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Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough traveled to the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, “to get a firsthand look at the conditions there,” a spokesman said of the lockup, where 104 of the 166 prisoners are on a hunger strike.

Idriss Abdelrahman of Mali, who pleaded guilty in April 2012 to his role in a plot to transport cocaine through West Africa to support al-Qaida and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, was deported by U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement after serving his prison sentence.

Casiano Sandi and Felicia Vargas, members of an indigenous Quechua community in Bolivia’s highlands, face murder charges after reportedly leading a mob that tossed a bound teenager, suspected of raping and killing a woman, into her grave and burying him alive, according to a prosecutor.

Peter Dunne, a New Zealand politician accused of leaking a report that concluded that the country’s spy agency unlawfully monitored up to 88 residents, resigned from his post as revenue minister but said he’d continue as a member of Parliament.

Jill Kelley, a Tampa, Fla., socialite whose e-mails surfaced as part of an investigation into former CIA Director David Petraeus, has filed a lawsuit against the federal government over claims that it violated her privacy.

Eviatar Manor, Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, wrote in a letter that his country may end its boycott of the U.N. Human Rights Council, adding that he wants to engage with the forum’s head “with a view to positively resolve all outstanding issues in Israel’s complex relationship” with the 47-nation body.

Chelsey Ramer, a 17-year-old American Indian student in south Alabama, told WPMI-TV that she wore a feather on her mortarboard during graduation ceremonies to honor her heritage and is now being fined $1,000 for violating school policy.

Margaret Spellings, who worked for former President George W. Bush when he was governor of Texas and then followed him to Washington where she worked in the White House and later became education secretary, will take over as president of the George W. Bush Foundation in September.

Front Section, Pages 1 on 06/09/2013

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