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LEBANON: Lebanese publisher and critic of the Shi’ite Hezbollah militia Lokman Slim has been found shot dead in his car.
Coroner Afif Khafajeh said there were six bullets in Mr Slim’s body. His phone, ID and gun were missing.
Mr Slim’s sister Rasha al-Amir said she had no faith in official investigations and the family would seek its own probe.
The Lebanese Communist Party called for an end to political assassinations and demanded the swift apprehension and punishment of the killers.
UNITED STATES: Rare birds may get a reprieve as President Joe Biden has paused a last-minute Trump decree weakening protection.
Biden delays Trump rule that weakened wild bird protections
by Matthew Brown, The Associated Press
Posted Feb 4, 2021 1:55 pm EDT
Last Updated Feb 4, 2021 at 1:58 pm EDT
FILE - In this Oct. 5, 2015, file photo, Dan Ashe, then-director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, talks following an animal release at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge in Commerce City, Colo. Former U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Ashe told The Associated Press that the Migratory Bird Treaty Act s threat of prosecution served as a brake on industry that had saved probably billions of birds. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
Matthew Brown
FILE - In this Dec. 13, 2019, file photo thousands of snow geese take flight over a farm field at their winter grounds, in the Skagit Valley near Conway, Wash. The Biden administration on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021, delayed a rule finalized in President Donald Trump s last days in office that would have drastically weakened the government s enforcement powers under a century-old law protecting most American wild birds. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File) February 04, 2021 - 4:10 PM
BILLINGS, Mont. - The Biden administration said Thursday it was delaying a rule finalized in former President Donald Trump s last days in office that would have drastically weakened the government s power to enforce a century-old law protecting most wild birds.