An international conference is supporting a plan for Afghan forces to take control of their country's security by 2014. Afghan President Hamid Karzai proposed the plan which also calls for greater control over development aid. The conference in Kabul also supported President Karzai's call for other countries to spend at least 50% of aid through the Afghan government. More than 40 billion dollars have been spent on Afghanistan since 2001. American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told delegates the United States is pleased by Afghan government improvements in governing and security.
President Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron have condemned Scotland's release of Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi. Scottish officials released the Libyan who was found guilty of the 1988 airplane bombing over Lockerbie Scotland. However Mr. Cameron rejected calls for an investigation into whether British oil company BP influenced the Libyan's release. He said Scotland made the decision. Some American lawmakers have accused BP of seeking the release of al-Megrahi to gain a business deal. Al-Megrahi was released because doctors said he had a short time to live. But he is alive and free today in Libya.