Iran's Rouhani pulls off cabinet balancing act

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July 4th fireworks scrapped at a number of bases

NKorea likely to get cold shoulder at Asia forum

Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei (AP) - The next summit on regional security in the small sultanate of South East Asia is the kind of place where Korea North has often managed to marginalize open talks with Seoul and Washington. This time, while there will be much discussion of Pyongyang, there is little chance of substantive conversation with her.

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Nations line up to sign U.N. arms trade treaty, U.S. not yet

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Syrian opposition sees bleak prospects for U.S.-Russia led talks

Protection of grey wolves may be ended by Obama administration

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, said rule under review, two years after the end of the protection of wolves in Montana, Idaho and Wyoming

Obama administration Friday was about to withdraw the protection of gray wolves in most countries, ending a 20-year effort to bring the animals to their historical distribution area.

The measure was withdrawn protection in all the lower 48 states for a symbolic animal is seen by its supporters as a symbol of open spaces the Rocky Mountain West - and by farmers as a pest in herds . Only a small population of about 75 Mexican gray wolves in Arizona and New Mexico, would be under the protection of the federal government, according to the Los Angeles Times, which obtained a draft standard.

United States Fish and Wildlife Service, told reporters the new standard was still under consideration and would be open to public comment.

• The decision was long overdue. After being hunted to extinction in the early 20th century, as official government policy, the wolf population had rebounded in states like Montana, Idaho and Wyoming after the species was reintroduced . The Obama administration has ended the protection of wolves in the states in 2011, thanks to a strong recovery.
• The federal government has also allowed hunting in the Rocky Mountain West - leading to death last year of 10 wolves in the area around Yellowstone National Park, including seven who wore collars. One of them was the female Alpha 6, probably the most photographed wolf. The government continued to monitor populations of charge and is preparing to reintroduce protection if necessary.

The last movement, as revealed by the project, would be left to each state to manage wolf populations. Environmentalists said they could undermine the recovery of wolves "in much of the Rocky Mountains. Authorities estimated that the recovery of the population of Mountain States, where there are about 1,600 wolves, and scattered populations in California , Oregon, Washington and parts of New England for animals ensured the survival lasrge across the country. However, biologists have argued that the end protections for wolves could undo a rare conservation success.

Since its reintroduction in 1990, with about 60 animals brought from Canada, wolf populations have recovered in the Rocky Mountain West. The animals are prolific and also toured extensively breeding, restoring populations in large areas of the Rocky Mountains.

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Ugandan leader donates sack of cash, drawing ire

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