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| Sri Lanka says to cooperate with U.N. on war crimes inquiry |
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 By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - Sri Lanka signalled on Thursday it aims to establish a credible judicial process involving foreign judges and prosecutors to investigate alleged war crimes during its long conflict with Tamil rebels, in line with U.N. recommendations. Activists and international experts said that the domestic mechanism must win the trust of victims and survivors and provide robust witness protection for those who testify, especially against the Sri Lankan military. Sri Lanka co-sponsored the text.
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| U.S. Rep. Pelosi: House Benghazi panel may have violated ethics rules |
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 A probe of the 2012 Benghazi attacks may have violated congressional ethics rules, House of Representatives Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday after a top Republican indicated it aimed to hurt Democrat Hillary Clinton's presidential candidacy. Angry Democrats called for the Benghazi panel to be disbanded following the remarks Tuesday evening by House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, who is campaigning to be the next Speaker of the House. "Everybody thought Hillary Clinton was unbeatable, right?" McCarthy told Fox News.
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| Gov't shutdown threat is a fixture of U.S. politics but unknown elsewhere |
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 In Washington, by contrast, U.S. agencies have spent weeks planning for a possible shutdown as Republicans in Congress have threatened to withhold funding from President Barack Obama's administration. Congress stepped back from the brink on Wednesday, approving a temporary spending bill to keep the government operating through December.
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| Oregon becomes third U.S. state to allow recreational marijuana sales |
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 Marijuana sales for recreational use began in Oregon on Thursday as it joined Washington state and Colorado in allowing the sale of a drug that remains illegal under U.S. federal law. Oregon residents 21 years and older can buy up to a quarter-ounce (seven grams) of dried pot at roughly 200 existing medical-use marijuana dispensaries as a new law took effect. About 40 people lined up outside the medical pot dispensary Shango in a strip mall near Portland International Airport for the chance to buy recreational pot one minute after midnight, when the changes went into effect.
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| VW says emission scandal investigations to take months |
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 By Andreas Cremer BERLIN (Reuters) - Volkswagen said on Thursday it would take longer than expected to investigate its rigging of vehicle emissions tests, raising the prospect of months of uncertainty as it grapples with the biggest business crisis in its 78-year history. After a seven-hour meeting late on Wednesday, the German carmaker's supervisory board said it would take "at least several months" to complete investigations, including an external inquiry being conducted by U.S. law firm Jones Day. Europe's largest carmaker has admitted cheating in diesel emissions tests in the United States and Germany's transport minister says it also manipulated them in Europe, where Volkswagen sells about 40 percent of its vehicles.
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