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AP - House Democrats hope to breathe new life into open-government legislation, marking Sunshine Week with votes to protect whistle-blowers, smooth freedom of information requests and compel presidential libraries to disclose more about their donors. Efforts to shield reporters from revealing their sources are not faring so well.

Reuters - Sudan cleared the way for the United Nations to bolster an African Union force struggling to maintain peace in Darfur when it agreed on Monday to accept U.N. attack helicopters as part of the plan.

AFP - The UN Security Council is expected to vote Wednesday on a draft resolution to set up an international tribunal to try suspects in the murder of Lebanese ex-premier Rafiq Hariri, diplomats said Friday.