A.M. Links: UN Uninvites Iran From Syria Peace Conference, Sarah Palin Asks Barack Obama Not to Use Race Card, Stray Dogs in Detroit Overestimated

The United Nations
rescinded Iran’s invitation to the Syria peace conference being
held in Geneva after the Syrian opposition and the United States
objected. Iran, and fellow Syria ally Russia, have
criticized the decision. Separately, the UN’s nuclear watchdog
confirmed
Iran is in compliance with the agreement arrived at last year. The
U.S. and the European Union eased some sanctions in response.
The White House is
lobbying Congress to pass legislation that would extend to the
president more authority to negotiate trade deals with other
countries.
US technology companies are
reconsidering how to do business in China, where they are being
targeted by local regulators over allegations of price-gouging and
cooperation with American surveillance efforts.
Sarah Palin went to Facebook to
ask President Obama to stop using the race card, in honor of
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
An Indiana police chief running for county sheriff accidentally

shot himself while off-duty at a gun store.
A survey by an animal welfare group
found that there are under 3,000 stray dogs on Detroit’s
streets on any given day, far less than the 50,000 another group
previously estimated.