Tuesday,  July 10, 2012 • Vol. 12--No. 362 • 26 of 34 •  Other Editions

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AP News in Brief
Egypt's Islamist-dominated parliament convenes in defiance of court ruling disbanding it

• CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's Islamist-dominated parliament has convened in defiance of a ruling by the country's highest court dissolving the legislature.
• Speaker Saad El-Katatni told lawmakers gathered for Tuesday's session that the legislature has met to find ways to implement the ruling rather than debate it out of respect for the principle of "the supremacy of the law and separation of authorities."
• The lawmakers then approved by a show of hand el-Katatni's proposal that the

house seek legal advice from a high appeals court on how to implement the supreme court's ruling. He then adjourned the session, which lasted about five minutes.
• He said he would advise lawmakers in due course of the date of the next session.
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Obama heads to Iowa to push for tax cuts for households earning less than $250K

• WASHINGTON (AP) -- Seeking an election-year fight over taxes, President Barack Obama is hitting the road to press Congress to extend tax cuts for low- and middle-income earners, framing a debate with Mitt Romney and congressional Republicans over tax fairness.
• Obama was making his pitch Tuesday in Iowa, the state that launched his presidential bid in 2008. He faces a tough contest there against Romney this fall.
• The president wants Congress to pass a one-year extension of the Bush-era tax cuts for households earning less than $250,000 before they expire at the end of the year. Romney has pushed for an extension of cuts for all earners.
• "This nation runs on economic freedom and we have to restore it," Romney told radio host Michael Medved on Monday. "And to restore economic freedom we have to have taxes that are competitive with other nations."
• Obama sought to elevate the tax debate as one of the defining issues of the campaign, saying the outcome in the November election would determine the fate of the tax cuts for higher income earners. The White House and Obama's campaign

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