard Posner that he improperly went outside the court record in his dissent to the decision on Arizona’s immigration law, saying, “He doesn’t sit in judgment of my opinions as far as I’m concerned.”
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