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Party politics and electioneeringFriday, March 19WASHINGTON, March 19 (UPI) -- The White House says U.S. President Barack Obama will host a state dinner for visiting Mexican President Felipe Calderon in May. ATHENS, Greece, March 19 (UPI) -- The Greek government said it would make public "radical" tax reforms Tuesday in its bid to shrink a record $14 billion deficit. |
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| Thursday, March 18SEOUL, March 18 (UPI) -- The speaker of South Korea's National Assembly said Thursday his country should abandon its "ambiguous" moratorium and completely abolish the death penalty. |
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| Wednesday, March 17WASHINGTON, March 17 (UPI) -- State legislatures and governors, especially in the west, are seeking ways to limit the power of the federal government in their jurisdictions. |
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| Tuesday, March 16COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, March 16 (UPI) -- Sri Lanka's former army chief, once hailed as a hero in the campaign against rebel Tamil Tigers, faces charges he says are designed to remove him from politics. ROME, March 16 (UPI) -- Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is being probed for allegedly pressing media watchdogs to block a talk show critical of his government, officials said. TRENTON, N.J., March 16 (UPI) -- A New Jersey appeals court ruled Tuesday that Tea Party groups can try to recall U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez but stayed any action pending an appeal. WASHINGTON, March 16 (UPI) -- Only 15 of the top 150 U.S. fundraisers for the 2008 presidential campaign donated the maximum to the Democratic National Committee in 2009, an analysis said. MOSCOW, March 16 (UPI) -- United Russia, the pro-Kremlin party, led in regional elections while opposition parties did post some gains, preliminary election results indicate. |
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| Monday, March 15BAGHDAD, March 15 (UPI) -- Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki appeared on television but did not address rumors he had been assassinated, speaking instead about overall violence in Iraq. OTTAWA, March 15 (UPI) -- The Canadian government Monday formally adopted a federal emergency response plan covering natural disasters to terror attacks. ISTANBUL, Turkey, March 15 (UPI) -- Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan staged a rally for 10,000 gypsies in Istanbul, telling them his goal was to restore full rights to them. PARIS, March 15 (UPI) -- French Interior Ministry figures show the political party of President Nicolas Sarkozy trails the Socialist Party in the country's regional elections. BRUSSELS, March 15 (UPI) -- European Union finance ministers in Brussels Monday began assessing the Greek government's plans to rein in a record deficit. |
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| Sunday, March 14WASHINGTON, March 14 (UPI) -- U.S. House Republican leader John Boehner said Sunday the GOP could gain control of the House in midterm elections in November. MOSCOW, March 14 (UPI) -- Millions of Russians took part in elections in 76 of Russia's 83 regions Sunday, offering support for the country's various political parties, observers say. WASHINGTON, March 14 (UPI) -- Some moderate House Democrats tell Politico they are less than anxious to have U.S. President Barack Obama campaign for them. |
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| Saturday, March 13AYUTTHAYA, Thailand, March 13 (UPI) -- A United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship official said tens of thousands of the group's supporters gathered Saturday in advance of a rally in Bangkok. |
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| Friday, March 12NAIROBI, Kenya, March 12 (UPI) -- A retired South African archbishop said Friday allegations against Nelson Mandela made by the former president's ex-wife are false. WASHINGTON, March 12 (UPI) -- Immigration reform is important to U.S. President Obama but it's not at the top of his policy agenda right now, press secretary Robert Gibbs said. BANGKOK, March 12 (UPI) -- Thailand is mobilizing 50,000 security forces to deal with protests planned this weekend to pressure the government into calling elections, a spokesman says. |
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| Thursday, March 11ALBANY, N.Y., March 11 (UPI) -- New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, a likely candidate for governor, said Thursday he is taking himself off the investigation of Gov. David Paterson. OTTAWA, March 11 (UPI) -- Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper became the first in the country's history Thursday to stream a live feed of a parliamentary speech on YouTube. ATHENS, Greece, March 11 (UPI) -- Riot police were deployed in Athens Thursday as a second general strike in a month over government austerity measures brought the city to a halt. |
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| Wednesday, March 10SAN JOSE, Calif., March 10 (UPI) -- U.S. Senate candidate Tom Campbell is under fire for inconsistent statements about his defense of a Florida academic with ties to terrorism, analysts say. COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, March 10 (UPI) -- A former Sri Lankan army chief now in military custody suspended his hunger strike after being given a telephone to speak to his daughters, a relative said. |
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| Tuesday, March 9MIAMI, March 9 (UPI) -- The nation's largest provider of voting machines agreed to settle a civil antitrust lawsuit brought by the attorneys general of several states, officials said. PRINCETON, N.J., March 9 (UPI) -- Democrats held the edge over Republicans when registered voters were asked which party's congressional candidate they'd support, a new Gallup poll indicated. MINSK, Belarus, March 9 (UPI) -- Legal gambling in Belarus should not be banned but rather well-regulated to raise government revenue, President Alexander Lukashenko said Tuesday. BAGHDAD, March 9 (UPI) -- About 62 percent of registered voters cast ballots during the recent parliamentary elections, exceeding expectations, Iraq's electoral commission said. |
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| Monday, March 8PHOENIX, March 8 (UPI) -- Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and his rival for the GOP nomination are trading charges about funding sources and alleged smear tactics, political analysts say. LONDON, March 8 (UPI) -- A British civil case involving allegations of torture at Guantanamo Bay should be open to the public, a lawyer for a former detainee said. OTTAWA, March 8 (UPI) -- The Canadian government has declared a Somali al-Qaida-linked group a terrorist organization, the public safety minister said in Ottawa. BAGHDAD, March 8 (UPI) -- Former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, trying to regain his job, called for an investigation of Iraq's election because of confusion at some polling centers. |
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| Sunday, March 7BAGHDAD, March 7 (UPI) -- A series of terror attacks hit Baghdad and other cities as Iraqis went to the polls to elect a new parliament, officials said. WASHINGTON, March 7 (UPI) -- If Democrats pass healthcare reform, they could come to regret it in November, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Sunday. WASHINGTON, March 7 (UPI) -- Resorting to reconciliation to pass healthcare reform would prove "catastrophic" for the U.S. Senate, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said Sunday. WASHINGTON, March 7 (UPI) -- A U.S. congressional ethics report shows a very thin wall between earmarks and campaign contributions, The Washington Post reports. CAIRO, March 7 (UPI) -- Doctors in Heidelberg, Germany, say Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is recovering from a successful surgery to have his gallbladder removed. SANTIAGO, Chile, March 7 (UPI) -- Chile began three days of mourning Sunday for the hundreds of victims of the powerful earthquake and tsunami that struck the country eight days ago. LOME, Togo, March 7 (UPI) -- Togo's main opposition party says it rejects election results showing voters returned Faure Gnassingbe to office for a second term as president. |
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| Saturday, March 6BAGHDAD, March 6 (UPI) -- Iraqi President Jalal Talabani says his country's upcoming elections will reveal the chances democracy has of flourishing in Iraq. NAJAF, Iraq, March 6 (UPI) -- Three people died and 54 suffered wounds early Saturday when a car bomb exploded in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, Iraq, police said. |
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| Friday, March 5WASHINGTON, March 5 (UPI) -- National security advisers are expected to present President Barack Obama options on the U.S. nuclear weapons policy for his presidency, officials said. WASHINGTON, March 5 (UPI) -- Richard Holbrooke, the special U.S. representative to Afghanistan, said in an interview published Friday there is no guarantee of success there. MOSCOW, March 5 (UPI) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych said Friday that energy talks will be held between their two countries. OTTAWA, March 5 (UPI) -- Canada's paper and cotton $10 and $20 bills will be replaced late next year with longer-lasting plasticized versions, the government announced in Ottawa. BAGHDAD, March 5 (UPI) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said he doesn't think this weekend's parliamentary elections would lead to a return of regional violence. ATHENS, Greece, March 5 (UPI) -- A second general strike in nine days crippled Greece Friday with workers protesting deficit-cutting government measures announced this week. OTTAWA, March 5 (UPI) -- Canada's minority Conservative government proposed a frugal budget aimed at eliminating the deficit within five years. |
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| Thursday, March 4OTTAWA, March 4 (UPI) -- Canada's federal government plans to look at changing the country's national anthem "O Canada," to make it gender neutral. BAGHDAD, March 4 (UPI) -- Iraqi polls opened for early voting Thursday amid a series of bomb attacks in Baghdad that left 12 people dead and 47 others wounded, an official says. |
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| Wednesday, March 3BUFFALO, N.Y., March 3 (UPI) -- Rep. Eric Massa, D-N.Y., announced Wednesday he would not seek a second term in Congress, giving a "cancer re-occurrence scare" as the principal reason. WASHINGTON, March 3 (UPI) -- The Republican National Committee's campaign fundraising plays off fears while pledging to halt a "trending toward socialism," a slide presentation indicated. OTTAWA, March 3 (UPI) -- The speech reopening Canada's Parliament in Ottawa Wednesday said the minority Conservatives' top priority is reducing unemployment. ATHENS, Greece, March 3 (UPI) -- The Greek government went further than expected, agreeing to austerity measures Wednesday worth about $6.54 billion. BAGHDAD, March 3 (UPI) -- A series of suicide bombings in Iraqi city of Baquba left at least 31 Iraqis dead and dozens more injured Wednesday, officials said. |
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| Tuesday, March 2AUSTIN, Texas, March 2 (UPI) -- Gov. Rick Perry won the Republican gubernatorial primary and former Houston Mayor Bill White won the Democratic vote in Texas Tuesday. SACRAMENTO, March 2 (UPI) -- California Attorney General Jerry Brown announced Tuesday he will seek the Democratic nomination for governor, pledging to end partisanship in Sacramento. WASHINGTON, March 2 (UPI) -- The U.S. Postal Service said it could lose $238 billion over the next decade if the agency doesn't get more flexibility on schedules, prices and labor costs. Mar. 2--The following editorial appears in the March 2, 2010, Yakima Herald-Republic. |
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| Monday, March 1GAINESVILLE, Ga., March 1 (UPI) -- A Republican member of Congress from Georgia who has been the subject of two congressional investigations said Monday he is resigning. NEW YORK, March 1 (UPI) -- Former Rep. Harold Ford, D-Tenn., said Monday he will not run for the U.S. Senate in his adopted home state of New York. WASHINGTON, March 1 (UPI) -- Arkansas Lt. Gov. Bill Halter officially announced Monday he will challenge U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln, already seen as vulnerable, in the Democratic primary. ISTANBUL, Turkey, March 1 (UPI) -- The number of current or former Turkish military officers apprehended in an alleged coup conspiracy rose to 35 with two more weekend arrests, officials said. BOSTON, March 1 (UPI) -- Joseph P. Kennedy III said he won't run for U.S. Congress in 2010, dispelling speculation that the attorney would if Rep. William Delahunt, D-Mass., retires. |
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| Sunday, February 28BAGHDAD, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki says he is mulling an alliance with other parties to form a majority government after the March 7 legislative elections. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- Haitian government officials say reconstruction plans for the earthquake-stricken country include increasing population centers other than Port-au-Prince. |
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| Friday, February 26WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 (UPI) -- Democrats and watchdog groups called on the Justice Department to investigate the disappearance of e-mails from lawyers in the George W. Bush administration. ALBANY, N.Y., Feb. 26 (UPI) -- New York Gov. David Paterson, saying he was being "realistic," said Friday he would end his campaign for a full term as the state's chief executive. KIEV, Ukraine, Feb. 26 (UPI) -- Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych signed decrees Friday aimed at reforming the economy, ending corruption and cutting poverty, officials say. BEIJING, Feb. 26 (UPI) -- Two diplomats from Europe say China is not supporting a call for increased sanctions against Iran stemming from its nuclear program. BEIJING, Feb. 26 (UPI) -- A spokesman for China's Defense Ministry said China is concerned about the current alliance between the United States and Japan. BELGRADE, Serbia, Feb. 26 (UPI) -- An offer to purchase controlling shares of Serbia's national JAT Airways was made in Belgrade by an unnamed millionaire, a source told the Blic news agency. ISTANBUL, Turkey, Feb. 26 (UPI) -- Three more senior retired Turkish military officers were arrested Friday in Istanbul and charged with plotting a 2003 coup to destabilize the government. YANGON, Myanmar, Feb. 26 (UPI) -- The Supreme Court in military-ruled Myanmar Friday rejected opposition and pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's appeal against her house detention. |
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| Thursday, February 25MIAMI, Feb. 25 (UPI) -- U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio used a Republican Party credit card for groceries and car repair when he was speaker of the Florida House, records show. WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 (UPI) -- The National Nuclear Security Administration Thursday dedicated its National Security Computing Center in New Mexico, the agency said. WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 (UPI) -- The widow of U.S. Rep. John P. Murtha, D-Pa., has agreed to serve as honorary co-chair of his former aide's campaign committee. SEOUL, Feb. 25 (UPI) -- A South Korean official said Thursday he does not expect North Korea to rejoin international talks regarding the country's controversial nuclear programs. |
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| Wednesday, February 24WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 (UPI) -- Inside sources say U.S. President Barack Obama's 2012 re-election team is already gearing up and will be managed by a deputy chief of staff out of Chicago. ATHENS, Greece, Feb. 24 (UPI) -- A national strike in Greece Wednesday all but shut down the country completely in protest of proposed austerity measures to fight a record deficit. COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Feb. 24 (UPI) -- Sri Lanka's Supreme Court denied a petition seeking the release of retired Gen. Sarath Fonseka, who was arrested after he lost in the presidential election. |
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| Tuesday, February 23DOHA, Qatar, Feb. 23 (UPI) -- Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and a main Darfur rebel group said Tuesday they have reached agreement on a framework for a cease-fire. ROME, Feb. 23 (UPI) -- Italy's Mafia has spread its influence into the country's wealthy northern cities and gained control of sectors of the legal economy there, a report says. WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 (UPI) -- Republican donors have accused Michael Steele, the party's national chairman, of wasteful spending, with one fundraiser describing his habits as "imperial." ATHENS, Greece, Feb. 23 (UPI) -- The Greek national strike got off to an early start Tuesday when communist protesters barricaded the stock exchange in Athens a day early. |
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| Sunday, February 14WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 (UPI) -- Analysts predict U.S. Senate Republicans will continue to filibuster the most routine matters to try and derail Democrats and win seats this fall. BAGHDAD, Feb. 14 (UPI) -- A coalition of Sunni Arabs and secularists announced the suspension of campaigning to protest Iraq's ban of candidates with alleged ties to the Baath party. YANGON, Myanmar, Feb. 14 (UPI) -- A top aide to Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi says he has been freed from six years of house arrest. YAMOUSSOUKRO, Ivory Coast, Feb. 14 (UPI) -- The timing of elections in the Ivory Coast is uncertain now that President Laurent Gbagbo has dissolved the electoral commission, the BBC reports. |
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| Saturday, February 13LONDON, Feb. 13 (UPI) -- The Labor Party has lost ground with British voters but a majority also expressed doubts about Conservative leader David Cameron, a poll indicated Saturday. YANGON, Myanmar, Feb. 13 (UPI) -- Myanmar late Saturday ended the seven-year house arrest of opposition leader Tin Oo, the founder and acting chairman of the National League for Democracy. KIEV, Ukraine, Feb. 13 (UPI) -- Yulia Tymoshenko Saturday refused to concede Ukraine's presidential election to Viktor Yanukovych, calling the polling illegitimate. WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 (UPI) -- White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel says U.S. President Barack Obama is considering using his executive power to make political progress. SHANGHAI, Feb. 13 (UPI) -- A 55-year-old man is back in Shanghai, China, after spending more than three months in a Tokyo airport awaiting permission to return home, officials said. BAGHDAD, Feb. 13 (UPI) -- A U.S. military attack in southern Iraq was an excessive use of force that killed eight people, including one woman, a provincial governor said. |
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| Friday, February 12BAGHDAD, Feb. 12 (UPI) -- Campaigning for upcoming parliamentary elections began Friday in Iraq with suspicion about fraud and anger over candidates kept off the ballot, analysts said. MOSCOW, Feb. 12 (UPI) -- A Kremlin official said Friday the Russian government should return church property confiscated by Soviet forces. BRUSSELS, Feb. 12 (UPI) -- The European Parliament approved three human rights resolutions concerning media in Venezuela, the political crisis in Madagascar and a prisoner in Myanmar. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Feb. 12 (UPI) -- The United Nations said the Haitian government declared an official day of mourning Friday for the one-month anniversary of the Jan. 12 earthquake. |
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| Thursday, February 11CHICAGO, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- Some women may get flowers for Valentine's Day, but young U.S. women can also get a discount for a sexually transmitted disease test, a Web site says. NEW YORK, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- U.S. voters gave higher marks to President Barack Obama than to Republicans in a New York Times/CBS News poll released Thursday. CAIRO, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- The Egyptian government's arrest of 16 Muslim Brotherhood leaders is not a good sign for free and fair elections, Human Rights Watch said Thursday. MOSCOW, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- A Kremlin official said Thursday the United States, along with Britain and France, have agreed to take part in an upcoming parade on Moscow's Red Square. WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- The results of a new poll indicate a majority of U.S. citizens are unhappy with the current operations of the federal government. WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- A husband and wife who previously worked for Blackwater Worldwide allege the company falsified invoices given to the U.S. government. BEIJING, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- China's January inflation rose 1.5 percent from last January, but was down from the 1.9 percent rise in December, the government said Thursday. |
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| Wednesday, February 10KIGALI, Rwanda, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- Rwanda's upcoming presidential election is sparking threats and attacks on opposition party members, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday. COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- Sri Lankan protesters demanding the military release retired Gen. Sarath Fonseka faced police tear gas and water cannons Wednesday in Colombo, witnesses say. |
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| Tuesday, February 9COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Amnesty International says the Sri Lankan military's arrest of Gen. Sarath Fonseka, the ex-army chief, has escalated post-election repression in the country. CHICAGO, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- There was no political trading to get the scandal-ridden winner of the Illinois lieutenant governor Democratic primary to quit the race, Gov. Pat Quinn says. |
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| Monday, February 8COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- Sri Lankan military officials said former Army Chief and losing presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka has been arrested for "military offenses." SANTA ANA, Calif., Feb. 8 (UPI) -- A retired Boeing engineer convicted of supplying trade secrets to China must serve 15 years in prison, a California judge ruled Monday. ENCINITAS, Calif., Feb. 8 (UPI) -- The family of a missionary who was held in North Korea for 43 days is happy to have the U.S. national back home, his brother says. MEMPHIS, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- Representatives for black farmers across the United States say their clients should be compensated by the federal government for decades of discrimination. WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- The first U.S. Senate vote on a jobs bill has been pushed back by Democratic Party leaders from Monday to Tuesday, officials say. NEW YORK, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- One-time Wall Street supporters of U.S. President Barack Obama are turning against him as he pushes for new regulations, The New York Times reported Monday. SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- Laura Chinchilla has become Costa Rica's first woman president after a festive weekend election, observers said Monday. KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim's sodomy trial, which opened last week, was halted Monday after the defense moved for the judge's disqualification. |
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| Sunday, February 7NEW YORK, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- Former sex worker Kristin Davis, dubbed the "Manhattan Madam," said she intends to run as a Libertarian in the race for governor of New York. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- Republicans run risks in overcrowded U.S. primary elections this year as large numbers of candidates target Democrats perceived as vulnerable, analysts say. MUNICH, Germany, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Sunday that Russia potentially could take part in ongoing international operations in Afghanistan. MEXICO CITY, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- Rising drug cartel lawlessness is threatening to push Mexico into "narco-state" status, such as 1990s-era Colombia, analysts warn. WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Republican operatives hope political novices running for the U.S. Congress will tap into voter anger and help the party score gains this fall, observers say. |
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| Saturday, February 6LONDON, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Human rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi, a Nobel Prize laureate, said her fellow Iranian citizens should use peaceful defiance to oppose government brutality. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive said the Haitian government must recuperate or face possible influence from outside forces. CHICAGO, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- The public record contradicts many statements made by Democratic Illinois lieutenant governor nominee Scott Lee Cohen, The Chicago Tribune reported Saturday. BAGHDAD, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Drastic action is needed to upgrade Iraqi security forces, the country's Sunni Arab vice president says. WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- The Obama administration's budget proposals and deficit spending are "reckless," a Republican Party spokesman said Saturday. WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- More than $119 million awarded to U.S. states and territories will support public efforts to promote healthier lifestyles, federal officials said. |
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| Friday, February 5BAGHDAD, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- The United Nations said Friday Iraqi residents seeking refuge outside their country's borders will be able to vote in their homeland's elections. YAMOUSSOUKRO, Ivory Coast, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- The United Nations Friday called on residents of the Ivory Coast to refrain from violence ahead of upcoming elections. BEIJING, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- Informed sources in Beijing said Friday a top Chinese official's upcoming visit to North Korea could help North Korea's nuclear program. |
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| Thursday, February 4SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Feb. 4 (UPI) -- The winner of the Democratic primary for lieutenant governor in Illinois said Thursday he will not step aside as Gov. Pat Quinn has requested. CHICAGO, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- The winner of the Democratic primary for lieutenant governor in Illinois said Thursday he will not step aside as Gov. Pat Quinn has requested. WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- Republican political action committees have been working to boost their candidates as presidential contenders, a study of recent financial reports indicates. CHICAGO, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- Illinois State Comptroller Dan Hynes Thursday conceded the Democratic nomination for governor to Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn. COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, fresh from his re-election win, said national reconciliation and the country's development would be his priorities. |
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| Wednesday, February 3WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- Former GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin Wednesday defended her decision to attend a Nashville Tea Party convention in a newspaper opinions piece. SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Feb. 3 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama Wednesday called to congratulate Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn for winning the state Democratic primary, a White House spokesman said. BAGHDAD, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- Lawmakers in Iraq said Wednesday an appeals court overturned a controversial decision to ban hundreds of candidates from taking part in the country's election. SACRAMENTO, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- The California governor's race is shaping up to be one of the most expensive in the history of U.S. politics, records show. BEIJING, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- The Chinese government says it has sent unidentified food inspectors to crack down on new cases of milk products tainted with deadly melamine. CHICAGO, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Illinois Treasurer Alex Giannoulias won a hard-fought race Tuesday for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate seat once held by President Obama. |
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| Tuesday, February 2WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- The possibility of another terror attack on the United States "keeps me awake at nights," CIA Director Leon Panetta told a Senate panel Tuesday. TEHRAN, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi says he will not abandon his fight against Iran's government. GAZA, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- A clear majority of Palestinians want Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to stay in office until the next presidential elections, a poll indicates. BEIJING, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- China, already outraged over U.S. arms sales to Taiwan, Tuesday warned of damage to bilateral ties if U.S. leaders met with the Dalai Lama. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- The U.S. Congress received the first Quadrennial Homeland Security Review, a document defining homeland security and providing a budgetary blueprint. KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim went on trial Tuesday on sodomy and other charges, his second such trial on similar charges. |
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| Monday, February 1WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. government measures to allow evacuations of critically ill Haiti quake victims to hospitals in the United States were authorized Monday, officials said. PRAGUE, Czech Republic, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Czech Defense Minister Martin Bartak said Monday the government approved sending an additional 55 troops to Afghanistan. SANA, Yemen, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Yemen, fighting on two fronts against al-Qaida and the Houthis, says its military operations would stop only after the rebels have complied with its terms. |
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| Sunday, January 31HONOLULU, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- The Republican Party is struggling over ideology and tactics even as Democrats present it with an important opportunity, The New York Times reported Sunday. LONDON, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- The Conservative lead over Labor slipped to 9 points in a poll released Sunday, suggesting neither party will have a majority after the British election. |
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| Saturday, January 30HONOLULU, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- The Republican National Committee, meeting in Hawaii, has rejected a proposed "purity test" requiring candidates to accept eight of 10 conservative principles. ABUJA, Nigeria, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta rebel group in Nigeria said Saturday it will attack oil industry targets after ending a cease-fire. ALBANY, N.Y., Jan. 30 (UPI) -- New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has received millions of dollars in campaign contributions from developers and other real estate interests, records show. CHICAGO, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama's reference to a root canal in his State of the Union address has some dental specialists who do root canals feeling some pain. WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- Medical evacuations from Haiti to Florida and other states have been halted over confusion about who will pay for treatment, the U.S. military said Friday. |
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| Friday, January 29ROME, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- Italian Equal Opportunity Minister Mara Carafagna said Friday clowns will be used to lift the spirits of sick children in the country's hospitals. ROME, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- The Italian government said Friday it is moving forward with plans to speed up trials through a series of judicial reforms. COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- Supporters of failed Sri Lankan presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka are claiming vote-counting fraud in their country's election. WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- Vice President Joe Biden says the Obama administration will spend what it takes to ensure the security and quality of the United States' nuclear arsenal. WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- Job creation, deficit reduction and financial regulation are issues Democrats will try to resolve first before acting on healthcare, the White House said. |
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| Thursday, January 28AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- A Texas psychologist who analyzes presidential speech says Barack Obama's emotional style is most comparable to Ronald Reagan's. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- Two Haitian organizations have criticized the country's government for a weak and ineffective response to the devastating earthquake. WILMINGTON, N.C., Jan. 28 (UPI) -- A former U.S. Marine officer acquitted of killing two Iraqis announced Thursday he is a candidate for Congress in North Carolina. |
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| Wednesday, January 27BAGHDAD, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- A group with ties to al-Qaida claimed responsibility for a series of bomb attacks in Baghdad Monday that resulted in at least 36 deaths, officials said. CHICAGO, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has made at least $24,000 in interest from a campaign fund he controls from his 1996 U.S. Senate run, documents indicate. |
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| Tuesday, January 26COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- Incumbent Mahinda Rajapaksa took a strong lead over retired Gen. Sarath Fonseka in Tuesday's presidential election in Sri Lanka, early results showed. MOSUL, Iraq, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- American troops in Iraq are attempting, through the use of checkpoints, to promote peaceful contact between Arab and Kurdish troops, military officials said. |
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| Monday, January 25NEW YORK, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- Meghan McCain, daughter of former U.S. presidential nominee John McCain, is confirmed to serve as co-host of an upcoming episode of "The View," ABC said. YANGON, Myanmar, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar's pro-democracy leader, will be released in November when her house arrest sentence ends, a minister said. WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- The Republican U.S. Senate victory in Massachusetts last week has expanded the election field for GOP candidates challenging Democrats, the party said. |
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| Sunday, January 24PHOENIX, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- A vicious drug war in Mexico has caused a dramatic increase in the number of Mexicans seeking safety in the United States under U.S. asylum laws, officials say. WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- U.S. Democratic Party campaign strategy manager David Plouffe says now is not the time for "bed-wetting" after the party lost a Massachusetts Senate election. NEW YORK, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- Alleged abuses by Sudanese security forces are seriously undermining the chances for free and credible elections, Human Rights Watch says. KABUL, Afghanistan, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- Security concerns and logistical challenges will postpone Afghanistan's parliamentary elections until Sept. 18, the election commission said Sunday. WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama is turning to the team that helped get him elected to try and swing midterm election results back to the Democrats' camp, aides say. |
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| Saturday, January 23NEW YORK, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- The peace accord ending Sudan's civil war is approaching important milestones, but the country is not immune to renewed violence, the United Nations says. WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- The U.S. Justice Department says it is closer to launching a comprehensive national database to deter auto theft and fraud. BEIJING, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- China is promising to "leapfrog" Tibet's economic development, official media has reported. WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- The Obama administration has opened reams of U.S. government documents to the public as part of its Open Government Initiative. BAGHDAD, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- Iraqi leaders are working on resolving a controversy in which 511 electoral candidates have been disqualified, an aide to U.S. Vice President Joe Biden says. |
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| Friday, January 22BAGHDAD, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- U.S. Vice President Joe Biden traveled to Iraq Friday in an effort to settle a dispute over disqualified parliamentary candidates, officials said. OTTAWA, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper told his Conservative party caucus Friday last year's economic recession could return because of other countries. TOKYO, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said he will resign if proven guilty of receiving illegal political fund donations, but insists he is innocent. SOFIA, Bulgaria, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- Bulgaria's prime minister said Friday his country has approached an international court in a bid to be compensated by Greece for a farmers' trade blockade. VILNIUS, Lithuania, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- Lithuanian Foreign Minister Vygaudas Usackas says he resigned his post following a dispute regarding detainees allegedly held by his country. MOSCOW, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says he wants to see more political parties operating at both the national and regional level. LONDON, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- Unequal opportunity in Britain would become worse under a Conservative government, Deputy Prime Minister Harriet Harman said Thursday. |
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| Thursday, January 21HELSINKI, Finland, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- The government of Finland said the e-mail account of Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen may have been breached by an information technology worker three years ago. ISTANBUL, Turkey, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- The Turkish armed forces said Thursday another coup d'etat allegedly plotted by members of the military was actually part of a military exercise. BERLIN, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- The German government said scheduled talks will focus on improving the lifespan of nuclear power plants and using reactor funds to aid renewable energies. ATHENS, Greece, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- Border authorities in Bulgaria and Greece said the Iliden checkpoint opened Thursday and the Ormenio border checkpoint was scheduled to open as well. WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- Reactions were mixed Thursday to the U.S. Supreme Court's 5-4 ruling that struck down restrictions on corporate and union political campaign donations. WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court Thursday ruled 5-4 to overturn restrictions on corporate and union campaign contributions, changing the landscape of political financing. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- Pakistan's army will not conduct any new offensives against militant groups in the country this year, a spokesman said Thursday. |
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| Wednesday, January 20BEIJING, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- China's economy grew 8.7 percent in 2009 over 2008, more than the 8 percent targeted due largely to fiscal policies, officials said Thursday. JOS, Nigeria, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- A 24-hour curfew has been imposed on the Nigerian city of Jos where fighting between Christians and Muslims has left scores of people dead, the army said. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- The Pakistani government has asked the Lahore high court to restrict the free movement of nuclear scientist A.Q. Khan on national security grounds. |
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| Tuesday, January 19BOSTON, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- Scott Brown became the first Republican to win a U.S. Senate race in Massachusetts in almost 40 years Tuesday, seizing the seat held by the late Edward Kennedy. TRENTON, N.J., Jan. 19 (UPI) -- Former U.S. Attorney Chris Christie was sworn in Tuesday as New Jersey governor, promising change and cooperation with the Democrat-controlled Legislature. |
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| Sunday, January 17SANTIAGO, Chile, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Sebastian Pinera won Chile's presidential election Sunday, becoming the first conservative leader since Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship ended two decades ago. VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Activists disrupted a speech by the leader of Canada's Liberal party, protesting his position on development of the country's oil sands, authorities said. PYONGYANG, North Korea, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Official North Korean media reported Sunday that leader Kim Jong Il inspected a military training exercise. NEW YORK, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Film and TV actor Alec Baldwin said if he does choose to make a run for a political office, such electoral efforts would have to take place in New York. |
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| Saturday, January 16TOKYO, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- Japanese politics have been roiled by the arrest of a Democratic Party of Japan member serving in the House of Representatives, a politician says. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- Pakistan's government has filed a review petition against the Supreme Court's move to overturn amnesty granted to politicians, officials said Saturday. WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- Democratic Party strategists say they are gearing up for some challenging U.S. midterm election races throughout the country later this year. |
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| Friday, January 15BOSTON, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- President Obama will campaign in Massachusetts for Martha Coakley, the Democratic candidate for the Senate seat formerly held by Edward Kennedy, an aide said. OTTAWA, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- Canadian election monitors will help oversee voting in the weekend Ukraine presidential election, a federal minister in Ottawa announced Friday. PYONGYANG, North Korea, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- North Korea warned of potential fighting against South Korea Friday over Seoul's plan to act in case of an emergency in the communist state north of the border. TOKYO, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- The Japanese Defense Ministry Friday ended its Indian Ocean refueling mission for the U.S.-led anti-terrorism effort relating to Afghanistan. WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- The U.S. Tea Party movement is trying to take over the Republican Party precinct by precinct, party activists said. |
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| Thursday, January 14WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- GOP leaders say they can win the U.S. House by making the 2010 election to a referendum on Democrats but a top Democrat said he doubts the plan will work. BOSTON, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Massachusetts voters have been deluged with political commercials as Republicans and Democrats seek the Senate seat formerly held by Ted Kennedy. NEW YORK, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Scientists in New York Thursday pushed the symbolic Doomsday Clock's hand back to 6 minutes to midnight, citing hope in nuclear weapons and climate change. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Jan. 14 (UPI) -- The subtropical Florida Everglades wetlands are still deteriorating a decade after Washington began a multibillion-dollar plan to restore them, advocates say. WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Republican leaders have privately decided that the best way to win back the House is to stage an all-out bashing of Democrats, political insiders say. LONDON, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Britain's publicly funded healthcare system gives dementia services short shrift despite official promises to the contrary, a national audit report found. LONDON, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- The new top British government anti-drug abuse adviser acknowledges he urged the legalization of marijuana six years ago but says he has since changed his mind. CARY, N.C., Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Democrats in 2010 will have a harder time retaining their hold on U.S. Congress than they did in 1994, when Republicans swept into power, a GOP leader said. COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- A BBC reporter was attacked in Sri Lanka while she was covering clashes between rival political groups, the broadcaster reported. |
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| Wednesday, January 13WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- New Zealand Prime Minister John Key says he has asked the United States to help his country limit Japanese whaling in Antarctica. COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- Gunmen in Sri Lanka fired on a bus carrying supporters of the opposition presidential candidate two weeks ahead of elections, killing a woman, police said. |
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| Tuesday, January 12WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- Two groups who haven't had much interaction before -- U.S. blacks and black immigrants -- have formed an alliance on the U.S. Census, advocates say. |
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| Monday, January 11ERBIL, Iraq, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- Members of a major Kurdish political party in Iraq complain rivals are launching attacks on its members as the country braces for March parliamentary elections. TBILISI, Georgia, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- Three military officials were sentenced to prison Monday in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi for their roles in a mutiny attempt, a lawyer in the trial said. ANKARA, Turkey, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday his country has reached a total of six deals with Lebanon in a variety of diplomatic areas. SEOUL, North Korea, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Il says he has not fulfilled the "rice and meat soup" promise of his late father, former North Korean leader Kim Il Sung. KIEV, Ukraine, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- Campaigns leading up to the presidential election in Ukraine next week could lead to a return of pro-Russia Viktor Yanukovych to power, polls indicate. |
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| Sunday, January 10MANILA, Philippines, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- Hackers in the Philippines have defaced a government Web site, the fifth such attack on such sites in a month, officials said. KABUL, Afghanistan, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai announced 16 cabinet nominations Saturday to fill positions left vacant when Parliament refused to approve earlier choices. |
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| Saturday, January 9MAKHACHKALA, Russia, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Russian Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev says his country will retaliate against militants responsible for killing five police officers in Dagestan. PARIS, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- The head of France's Union for a Popular Movement political party says France should have a law that fines women $1,000 for wearing burqas. PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- The head of the United Nations mission in Haiti promised logistical support for the country's national elections this year. WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Former U.S. President Bill Clinton will play a prominent role at a key Democratic Party healthcare reform meeting, House of Representatives sources say. TEHRAN, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Five people arrested during Iranian protests on the Shiite holy day Ashura could face execution if they are convicted of waging war on God, officials said. |
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| Friday, January 8PYONGYANG, North Korea, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- North Korea has officially made a holiday out of the birthday of Kim Jong Un, one of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's sons, North Korean defectors say. VATICAN CITY, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- Pope Benedict XVI said during a meeting with a Turkish ambassador that a better dialogue is needed between Catholics and Muslims in the world. |
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| Thursday, January 7RESTON, Va., Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Radiation researchers say they have no evidence the full body scans the U.S. government is adopting for airport security could harm travelers. MEXICO CITY, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Police in Latin America soon will be able to track down weapons traffickers in their own language, the U.S. government says. BAGHDAD, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- A series of blasts struck the homes of an anti-terrorism Iraqi official and others, killing at least seven people Thursday, local police said. |
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| Wednesday, January 6WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- The Republican Party will "embrace" the grassroots conservative activists of the tea party movement, the Republican National Committee chairman says. EAST HADDAM, Conn., Jan. 6 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., announced his retirement from the U.S. Senate Wednesday after five terms. BEIJING, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Official corruption and counterfeit and shoddy goods were cited by Chinese as the most serious problems hurting their country's image abroad, a survey found. |
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| Tuesday, January 5WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Tuesday deflected a request that U.S. congressional leaders open key healthcare legislative negotiations to TV coverage. TEHRAN, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- Iran has put together a list of 60 groups it considers enemy agents in a "soft war" against the country, local media report. |
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| Monday, January 4LONDON, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- An Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner says Iranian efforts to crack down on anti-government protests will only bolster the will of the opposition. OTTAWA, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- The Canadian government needs to help set free Canadian businessman Bashir Makhtal after three years in custody in Ethiopia, Makhtal's cousin says. TORONTO, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- The Canadian government said it will not seize the Dead Sea scrolls on display in Toronto despite a request from the Jordanian government. WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- Early indications are Republican candidates at the state level may try to nationalize the 2010 elections, pursuing attacks on the White House, observers note. YANGON, Myanmar, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- Myanmar's military rulers indicated Monday elections would be held this year in the isolated country but gave no dates or other details. SANA, Yemen, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- Yemen sought to assure U.S. officials that al-Qaida militants in their country are under constant surveillance while downplaying the terrorist group's threat. BAGHDAD, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- The upcoming Iraqi elections will likely determine whether the country becomes more religiously conservative, with alcohol as the flash point, lawmakers say. KABUL, Afghanistan, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- The Afghan parliament's rejection of most of Hamid Karzai's Cabinet nominees showed the president's political headaches are far from over, experts say. |
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| Sunday, January 3BEIJING, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- A major oil leak that threatened one of China's most important sources of water is under control, official media said Sunday. BAGHDAD, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- A rash of killings of U.S.-allied Sunni militiamen is pointing to signs of weakness for the "Sons of Iraq," military experts say. OXFORD, England, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- David Cameron described himself as a "progressive Conservative" in a speech Saturday that kicked off his party's campaign for the next British election. |
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| Friday, January 1JERUSALEM, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Israeli historian Alexander Yakobson says if the historic region of Palestine is divided into two states, it should be done without removing settlers. TEHRAN, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Iran's opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi said he was willing to be included as "one of the post-election martyrs" fighting for civil liberties. |
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| Thursday, December 31JERUSALEM, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Protesters lined both sides of the Israeli-Gaza border Thursday, voicing opposition to the economic blockade of the Gaza Strip. LONDON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The director of Britain's National Science Learning Center, known for bringing excitement back into Britain's science classes, was made a knight Thursday. OCEAN CITY, Md., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Individuals seeking to fish in the Atlantic Ocean or its coastal bays must now register with the U.S. government, according to a new federal law. LONDON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- U.S. Gen. David Petraeus says he suspects five British nationals, including freed hostage Peter Moore, were held in Iran, not Iraq where they were abducted. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Cardiovascular devices are often based on studies that lack adequate strength or may have been prone to bias, U.S. researchers say. |
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| Wednesday, December 30WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- U.S. intelligence agencies had access to enough information to prevent explosives from making it aboard Flight 253 Christmas Day, administration officials said. WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- The 2010 elections place Democrats in their biennial quandary of whether to appeal to the center or remain faithful to their liberal origins, observers said. BEIJING, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- At least 15 governors and high-level ministerial officials among others in China were ousted this year in the government's drive against official corruption. WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Republican operatives say they see potential political hay in U.S. President Obama's response to the failed Christmas Day attack on an airplane. |
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| Tuesday, December 29HONOLULU, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama Tuesday signed an executive order he said will promote "greater openness and transparency" in government. WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- U.S. Republican political operative Karl Rove's divorce from his wife of 24 years, Darby, has been granted, a family spokeswoman says. CHARLOTTETOWN, Prince Edward Island, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Some $200,000 in hurricane aid will be paid by the Canadian government to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, six years after the storm, officials said. BEIJING, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- China Tuesday executed a 53-year-old British father of five who had been convicted of drug smuggling, the British Foreign Office said. BEIJING, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, whose government is fighting official corruption, asked auditors to be more watchful of embezzlement and waste of public funds. |
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| Monday, December 28LOS ANGELES, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Playboy says a photo circulated online Monday that seems to show John F. Kennedy on a yacht with naked women ran in a 1967 issue of the U.S. magazine. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- More than half of participants in an online survey predicted all Americans would have access to healthcare within the next 10 years. ZAGREG, Croatia, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Center-left Croatian presidential candidate Ivo Josipovic is in the lead position after winning one-third of the vote in weekend elections, analysts say. |
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| Sunday, December 27TEHRAN, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi's nephew was among at least four people killed in clashes between protesters and security forces, a report said. TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- A Central Election Commission official said turnout for Sunday's general elections in Uzbekistan exceeded 57 percent of the electorate. |
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| Saturday, December 26WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Members of Congress say they plan to investigate a Nigerian's attempt to bring down a U.S. jetliner with an explosive device. BEIJING, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- The British government is asking China for clemency in the case of a London man to be executed Tuesday, officials said. BEIJING, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- China's renewable energy law was amended Saturday to require power companies to buy all power generated from renewable resources. WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Fiscal watchdog groups claim U.S. President Barack Obama has yet to honor his pledge to limit federal spending on local projects. PARIS, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- European Commission Vice President Jacques Barrot said the European Union wants Serbia to be a member, but it may take several years to finalize. ABUJA, Nigeria, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- A human rights activist operating in the Niger Delta says Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua's lengthy illness has put the possibility of peace in jeopardy. MEXICO CITY, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- A river of cash proceeds is flowing across the U.S. border to Mexican drug cartels every day, officials say. |
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| Friday, December 25TOKYO, Dec. 25 (UPI) -- A $1 trillion budget aimed at "saving people's lives" is Japan's biggest-ever postwar financial blueprint for a country still mired in public debt, experts say. |
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| Thursday, December 24LONDON, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- The British government and doctors should do more to crack down on those who promote remedies such as curing AIDS with vitamins, a researcher says. WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- The United States is "now incredibly close to making health insurance reform a reality" after the Senate healthcare vote, President Barack Obama said Thursday. |
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| Wednesday, December 23MOSCOW, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- While the Russian government has been pushing for use of the Cyrillic alphabet in Web addresses, Russian computer users seem happier with English. |
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| Tuesday, December 22TEHRAN, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi has been ousted as head of the country's Academy of Arts, Iranian media reported. |
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| Monday, December 21FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Dec. 21 (UPI) -- Law partners of a Florida attorney indicted in a massive Ponzi scheme have come under scrutiny for political donations he allegedly organized, sources say. KATHMANDU, Nepal, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- Normal life was disrupted Monday in the Himalayan republic of Nepal by a Maoist-led general strike over military-related disputes with the government. |
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| Sunday, December 20KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai says he and his new Cabinet will be held accountable on issues such as corruption, a key demand of his Western supporters. LONDON, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- The British government said it will give $32.3 million to a trust intended to help those individuals whose lives were impacted by thalidomide. DETROIT, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- Singer Martha Reeves said she is happy to be leaving her post on the Detroit City Council after losing in the last election. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- A one-time Pakistani elections official claims the country's anti-corruption agency tried to target Benazir Bhutto and Asif Zardari in 2005. TEHRAN, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in an exclusive interview with ABC News that a document alleging Iran is working on a nuclear bomb was "fabricated." MACAO, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao Sunday celebrated the 10th anniversary of Macao's "return to the motherland," state media reported. |
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| Saturday, December 19TAIPEI, Taiwan, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- Taiwan fell significantly behind South Korea in certain economic indicators during the last decade due to government decisions, a professor said Saturday. BEIRUT, Lebanon, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri arrived in Damascus Saturday in a landmark move experts say could heal political and personal rifts. THOMSON, Ill., Dec. 19 (UPI) -- A plan to house Guantanamo detainees in an empty prison in Thomson, Ill., would bring 3,000 badly needed jobs to the area, officials said. PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta said Saturday its members attacked an oil pipeline in southern Nigeria. WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- U.S. Postal Service workers dined on crab cakes and beef Wellington during a five-month period in which $792,022 was spent unnecessarily, officials said. GREENWICH, Conn., Dec. 19 (UPI) -- Former Ambassador Thomas Foley said Friday he will use at least $2 million of his own money in his campaign for Connecticut governor. |
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| Friday, December 18MINSK, Belarus, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- The European Parliament adopted a resolution that supports maintaining sanctions against Belarus officials to prompt greater democratization. ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Madagascar will hold elections in early 2010 to choose the members of the country's Parliament, the African country's military-backed leader says. BAGHDAD, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Two Iraqi government officials said Friday Iranian security forces took control of an oil well in Iraq's Maysan province. PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- A U.N.-backed tribunal in Cambodia in its first such actions against former Khmer Rouge leaders charged Ieng Sary and Nuon Chea with genocide. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari is under renewed pressure to resign after the Supreme Court struck down an amnesty protection against corruption charges. |
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| Thursday, December 17WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said she meant no disrespect by blacking out the name of Sen. John, R-Ariz., from a sun visor she wore on vacation in Hawaii. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Pakistan's defense minister was stopped from leaving on an official China trip because of a court ruling striking down an amnesty protection to officials. PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Chris Dudley, who spent 16 years in the NBA before becoming a financial adviser, has announced he is a candidate for governor of Oregon. COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Thursday the U.S. military is using bases on Dutch islands near his country to plan an attack. OTTAWA, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- The Canadian government announced Thursday it is auctioning off the CANDU nuclear reactor division of the national Atomic Energy of Canada agency. DEARBORN, Mich., Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Ethnic groups, especially Arab-Americans, say the U.S. census all but eliminates any way of distinguishing their background by simply classifying them as white. RAMALLAH, West Bank, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- The PLO Central Council is calling for Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to remain in power until Gaza and the West Bank have new elections. MANILA, Philippines, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Six Philippine officials were accused Thursday of illegally encouraging martial law in a province where 57 people were killed in election-related violence. PRINCETON, N.J., Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin can't shake her unfavorable ratings despite an enthusiastic response to her memoirs, a Gallup Poll indicates. Dec. 17--Gov. Mark Sanford will not be removed from office, as a House committee decided Wednesday to reprimand -- and not impeach -- the governor. KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- Peter Galbraith, a leading U.N. official in Afghanistan at the time of the presidential election, proposed replacing Hamid Karzai, The New York Times reported. |
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| Wednesday, December 16WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- President Barack Obama Wednesday said the U.S. government will go bankrupt if Congress does not enact legislation to bring down healthcare costs. HARRISBURG, Pa., Dec. 16 (UPI) -- A Democratic state legislator from southwestern Pennsylvania was arraigned Wednesday on charges of using state employees for campaign work. RALEIGH, N.C., Dec. 16 (UPI) -- Some programs the U.S. government says will be in deficit may actually have a surplus because people are living healthier and longer, U.S. researchers say. |
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| Tuesday, December 15WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. senators gathered information on existing information-sharing in the Fort Hood, Texas, massacre, two senators said after the meeting Tuesday. BRUSSELS, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- The Party of the European Socialists says it will field a candidate for president of the European Commission in the 2014 European elections. PRINCETON, N.J., Dec. 15 (UPI) -- The 2010 midterm elections will be close, but Democrats regained a slight lead over Republicans, Gallup Poll results released Tuesday indicate. |
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| Monday, December 14WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- One of three Democrats crossing party lines to vote against the $447 billion spending bill awaiting President Barack Obama's signature is urging a veto. BUCHAREST, Romania, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- A Romanian court Monday rejected a bid by opposition Social Democrats to void the re-election victory of President Traian Basescu, state media said. SANTIAGO, Chile, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Center-right billionaire Sebastian Pinera won the first round of Chile's presidential election, boosting his bid to upend the left-of-center government. |
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| Sunday, December 13WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- The Senate sent to President Barack Obama a $1.1 trillion spending measure that includes major funding increases for several agencies. KHARTOUM, Sudan, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- Sudan's government has reached agreement with the country's semi-autonomous southern region on an independence referendum, authorities say. SUKHUMI, Georgia, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- Incumbent President Sergei Bagapsh has been re-elected by voters in the former Georgian republic of Abkhazia, officials said Sunday. MEXICO CITY, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- Mexican criminal gangs during the past two years have stolen $1 billion in oil from the country's state-run oil company, officials say. |
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| Saturday, December 12BAGHDAD, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- The Iraqi government said Saturday international oil companies received seven oil field contracts out of a possible 10. TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- Dozens of supporters of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya have been killed and thousands more arrested, human rights groups allege. SUKHUM, Georgia, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- Voters in Abkhazia took to the polls Saturday for the first time since the republic broke away from Georgia last year, election observers said. |
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| Friday, December 11WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- U.S. House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer said Friday the U.S. debt ceiling must be bumped up at least $1.8 trillion to avoid any defaulting on debts. ROME, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- A demonstration in Italy against proposed reforms resulted in 10 students being hurt in Rome Friday, protest organizers said. WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- Republican officials in the U.S. House of Representatives said Friday that U.S. President Barack Obama should support three struggling trade pacts. EDMONTON, Alberta, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- Children's programming can carry underlying political themes that may surprise parents, a Canadian researcher suggests. |
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| Thursday, December 10NEW YORK, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- U.S. first lady Michelle Obama has topped Barbara Walters' "10 Most Fascinating People of 2009." WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- The tea party movement is flexing its muscle through political action committees and other measures to shake up politics, movement leaders said. CONAKRY, Guinea, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- French leaders are denying reports from Guinea that France's foreign minister was involved in a plot to kill the leader of Guinea's ruling junta. |
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| Wednesday, December 9BRUSSELS, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- Spain will use its upcoming European Union presidency to push for a new approach to economic recovery efforts, a top diplomat says. KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai, under Western pressure to crack down on government corruption as he begins another term, has delayed announcing his new Cabinet. |
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| Monday, December 7TEHRAN, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Amnesty International Monday condemned excessive force by Iranian security forces during rallies in which protesters reportedly were beaten and detained. TEHRAN, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Thousands of Iranian students rallied at universities in Tehran and other cities Monday, shouting anti-government slogans and facing security forces. BUCHAREST, Romania, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Romanian President Traian Basescu has narrowly won reelection with 50.33 percent of the vote, election officials said Monday. WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. congressional hopefuls running as Tea Party candidates could fare better than those running as Republicans, a Rasmussen Report released Monday indicates. LA PAZ, Bolivia, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Bolivian President Evo Morales retained his post and his political party gained legislative power in the country's elections, exit polls indicate. CHISINAU, Moldova, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Moldova was still without a president Monday after its Parliament failed for the third time to elect one, observers said. BAGHDAD, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- The deputy speaker of the Iraqi Parliament said a deal reached by top Iraqi leaders will allow for the first national elections in Iraq since 2005. LONDON, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledged Monday to curb a "culture of excess" in salaries paid to public sector leaders. TEHRAN, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Supreme Leader of Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said members of the international community are plotting against Iran and its nuclear program. KHARTOUM, Sudan, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Police cordoned off Parliament in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum Monday after anti-government demonstrators rioted, witnesses say. TORONTO, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- The Canadian Parliament may vote to eliminate a gun-control measure enacted after a 1989 shooting spree that left 15 dead, officials said. |
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| Sunday, December 6WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., says he's "proud" of his former U.S. vice presidential running mate, Sarah Palin. TEHRAN, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- People in Iran should be prepared for possible crackdowns if upcoming Students Day demonstrations turn violent, Iranian authorities said. WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- Jerry Brown of California is not the only former governor trying to get the old job back, with at least six ex-governors nationwide considering another run. VIQUEQUE, Timor-Leste, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- The United Nations has returned control of the largest district in Timor-Leste to the country's police force, officials said Saturday. |
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| Saturday, December 5LONDON, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- David Cameron, head of Britain's Conservative Party, said the number of British troops in Afghanistan likely will not decrease in 2010. CARACAS, Venezuela, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- The Venezuelan government has seized control of three more banks that allegedly violated financial rules, officials say. |
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| Friday, December 4CHISINAU, Moldova, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- The leader of Moldova's Communist Party said Friday his party will not support the candidacy of Marian Lupu for head of state on Monday. MOSCOW, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- The governments of Russia and Vietnam are negotiating contracts for the import of Russian submarines and fighters into Vietnam, a Russian newspaper said. MOGADISHU, Somalia, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- The Somali Islamic group al-Shabaab denied responsibility for the deadly hotel bombing in Mogadishu, blaming the government instead, the group's spokesman said. WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Ambitious domestic and foreign agendas sought by U.S. President Obama are creating tension with Democrats on Capitol Hill, congressional members say. |
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| Thursday, December 3DETROIT, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- A Chrysler Corp. television advertisement features political personages and a call for the release of a political prisoner, a Chrysler official said. WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- The number of Sri Lankans who think their economy is improving jumped 28 percent to 64 percent, a national opinion poll indicated Thursday. NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- Passage of a bill to set up local tribunals to try those suspected of election violence in Kenya has been delayed by legislators staying away from debates. |
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| Wednesday, December 2BEIRUT, Lebanon, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- A proposal to end Lebanon's political sectarianism must preserve diversity and power sharing, President Michel Sleiman says. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Dubai ruler Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum said Wednesday world media are overreacting to Dubai World's debt problems. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- The seven United Arab Emirates celebrated the nation's 38th annual National Day Wednesday quieting concerns over Dubai's debt and its plans for refinancing. |
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| Tuesday, December 1WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reacted tepidly while a Senate Republican said he welcomed President Obama's dual strategy for Afghanistan and defeating al-Qaida. WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- A proposal to impose an ideological "purity test" on Republican Party candidates is splitting the GOP, members say. MUNICH, Germany, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- British rocker Pete Doherty has apologized for singing at a Munich concert a stanza in the German national anthem that hasn't been used since World War II. MANILA, Philippines, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- The Philippine Department of Justice filed murder charges against Datu Unsay Mayor Andal Ampatuan Jr. in last week's massacre in Maguindanao, officials said. SAN FERNANDO, Philippines, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Philippines President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo filed to run for the country's Congress Tuesday, making her post-presidential plans official. |
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| Monday, November 30TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- U.S. diplomatic officials said the presidential election in Honduras was important, but was "only a step" in the country's return to democratic order. |
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| Sunday, November 29MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- Sen. Jose Mujica, a former left-wing guerrilla fighter, won Uruguay's presidential election Sunday with more than 50 percent of the vote, exit polls showed. WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Richard G. Lugar, R-Ind., said Sunday President Barack Obama is in need of public support ahead of his announcement on the war in Afghanistan. WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said Sunday the United States should "prioritize American spending" in connection with the war in Afghanistan. MALABO, Equatorial Guinea, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- Elections being held Sunday in Equatorial Guinea, home to a government ranked as one of the world's most corrupt, are unfair, critics say. WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., said Sunday the United States should take a "knockout punch" approach to Afghanistan rather than phased deployment. WINDHOEK, Namibia, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- Long lines of voters packed polling places in Namibia on the second and final day of the country's national elections, observers said. TEHRAN, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said Sunday an International Atomic Energy Agency resolution was the result of "political chicanery." SAN FERNANDO, Trinidad and Tobago, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- Rwanda has been admitted to the British Commonwealth, a post-colonial group that now numbers 54 nations, officials said. |
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| Saturday, November 28KIGALI, Rwanda, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Countries in southern Africa are not aiding Rwanda's hunt for genocide suspects despite requests for assistance, an official alleges. SEOUL, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- North Korea's ruling Worker's Party said Saturday South Korea should be responsible for any steps taken to improve relations between the two countries. TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Political divisions in Honduras will remain after a presidential election to replace ousted President Manuel Zelaya, analysts say. WINDHOEK, Namibia, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Sweltering heat and a legal challenge didn't deterred voter turnout in Namibia's presidential elections, observers said Saturday. WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Supporters of former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney say they have begun efforts to draft the Republican for a 2012 presidential run. |
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| Friday, November 27MOSCOW, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- The Russian Foreign Ministry said Friday the country is ahead of an international deadline to destroy its chemical weapons stockpile. PARIS, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- A French Foreign Ministry spokesman said Friday Iran should respect its nuclear obligations following an International Atomic Energy Agency resolution. BERLIN, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- The German Labor Ministry said Friday Labor Minister Franz Josef Jung resigned his post due to a controversial NATO airstrike in Afghanistan. LONDON, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- A British safety regulator said it has concerns about the leading plans for new nuclear reactors in the United Kingdom. |
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| Thursday, November 26SEOUL, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- South Korea should formally apologize for the massacre of thousands of civilians at the beginning of the Korean War, a commission said Thursday. MADRID, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- A bill that would make it easier to get an abortion in Spain passed a parliamentary hurdle Thursday. WINDHOEK, Namibia, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Hidipo Hamutenya, leader of Namibia's Rally for Democracy and Progress, is being sued for alleging polls in the country were rigged, an RDP spokesman said. ABUJA, Nigeria, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- The Nigerian government has not prosecuted those responsible for 2008 clashes in the country that left more than 130 civilians dead, Human Rights Watch said. TOKYO, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- The value of the U.S. dollar against the Japanese yen is at its lowest point in 14 years with a single dollar worth 86.5 yen, experts said. BAGHDAD, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Iraq's political factions apparently avoided a crisis Thursday with a surprise agreement on parliamentary elections early next year, observers said. BEIJING, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- China, saying it is acting voluntarily, Thursday announced it will reduce its "intensity" of carbon dioxide emissions by 40 to 45 percent by 2020. |
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| Wednesday, November 25BAGHDAD, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- At least 10 people were killed in two bombings and a raid on a home in Iraq Wednesday, authorities said. JERUSALEM, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Israeli Cabinet ministers Wednesday approved a 10-month freeze on construction of settlements in the West Bank. HARARE, Zimbabwe, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Living conditions in Zimbabwe for women and children have deteriorated during the last five years, government data and a U.N. report indicated. BUJUMBURA, Burundi, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- A trio of groups, including Human Rights Watch, said Wednesday Burundi should end a ban on the Forum for the Strengthening of Civil Society. BAGHDAD, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Parliamentary elections cannot be held in Iraq before the end of January 2010, election officials say. LONDON, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Children as young as 5-years-old may be taught "gender equality" in health classes across Britain beginning in 2011, the British government announced Wednesday. |
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| Tuesday, November 24MANILA, Philippines, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo promised Tuesday those behind a political massacre of 46 people would be brought to justice. LONDON, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Support for an independent Scotland has fallen ahead of a referendum next year, a Daily Telegraph opinion poll published Tuesday indicated. AMMAN, Jordan, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- King Abdullah II of Jordan issued a proclamation Tuesday dissolving the country's Lower House of Parliament and ordering early elections, officials said. NEW DELHI, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- India's Parliament was in an uproar Tuesday after the official release of a report condemning the 1992 demolition of the Babri Masjid mosque, officials said. WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Former CNN host Lou Dobbs fueled speculation about his political future by saying during a radio talk show he's mulling over a U.S. presidential run. WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Special envoy Richard Holbrooke says the United States plans to work closely with Afghan President Hamid Karzai's new government. |
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| Monday, November 23BAGHDAD, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- A dispute between lawmakers and a vice president of Iraq threatens to derail plans to hold a parliamentary election on schedule in January, officials said. OVERLAND PARK, Kan., Nov. 23 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. Dennis Moore, D-Kan., won't seek re-election to Congress next year, Democratic Party sources say. RAMALLAH, West Bank, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is preparing to formally delay January's presidential and parliamentary elections, a party official said. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- Many Pakistanis, including politicians in President Asif Ali Zardari's party, benefited from amnesty dismissing past corruption allegations, officials said. |
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| Sunday, November 22BAGHDAD, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Al-Qaida in Iraq is gaining strength and stepping up efforts to weaken the country's government as elections near and U.S. troops withdraw, officials say. |
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| Saturday, November 21BUCHAREST, Romania, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Millions of Romanians will go to the polls Sunday in the first round of the country's presidential election amid political turmoil, authorities say. JALALABAD, Afghanistan, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- The United States and Afghanistan have been providing aid to anti-Taliban militias in certain parts of Afghanistan, officials said. WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Democratic healthcare reform proposals will mean higher premiums and higher healthcare costs, a Republican U.S. senator said Saturday. HANOI, Vietnam, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Officials in Vietnam said the country's government is not actively blocking the social networking Web site Facebook despite scores of connectivity complaints. TORONTO, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Canada's main opposition party, the Liberals, hit a new low in popularity of 24 percent in a poll published Saturday. |
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| Friday, November 20WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- A former U.S. State Department official and his wife pleaded guilty to a 30-year conspiracy to give classified data to Cuba, the Justice Department said. LONDON, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Britain says it is sorry the Royal Navy used a buoy painted the colors of the Spanish flag for target practice. BEIJING, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- The Chinese government offered scholarships to the children of nine powerful officials in Namibia instead of those truly in need of aid, officials said. |
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| Thursday, November 19WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- A critical procedural vote on bringing the U.S. Senate healthcare plan to the floor is likely to come Saturday, Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday. LONDON, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- The British government is moving toward mandating evolution be taught in all public primary schools as a science subject starting in September 2011. BEIJING, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- The Chinese government said Thursday is disapproves of the recent meeting between the Dalai Lama and Italian Chamber of Deputies speaker Gianfranco Fini. GENEVA, Switzerland, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- A Chinese delegation said Thursday China would not form a World Trade Organization panel to help determine possible export limits. CAIRO, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said he doubted a Middle East peace accord would be reached before the end of his term. |
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| Wednesday, November 18WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- The decision to try five alleged Sept. 11, 2001, plotters in a civilian court will withstand "the judgment of history," U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said. KHARTOUM, Sudan, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- At least 47 people were killed when gunmen attacked two villages in southern Sudan's Awerial county, an army spokesman said. |
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| Tuesday, November 17BERLIN, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- Somalia is the world's most corrupt country, while New Zealand is the least corrupt, Transparency International's annual Corruption Perception Index has found. WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- As U.S. President Barack Obama traveled in China a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey indicated most Americans see the Communist country as an economic threat. |
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| Monday, November 16LANSING, Mich., Nov. 16 (UPI) -- Governors in Michigan and California are warning residents that some services may have to go as they wrestle with enormous budget shortfalls. MUMBAI, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Monday during his visit to India that trade between the two countries should increase. JERUSALEM, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Monday the Palestinian Authority acted questionably regarding its efforts involving Israel and Hamas. BASRA, Iraq, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki stopped a Qatari prince from hunting in Iraq despite his having received permission to do so in advance, Azzaman reported. NEWBERRY, Fla., Nov. 16 (UPI) -- Florida Gov. Charlie Crist's bid for a U.S. Senate seat is being opposed by some of his fellow Republicans because of his bipartisan efforts, experts said. LONDON, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- An overnight release program in Britain to ease prison overcrowding puts the public at risk from repeat offenders, critics said. PRISTINA, Kosovo, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- The first elections in Kosovo since it declared its independence from Serbia in 2008 went off without any real trouble, security officials said Monday. |
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| Sunday, November 15PRISTINA, Kosovo, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- Turnout was light Sunday in local elections in Kosovo, the first since the country declared its independence from Serbia in February 2008, officials said. WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- Democratic politicians could lose the support of Catholic voters in the United States for wanting abortion to be included in healthcare reform, experts said. ABUJA, Nigeria, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- A major rebel group in Nigeria said its emissaries have begun negotiations with Nigerian government officials. LONDON, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- British victims of thalidomide, an anti-morning sickness drug, may soon receive an average of $30,000 from the government, the health minister said. |
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| Saturday, November 14CONAKRY, Guinea, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Troops loyal to Guinea President Moussa Dadis Camara's ruling junta are being trained by South African mercenaries, a diplomat says. BOGOTA, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Millions of referendum signatures in support of Colombian President Alvaro Uribe's second re-election bid are invalid, an electoral body says. WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- A healthcare reform bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives doesn't rein in medical malpractice lawsuits, a Republican Party spokesman says. WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama Saturday urged members of Congress not to turn the investigation into the Fort Hood massacre into "political theater." |
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| Friday, November 13WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge, D-N.C., announced Friday he will not challenge Republican Sen. Richard Burr next year. WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Friday the Obama administration is dedicated to changing the country's immigration system. WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Pakistani nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan alleges China provided his country with enough uranium in 1982 to make two atomic bombs. RAMALLAH, West Bank, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- A Palestinian elections panel recommended Thursday that the presidential vote set for January be postponed. |
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| Thursday, November 12HARRISBURG, Pa., Nov. 12 (UPI) -- A leading Republican in the Pennsylvania legislature and nine others were charged Thursday with spending millions in state funds on campaign research. COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- The head of Sri Lanka's armed forces, fresh from a civil war-ending victory over Tamil Tiger rebels and a promotion, has quit, government officials say. LIMESTONE, N.Y., Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Residents in western New York say advocates of a less-intrusive national government should look closer to home for scaling back. BRUSSELS, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- The European Commission has warned member states they would have to take steps to curtail rising national deficits. RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Saudi Arabia has eased reprisals against al-Houthi rebels positioned along its mountainous southern border, a Saudi government source said. |
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| Wednesday, November 11NEWARK, N.J., Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Political analysts say former Philadelphia Eagles lineman Jon Runyan is on the short list of Republican candidates for Congress in New Jersey. WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- The U.S. Federal Reserve is under political attack in part due to massive amounts of aid given to the financial sector, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders said. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- A San Francisco lawmaker is threatening to take Mayor Gavin Newsom to court unless a compromise is reached over changing the city's sanctuary ordinance. PROVIDENCE, R.I., Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Rhode Island legislators learned Tuesday the governor had vetoed 22 of the bills they passed during a hectic two-day special session in October. |
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| Tuesday, November 10IRBIL, Iraq, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Yazidi and Shabak minorities under attack in Iraq's Nineveh province are not receiving government protection, human rights advocates say. OTTAWA, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Canada's minority Conservative government won two more parliamentary seats in by-elections held to fill vacancies. TOKYO, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- The Japanese Cabinet Tuesday authorized $5 billion in aid to Afghanistan during the next five years, the government of Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said. |
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| Monday, November 9WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- President Barack Obama reaffirmed America's "strong commitment to Israel's security" in a meeting with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, the White House said. WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Republicans thinking about a run at the U.S. presidency in 2012 might find the going tough as the field is filling up with established hopefuls, analysts say. TORONTO, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Ontario Minister of Energy and Infrastructure George Smitherman says he is resigning from that post to run for mayor of Toronto. JERUSALEM, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Palestinians demonstrated Monday urging President Mahmoud Abbas to remain in office days after he announced his intention to resign, officials said. |
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| Sunday, November 8WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- The lone Republican U.S. House member who voted in favor of a healthcare reform measure says it was the best decision for his New Orleans district. RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Saudi Arabia said Sunday it has assumed control of the region of Jabal Dokhan, which was temporarily under the control of Yemeni rebels. LONDON, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Dangerous people were allowed into Britain as immigration officials were told by the government to take risks in granting visas, documents indicate. KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Afghanistan's Foreign Ministry says U.N. Special Representative Kai Eide is overstepping his bounds in the country. |
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| Saturday, November 7WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said Saturday the recent elections reflected U.S. citizens' concern with the direction the U.S. government is headed. TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya says he has pulled out of a deal struck to end the country's political crisis. ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- The impact of the worldwide financial crisis could include preventing Ethiopia from reaching its anti-poverty goals by 2015, a U.N. official says. KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Many Afghans say their government should negotiate with Taliban insurgents and question if more U.S. troops can help, interviews reveal. KIEV, Ukraine, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- The presidential election in Ukraine might be delayed by the epidemic of H1N1 influenza, a government official said Friday. |
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| Friday, November 6ASUNCION, Paraguay, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- New commanders were put in place for Paraguay's army, air force and navy, the country's armed forces said a day after talk of a military coup swirled. ZURICH, Switzerland, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- A Swiss referendum on whether to ban the building of minarets on mosques is causing some businesses to say they worry about backlash from Muslim countries. |
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| Thursday, November 5NEW YORK, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's book tour is taking her into friendly territory, avoiding New York and San Francisco, while hitting Fort Wayne, Ind. MCLEAN, Va., Nov. 5 (UPI) -- Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee is the Republican front-runner for the 2012 U.S. presidential race, a USA Today/Gallup Poll indicated Thursday. YANGON, Myanmar, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- Washington is willing to thaw relations with Myanmar if its ruling military junta takes tangible steps toward democracy, a U.S. official said Thursday. LONDON, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was strongly opposed to the reunification of East and West Germany, secret French files show. YANGON, Myanmar, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- Military generals in Myanmar say rebel forces should disband along the country's rugged border with China to pave the way for national unification. NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- Health officials in Kenya warned that disease could break out amid recent floods. WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Nov. 5 (UPI) -- Former New York Police Department Commissioner Bernard Kerik pleaded guilty Thursday to charges he lied to the White House. FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- A group of Sierra Leone parents alleges a charity arranged overseas adoptions of their children without their permission. WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- The Republican Party, flush from winning two governorships, is waging an internal battle over how to reclaim control in the U.S. Congress, party leaders said. WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- The White House may downplay Tuesday's Election Day outcome, but moderate and conservative Democrats in the U.S. Congress say results signal voter uneasiness. |
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| Wednesday, November 4ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Pakistani women's rights activists won a victory when the National Assembly passed a bill calling for harsher punishment for sexual harassment of women. GARDEN GROVE, Calif., Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Former Hewlett-Packard Chief Executive Officer Carly Fiorina announced Wednesday she is running for the U.S. Senate in California. WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- The government of re-elected Afghan President Hamid Karzai must push to reduce corruption and establish its legitimacy, the head of the U.S. military said. Nov. 4--GARDEN GROVE -- Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina announced Wednesday that she will run for U.S. Senate in a Republican bid to unseat Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer next year. WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- One of the architects of President Obama's historic 2008 campaign win said saying Obama governs as an incrementalist instead of a visionary is preposterous. WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Republican gubernatorial wins signal a GOP on the mend, not predictions of the 2010 midterm U.S. elections, Republican National Chairman Michael Steele said. KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Fighting escalating insurgency and ending government graft are seen as Afghan President Hamid Karzai's immediate challenges as he begins another term. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- The government of Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has decided against pushing a bill to protect lawmakers from corruption cases, officials said. WATERTOWN, N.Y., Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Democrat Bill Owens won a bizarre three-way special election in New York state's heavily Republican 23rd congressional district Tuesday. |
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| Tuesday, November 3WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- Former U.S. Attorney Chris Christie ousted New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine in Tuesday's election, a Republican victory in a typically Democratic state. TRENTON, N.J., Nov. 3 (UPI) -- Former U.S. Attorney Chris Christie ousted New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine in Tuesday's election, a Republican victory in a typically Democratic state. OTTAWA, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- Canada's national government is unprepared to lead a coordinated response following a terrorist attack or other major disaster, a top official said Tuesday. |
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| Monday, November 2KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- The United States will help the Afghan government to clean up corruption and initiate reforms, but U.S. bounty isn't limitless, President Obama said Monday. DETROIT, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Former Michigan State University football coach George Perles said he will bring a "football atmosphere" to the governor's office if elected in Michigan. PRINCETON, N.J., Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Republicans may have a good midterm election in 2010, but it may not be enough to regain control of the U.S. House, a Gallup Poll released Monday indicated. LONDON, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Two members of Britain's official drug advisory board have resigned in protest of the government's firing of a scientist, The Times of London reported Monday. WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- The already rocky relationship between Sudan and the semi-autonomous Southern Sudanese government is getting rockier with a call for independence, analysts say. |
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| Sunday, November 1WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- A "political rebellion" is going on in America that the Republican Party is hoping to speak for, the U.S. House minority leader says. PRAGUE, Czech Republic, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Czechs aren't very satisfied with the work of their country's police, with more than half saying police performance isn't good, a poll indicates. LONDON, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Crimes against wildlife in Britain have increased more than two-fold since last year, pushing one species to the brink of extinction, authorities say. TOKYO, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada wants the Chinese government to admit that poison was added to dumplings exported to Japan, diplomatic sources said. BAGHDAD, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Recent bombings in Baghdad that killed 153 people and wounded at least 500 are eroding support for Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, authorities said. WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- Moderate Republican Dede Scozzafava withdrew Saturday from a special congressional election in New York, allowing the party to endorse a conservative. |
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| Saturday, October 31KABUL, Afghanistan, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- Afghanistan has arrested six men on charges of planning a bombing that killed five United Nations staffers, the national security chief said Saturday. LONDON, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- Patients should have the right to free private care if they have to wait too long to see a National Health Service doctor, the British government says. TOKYO, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- Japanese officials are advocating century-old advice to chew your food at least 30 times before swallowing as a key to good health. WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- The Obama administration says it will continue its predecessor's policy of using state secrets authority to block disclosures about warrantless eavesdropping. LOS ANGELES, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- California National Bank and eight others owned by an Illinois company have become the country's fourth-largest bank failure this year, U.S. officials said. |
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| Friday, October 30WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- The White House released records of 481 visitors Friday in what it called an unprecedented step in "government transparency." GALLOWAY, N.J., Oct. 30 (UPI) -- New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine and his Republican challenger, Chris Christie, are locked in a race too close to call, a poll released Friday said. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom withdrew Friday from next year's race to be California governor before it officially started. WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- A former U.S. government scientist with a top secret clearance was held without bond Friday after pleading not guilty to attempted espionage, authorities said. JERUSALEM, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Friday he endorses a proposal for Iran to export its enriched uranium. KABUL, Afghanistan, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- Afghanistan's election commission, despite safety and fraud concerns, says it will open at least 6,300 polling places for a Nov. 7 presidential runoff election. TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- Negotiators for ousted Honduran President Manual Zelaya and de facto President Roberto Micheletti reported reaching a deal to form a restoration government. |
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| Thursday, October 29WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, invited to address a conservative group in Iowa next month, has reportedly made an unusual demand -- a fee. TEHRAN, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- Britain condemned a four-year jail sentence given a British Embassy staff member in Tehran as "wholly unjustified" and urged Iran to repeal it. WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- Egypt's government resisted U.S. efforts to promote democracy there, all but wasting more than $180 million in U.S. foreign aid, a U.S. government audit said. WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama, working on his Afghanistan strategy, wants a detailed analysis of the situation in every province in Afghanistan, an official said. |
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| Wednesday, October 28MEMPHIS, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- Former Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton, a candidate for Congress, says he is a target of a federal investigation "grounded solely in politics." KIRKUK, Iraq, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- A national election law for Iraq is stalled on the issue of voting procedures in Kirkuk, a contested area claimed by Kurds, Arabs and Turkmen, authorities say. WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- A large majority of Americans, including half of Republicans, say former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin isn't qualified to be president, a poll indicates. WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- An aide to the national intelligence director says each U.S. intelligence agency is responsible for keeping Congress informed of its sensitive activities. PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- At least 90 people, most of them women, were killed when a car bomb tore through a busy market in Peshawar, Pakistan, Wednesday, a government official said. |
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| Tuesday, October 27MIAMI, Oct. 27 (UPI) -- Philip Michael Thomas, a former star of TV's "Miami Vice," is to serve as host for a fundraiser for Whilly Bermudez's campaign for the Florida legislature. BOSTON, Oct. 27 (UPI) -- The four Democrats running to succeed the late U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., are each playing to his liberal base, analysts say. CONAKRY, Guinea, Oct. 27 (UPI) -- The Sept. 28 massacre at a rally in Conakry, Guinea, was organized and carried out by the Presidential Guard, a human rights organization said Tuesday. RAMALLAH, West Bank, Oct. 27 (UPI) -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says he is pressing ahead with plans for Jan. 24 elections despite opposition from the militant group Hamas. BAGHDAD, Oct. 27 (UPI) -- A Sunni extremist group that includes al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility for the twin Baghdad bombings that killed nearly 160 people, an online post said. |
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| Monday, October 26BERKELEY, Calif., Oct. 26 (UPI) -- U.S. government scientists say the installed costs of solar power systems in the nation declined by more than 30 percent between 1998 and 2008. MILWAUKEE, Oct. 26 (UPI) -- A restoration plan from the U.S. federal government to protect the Great Lakes from pollution is not tough enough to make a major difference, experts said. KABUL, Afghanistan, Oct. 26 (UPI) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai, a week after accepting a runoff election against rival Abdullah Abdullah, is confident he will win the contest, his aides said. |
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| Sunday, October 25WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- Support for a government-run health insurance option is approaching a filibuster-proof 60 votes in the U.S. Senate, a senior Democrat said Sunday. WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- A liberal Jewish group's Washington conference on Israel and Mideast peace has taken hits from U.S. and Israeli conservatives, organizers say. KABUL, Afghanistan, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- Former Afghan Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah said he would rather be in opposition than a power-sharing arrangement with Hamid Karzai. KABUL, Afghanistan, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai has no plans to offer a power-sharing government to his rival in the coming second-round election, a spokesman said Saturday. |
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| Saturday, October 24WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama has signed a proclamation naming the H1N1 influenza outbreak a national emergency, the White House said Saturday. WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 (UPI) -- Democratic leaders are using "shameful backroom deals" to reach a healthcare reform agreement, a Republican U.S. senator said Saturday. RAMALLAH, West Bank, Oct. 24 (UPI) -- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas says he wants to hold elections in the West Bank, Gaza and Jerusalem Jan. 24. LONDON, Oct. 24 (UPI) -- More people would consider voting for the ultra-right British National Party after its leader appeared on the BBC, a poll indicates. |
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| Friday, October 23TOKYO, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada said Friday that moving a U.S. military facility off Okinawa as advocated by some officials is not an option. |
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| Thursday, October 22LONDON, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- Rights groups expressed outrage at a British government's plan to resurrect secret judicial inquiries into causes of death. KABUL, Afghanistan, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai, downplaying fraud accusations in August's election, said he agreed to a runoff for the sake of democracy. WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- The fiery rhetoric of activists and talk show hosts has some top Republicans expressing concern about their party's chances to reverse recent election trends. NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Papers accidentally spilled on New Orleans streets while being hauled away from a federal agency office were not sensitive, a document expert said. KABUL, Afghanistan, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Plans are being developed to ensure Afghanistan's presidential runoff election is held as scheduled, the U.N. special representative to Afghanistan said. |
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| Wednesday, October 21BAGHDAD, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Iraq's elections in January won't be affected by lawmakers' inability to write new laws covering it, the speaker of the country's Parliament says. TOKYO, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says Japan should stick to its agreement to keep the functions of the Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station on Okinawa. PORTLAND, Maine, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- National Public Radio has demanded that backers of a referendum to overturn a Maine law allowing same-sex marriages stop using NPR content in a TV ad. DURHAM, N.C., Oct. 21 (UPI) -- On election night, young men who voted for Republican John McCain or Libertarian Robert Barr had a sharp drop in testosterone, U.S. researchers found. ZURICH, Switzerland, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- A spokesman for the Swiss Justice Ministry says his government tipped off U.S. officials about Roman Polanski's arrival in the country for a film festival. WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Two retired U.S. congressmen have made big contributions to others' campaigns despite "cooling off" rules, Politico reported Wednesday. TOKYO, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Japan's new government intends to re-examine the military's role in Afghanistan, the incoming defense minister told reporters. KABUL, Afghanistan, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai's acceptance of a presidential runoff didn't come easily but is still only the first step in a hard process, a U.S. official said. KABUL, Afghanistan, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai's chief opponent says he is under no pressure to join a coalition to avoid the presidential runoff, which is set for Nov. 7. TRENTON, N.J., Oct. 21 (UPI) -- New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine and Republican challenger Chris Christie are running neck and neck with two weeks to go in the race, a poll found. |
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| Tuesday, October 20KABUL, Afghanistan, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- The United Nations will push to ensure that Afghanistan's presidential runoff is as credible as possible, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday. WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- Some in the U.S. military believe President Barack Obama is moving too slowly in his efforts to finalize a policy on Afghanistan, experts say. BAGHDAD, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- The U.S. top commander in Iraq says increased violence could prevent combat troops from withdrawing from Baghdad as planned in August. KABUL, Afghanistan, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- The man who placed second behind Afghan President Hamid Karzai in the presidential election said he was prepared for a runoff as well as other options. BAGHDAD, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- Arguments over how to treat the city of Kirkuk are delaying the Iraqi parliament's efforts to pass a new election law, observers say. |
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| Monday, October 19KABUL, Afghanistan, Oct. 19 (UPI) -- An investigation of electoral fraud has reduced Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai's vote total to 48.3 percent, election observers said Monday. WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 (UPI) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the Obama administration is moving with a "sense of urgency" in addressing its issues with Sudan. WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama revealed a middle-ground policy on Sudan Monday, calling for a mix of incentives and pressure on the Sudanese government. KABUL, Afghanistan, Oct. 18 (UPI) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai's campaign hinted he may not accept results of a recount of votes from the August election. |
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| Sunday, October 18NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Oct. 18 (UPI) -- Most Virginians say they want required criminal background checks on those who buy guns from unlicensed dealers, a survey found. BALTIMORE, Oct. 18 (UPI) -- A Maryland farmer says winning the 2010-2011 Federal Duck Stamp contest with a painting of a wigeon was a major relief, following some close calls in the past. TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, Oct. 18 (UPI) -- De facto Honduran President Roberto Micheletti is succeeding in quelling popular support for ousted president Manuel Zelaya, analysts say. KABUL, Afghanistan, Oct. 18 (UPI) -- The announcement of final results in Afghanistan's presidential election has been delayed, officials said. |
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| Saturday, October 17KABUL, Afghanistan, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- Foreign leaders have reportedly been pressuring Afghan President Hamid Karzai to accept a second-round vote in the presidential election. WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- Americans are "pleased to see the stock market go up" but they want to know "where are the jobs," a Republican member of Congress said Saturday. MOSCOW, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- Communist members of the Russian Duma boycotted a plenary session Friday to protest the results of regional elections. |
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| Friday, October 16MOSCOW, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday his country is ready to improve relations with the United Kingdom through diplomatic efforts. ATHENS, Greece, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- A spokesman for the Greek government says there is no plan to label the ongoing strike by port workers at an Athens port illegal or abusive. WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- While former Sen. John Edwards' political career may be over, 2008 GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's may just be starting, a Gallup Poll suggests. WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- Proposed healthcare reform provisions reviewed by U.S. Senate committees say workers nationwide who fail physical examinations could face harsher penalties. STANDISH, Mich., Oct. 16 (UPI) -- The City Council in Standish, Mich., says it has delayed a plan to allow detainees from Guantanamo Bay in Cuba to be housed at the Standish state prison. SEOUL, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- North and South Korea were unable to reach a consensus Friday on more reunions of families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War, officials said. KABUL, Afghanistan, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai has garnered about 47 percent of the vote in the country's contested election, which will lead to a runoff, officials said. |
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| Thursday, October 15WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Joseph "Beau" Biden III said Thursday he is still considering whether to run for the Delaware seat in the U.S. Senate his father vacated last year. WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- A U.S. regulator proposed $9.2 million in fines against US Airways Group Inc. and United Airlines for flying jets that didn't comply with rules and regulations. WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- The pilots of a 2007 medical flight botched the handling of an onboard problem and crashed into Lake Michigan, killing all six aboard, a U.S. agency concluded. PRINCETON, N.J., Oct. 15 (UPI) -- More Americans have a favorable view of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton than President Obama, a Gallup Poll released Thursday suggests. |
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| Wednesday, October 14HARRISBURG, Pa., Oct. 14 (UPI) -- Fewer than one-third of Pennsylvania voters believe U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter should be elected to another term, a poll released Wednesday indicates. WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 (UPI) -- U.S. 4th-graders have slowed their progress in math test scores, posting no appreciable gains from 2007 to 2009, a study indicates. |
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| Tuesday, October 13BAGHDAD, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- U.S. and U.N. officials say they're worried that Iraq has no election law in place despite polls being scheduled for Jan. 16. |
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| Monday, October 12BETHESDA, Md., Oct. 12 (UPI) -- A U.S. government-sponsored clinical trial is determining what dose of the H1N1 flu vaccine is needed for people with severe asthma, health officials said. SEOUL, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- South Korean officials say they are proposing talks with North Korea on flood control and reuniting families separated by the Korean War. WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- Anti-tax "tea party" conservatives are struggling with the Republican Party establishment by backing insurgent candidates, political activists say. |
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| Sunday, October 11MOSCOW, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Regional elections began in Russia Sunday with nearly 30 million votes expected to be cast, RIA Novosti reported. COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Sri Lanka's ruling party scored a landslide win in a key provincial election that could pave the way for an early presidential election, authorities said. LONDON, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's office said Saturday a recent eye examination found two tears to the retina in his right eye. |
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| Saturday, October 10WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- U.S. states would be unfairly burdened by Democratic Party healthcare reform measures being considered by Congress, a Republican senator says. WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- The encouraging results of an AIDS vaccine trial announced by the U.S. Army and Thailand may have been a fluke, a scientist says. BANGKOK, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has not reached a policy decision on whether sanctions on her country should be lifted, a British diplomat says. |
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| Friday, October 9TRENTON, N.J., Oct. 9 (UPI) -- Democratic New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine ran ahead of his Republican challenger for the first time in a poll of likely voters released this week. LONDON, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, said at a memorial service Friday that British officials failed to anticipate the true cost of the war in Iraq. OTTAWA, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper chastised Governor General Michaelle Jean in a letter for calling herself the country's head of state. |
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| Thursday, October 8BEIJING, Oct. 8 (UPI) -- A top al-Qaida official said the Uighur minority population in China should begin preparing for a holy war against their government. OTTAWA, Oct. 8 (UPI) -- Nearly everyone in Canada's Parliament shows support for renaming the Arctic Northwest Passage to include the country's name as part of a sovereignty dispute. SYLVANIA, Ohio, Oct. 8 (UPI) -- An Ohio man running for local office said he decided to do something "different" with his Halloween decorations by putting his opponents' names on tombstones. MIAMI, Oct. 8 (UPI) -- Former Miami Mayor Maurice Ferre said he is running for a seat in the U.S. Senate and is prepared to represent Florida during the current economic crisis. WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 (UPI) -- Despite a slip in the polls for U.S. President Barack Obama, Republicans will make inroads but not reclaim Congress in the 2010 elections, observers predict. MAGAS, Russia, Oct. 8 (UPI) -- The leader of Russia's volatile southern republic of Ingushetia, hard hit by militant attacks, says he is concerned that everything has gotten so quiet. UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- United Nations data revealed evidence of apparent ballot-box stuffing during Afghanistan's national elections, The Washington Post said Wednesday. |
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| Wednesday, October 7ANKARA, Turkey, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- The Turkish minister of labor and social security says the country's law against children under 12 taking courses on the Koran may be abolished. CAIRO, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- The head of Egypt's antiquities council said the country is suspending its cooperation with the Louvre in France until the museum returns stolen artifacts. WARSAW, Poland, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Wednesday three government ministers caught up in the "Blackjack" lobbying scandal have quit. LONDON, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- A British agency Wednesday published a guideline meant to protect police officers who perform acts of heroism from legal repercussions. |
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| Tuesday, October 6WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- The White House Tuesday touted qualified support for U.S. healthcare reform from several current and retired Republican leaders. WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- U.S. government officials say they are planning the first intensive study in 30 years to determine the cause of an increasing number of motorcycle fatalities. WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- U.S. homeland security officials say they are considering converting hotels and nursing homes into immigrant detention centers. RICHMOND, Va., Oct. 6 (UPI) -- What a difference a year makes, Virginia Republicans are saying as their candidate leads the Democratic candidate in polls on the race for governor. ATHENS, Greece, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- George Papandreou was sworn in Tuesday as Greece's new prime minister after his PASOK party scored big wins in Sunday's elections. |
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| Monday, October 5WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court Monday refused to review an offshore oil royalty case that could end up costing the U.S. government $18 billion. OTTAWA, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper surprised a National Arts Centre audience by playing a Beatles' tune on piano at a gala event supporting young artists. |
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| Sunday, October 4OTTAWA, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Canadian by elections next month will feature a battle near Vancouver, political observers say, with a new sales tax the center of the campaign. NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan was set Sunday to meet Kenyan military and political leaders to discuss progress on reforms, officials said. WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Suspicion of government and public unease about vaccines has resulted in a flood of misconceptions about the U.S. swine flu program, experts say. LONDON, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- The British government is set to sponsor episodes of the U.S. TV series "The Simpsons" as part of a new physical fitness campaign, officials say. KABUL, Afghanistan, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Amid allegations of widespread fraud, the main challenger in Afghanistan's presidential elections called for an inquiry Saturday into the United Nations' role. |
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| Saturday, October 3YANGON, Myanmar, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- A noted Myanmar dissident says next year's public election in his nation won't mean much if it endorses the controversial constitution passed last year. |
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| Friday, October 2TOKYO, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Japan is highlighting its contribution to the international community by providing training to former Taliban soldiers, its foreign ministry announced Friday. NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- The government of Kenya announced Friday it would cooperate with the United Nations in prosecuting those behind deadly violence after the 2007 election. BRUSSELS, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- European Union finance ministers said Friday the U.S. government must solidify funding proposals for a worldwide agreement to deal with climate change. LONDON, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- David Miliband is set to become the first British foreign secretary to visit Moscow since 2004, a Foreign Ministry official said Friday. WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell Friday officially backed Sen. Jim DeMint's trip to Honduras, DeMint's office said. WARSAW, Poland, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Janusz Kochanowski, Poland's commissioner for civil rights protection, says the government must better support young, professional families. WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Republican officials wanted the pilot who safely landed a disabled jetliner in New York's Hudson River to run for Congress in California, The Hill reports. |
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| Thursday, October 1JAKARTA, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- The body of slain terror suspect Noordin Mohammed Top will be handed over to his family to be taken back to Malaysia, Indonesian authorities said. NEW YORK, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Cockpit chatter by airline pilots during critical phases of flight may have contributed to some airliner crashes, U.S. government records indicate. |
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| Wednesday, September 30TOKYO, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has told his Cabinet to eliminate all wasteful expenses as it prepares its budget for next fiscal year. AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry's campaign is paying volunteers to sign up other activists and get voters to the polls, the Dallas Morning News reported Tuesday. |
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| Tuesday, September 29WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- American forces in Iraq could be reduced to 50,000 before the target date of August 2010 if expected January elections go smoothly, a senior commander said. UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- The coming weeks will be crucial for Afghanistan, the United Nations' top envoy to the country told the U.N. Security Council Tuesday. WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- U.S. filmmaker and activist Michael Moore said Tuesday he would work to elect Republicans over Democrats who don't favor a public health insurance option. CONAKRY, Guinea, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- A human rights groups said Tuesday a military crackdown on anti-government protesters in Guinea killed at least 157 people and wounded more than 1,200. WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- The debate over U.S. healthcare reforms has expanded to include arguments over how abortion procedures will be dealt with, observers say. |
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| Monday, September 28WASHINGTON -- Putting his political prestige on the line, President Barack Obama has set aside doubts about whether he can leave Washington and will fly to Denmark this week to make a personal appeal to the International Olympics Committee on behalf of Chicago, his adopted hometown. LONDON, Sept. 28 (UPI) -- A Conservatives-led government in Britain would be "sympathetic" to requests for more troops in Afghanistan, a party leader said. UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 28 (UPI) -- International sanctions imposed on Myanmar are unjust and are hurting its development, the country's premier said Monday at the United Nations. TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, Sept. 28 (UPI) -- The de facto Honduran government has closed two broadcasters that aired messages from deposed President Manuel Zelaya, police said Monday. BOSTON, Sept. 28 (UPI) -- Scores of immigrants in Massachusetts and other U.S. states are unable to become legal citizens due to high citizenship fees, experts say. TORONTO, Sept. 28 (UPI) -- Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt says she is convinced the guerrillas who held her in the Colombian jungle for more than six years clearly hated her. BAGHDAD, Sept. 28 (UPI) -- U.S. military officials say a once-bustling army base is being dismantled and the land handed off to the Iraqi government. LISBON, Portugal, Sept. 28 (UPI) -- Portuguese politics will likely become more unstable now that Prime Minister Jose Socrates' Socialists lost their absolute parliamentary majority, analysts say. |
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| Sunday, September 27KABUL, Afghanistan, Sept. 27 (UPI) -- U.S. and NATO nations involved in Afghanistan will work with President Hamid Karzai on a new counterinsurgency strategy, a U.S. official said. INDIAN WELLS, Calif., Sept. 27 (UPI) -- One of the Republican candidates for governor of California is calling on GOP competitor Meg Whitman to drop out for the good of the party. Sep. 27--Sehome High School's most controversial graduate just made the cover of Time magazine. MOUNT VERNON, Wash., Sept. 27 (UPI) -- Conservative radio and TV personality Glenn Beck mostly stayed away from politics while on a visit to his hometown of Mount Vernon, Wash., observers said. BEIJING, Sept. 27 (UPI) -- China's ethnic policy has improved the quality of life and protected the traditional culture of the nation's 55 ethnic minorities, officials in Beijing said. |
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| Saturday, September 26CARACAS, Venezuela, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- Venezuelan Mining Minister Rodolfo Sanz said his country is receiving help in its search for uranium deposits from Iranian experts. UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- The United Nations is urging Afghanistan to make sure the August elections were clean and honest before the results are confirmed. BERLIN, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel's party, seen as likely to get the most votes in Sunday's elections, is eyeing possible coalition partners, analysts said. |
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| Friday, September 25TAIPEI, Taiwan, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- Taiwanese Interior Minister Jiang Yi-huah said Friday Uighur activist Rebiya Kadeer should not be allowed to visit Taiwan. WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- The U.S. House of Representatives voted 217-190 Friday to continue funding federal agencies through October. WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- U.S. government officials say they are struggling to meet the Jan. 22 deadline for closing the Guantanamo Bay military prison. CHISNAU, Moldova, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- Liberal Democrat Party head Vlad Filat was approved as the prime minister of Moldova by the Parliament Friday, the U.S. State Department said. WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- Fugitive al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden reportedly said in an online message Friday that Europeans should distance themselves from the United States. MARIETTA, Ga., Sept. 25 (UPI) -- U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said Friday two more Georgia counties have been added to the disaster list following heavy flooding in the region. OTTAWA, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- Canada's Conservative government is drafting legislation that would expand the number of parliamentary seats from 308 to about 340, the Globe and Mail reported. WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- Paul Kirk's swearing-in Friday to temporarily succeed the late Sen. Ted Kennedy makes him the sixth unelected member of the U.S. Senate. |
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| Thursday, September 24OTTAWA, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- A Sudanese-Canadian man detained as a terror suspect in Sudan for six years is suing the Canadian government for $27 million for the time he spent there. WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- Republican campaign committees in the U.S. Congress brought in more money than their Democratic counterparts in August, federal records indicated. |
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| Wednesday, September 23SACRAMENTO, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman says in a new series of campaign ads that rebuilding California starts at the top. |
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| Tuesday, September 22NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- A giant squid has been netted in the Gulf of Mexico, the first of its kind to be landed in 55 years, scientists say. BOSTON, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- The Massachusetts state Senate approved a bill allowing Gov. Deval Patrick to name a short-term replacement for the late U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy. WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- A more assertive role in state politics by the White House could undercut President Barack Obama's appeal as being above the partisan fray, observers say. KABUL, Afghanistan, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai says he supports the call from the commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan for more U.S. troops in his country. |
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| Monday, September 21NEW DELHI, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- A Canadian resident hopes Canada will help him avoid being extradited from India to the United States to face murder charges, an extradition expert says. COLLEGE PARK, Md., Sept. 21 (UPI) -- University of Maryland researchers say a study of Twitter messages from members of the U.S. Congress shows a definite lack of citizen interaction. |
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| Sunday, September 20PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- Top leaders of rebel groups in the Niger Delta have not negotiated amnesty agreements with the government as the deadline approaches. AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- Local officials in the Rio Grande Valley are not happy with Gov. Rick Perry's plan to deploy Texas Rangers along the Mexican border. |
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| Saturday, September 19WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- Maintaining the border fence between the United States and Mexico will cost $6.5 billion over 20 years, the Government Accountability Office says. ABUJA, Nigeria, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- The Nigerian government says it wants movie theaters in Nigeria to stop screening "District Nine," contending it denigrates the country's image. KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- A city official in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, says the local government has not decided whether to allow the screening of a movie about exiled activist Rebiya Kadeer. LONDON, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- Britain's government debt has hit the highest ever at $1.3 trillion, and is rising by $9,800 per minute, statistics indicate. WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- A Republican U.S. congresswoman says her personal experience with breast cancer shows "government-run" healthcare is a bad thing. WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- A group of mostly Republican U.S. senators say Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner should wrap up the program used to bail out banks by the end of the year. BANGKOK, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- A massive rally called to commemorate the ouster of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra could trigger a state of emergency, officials warned. BERLIN, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- German authorities say the threat of terrorism in the country has been raised by this month's parliamentary elections. |
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| Friday, September 18GENEVA, Switzerland, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- President Dimitri Medvedev, in the first visit to Switzerland by a Russian leader, will discuss a range of issues with his Swiss counterpart, an official says. HAMDEN, Conn., Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Sen. Christopher Dodd's approval rating with voters in Connecticut has inched upward, a Quinnipiac Poll indicates. TOKYO, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada says if secret deals between Japan and the United States are revealed, Japan's anti-nuclear principles may change. COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa says he expects the resettlement of 265,000 displaced Tamil people to be completed by the end of the year. OTTAWA, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Canada's minority Conservative government survived its first confidence vote in Ottawa Friday with the help of two of the smallest opposition parties. TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Sept. 18 (UPI) -- The ACORN video controversy brought out a sea of angry voices in Florida with Gov. Charlie Crist flooded with queries about ties with the group, officials say. BEIJING, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- The Communist Party of China vowed Friday to crack down on ethnic-related separatist activities. KABUL, Afghanistan, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Afghanistan's election crisis could leave that country without a leader for a long time, a prospect raising concern in the United States, a U.S. official said. TOKYO, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Japan says it wants to discuss revising a deal on relocating a U.S. Marine air station within Okinawa, but Washington opposes renegotiating the deal. |
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| Thursday, September 17BAGHDAD, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Vice President Joe Biden said he is confident the United States would abide by its troop-reduction agreement with Iraq, but would follow Iraqi wishes. KABUL, Afghanistan, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Afghan election officials are readying for an October run-off though uncertified results say President Hamid Karzai won, a source told The Guardian. KABUL, Afghanistan, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai won last month's polls based on the final uncertified count but the European Union has raised new doubts about the outcome. |
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| Wednesday, September 16WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- The Obama administration says it is trying to nudge federal bureaucrats into "cloud computing" -- using applications online instead of personal computers. KABUL, Afghanistan, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- Final, unofficial results from Afghanistan's presidential election show President Hamid Karzai won enough votes to avoid a runoff, an election panel said. WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- The government of Abu Dhabi is donating $150 million to the Children's National Medical Center in Washington, hospital officials announced Wednesday. BEDFORD, Va., Sept. 16 (UPI) -- Declining attendance, the recession and a remote location are making for hard times for the National D-Day Memorial in southwest Virginia, officials say. TOKYO, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- Japan's new Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama Wednesday named Katsuya Okada as his foreign minister and former bureaucrat Hirohisa Fujii as Finance Minister. TOKYO, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- Yukio Hatoyama, who led his Democratic Party of Japan to election victory last month, Wednesday was elected prime minister of the new coalition government. BEIJING, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- Japan, whose new prime minister wants closer ties with neighbors, is planning an early summit next month with China and South Korea, sources said. |
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| Tuesday, September 15BAGHDAD, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said Tuesday he had won a level of trust from Iraqi leaders and was on his unannounced visit to Iraq to listen. KABUL, Afghanistan, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. diplomat Peter Galbraith, a member of the U.N. mission in Afghanistan, has been ordered out the country by his boss, sources say. OTTAWA, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- The ruling Canadian Conservative party has a 9 percentage point popularity lead on its nearest rival, the Liberal party, in a poll published Tuesday. KAMPALA, Uganda, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- Scores of detainees have been charged in connection with last week's anti-government riots in Uganda that left 14 people dead, police say. |
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| Monday, September 14NEW YORK, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- Former U.S. President Bill Clinton has agreed to make his fifth appearance as a guest on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," Comedy Central said. OTTAWA, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- The Canadian Parliament returned to session in Ottawa Monday and Prime Minister Stephen Harper tabled a lightning rod issue, a government spokesman said. OSLO, Norway, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- Norwegians went to the polls Monday to elect representatives to the Norwegian parliament, the Sami assembly and state church counsels. |
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| Saturday, September 12WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama should work with Republicans on a "bottom up solution" to healthcare reform, a GOP leader said Saturday. GREENCASTLE, Ind., Sept. 12 (UPI) -- Former Bush administration adviser Karl Rove and one-time U.S. Democratic National Committed chairman Howard Dean say more political civility is needed. BOSTON, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. Edward J. Markey said Friday he will not run for the Senate seat that had been held by the late Edward M. Kennedy. |
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| Friday, September 11WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- The office of U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., says Klobuchar proposed legislation Friday aimed at a new health standard for formaldehyde. OTTAWA, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- A Canadian think-tank is calling for regulating Canadian political debates and excluding leaders with low poll numbers, the Globe and Mail reported Friday. BAKU, Azerbaijan, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- Five Armenian soldiers have been killed in Azerbaijan's Nagorno Karabakh region in an apparent cease-fire violation, Azeri media reported. LJUBLJANA, Slovenia, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- The prime ministers of Croatia and Slovenia said Friday their countries have agreed to resume negotiations over the countries' border dispute. JAKARTA, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- The foreign ministers for Indonesia and Malaysia will meet in Jakarta next week to talk about conflicts between the two Asian countries, an official says. MOSCOW, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Friday he and President Dmitry Medvedev would not run against each other in the country's 2012 presidential election. TEHRAN, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said Friday opposition leaders in Iran will face harsh scrutiny if they fail to follow Islamic Republic rules. OTTAWA, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- Canada's budget deficit was adjusted upward to $55.9 billion this year, but can be trimmed by $50 billion in five years, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said. LONDON, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, now living in London, is guarded round-the-clock at a taxpayer cost of nearly $42,000 a day, a London paper says. |
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| Thursday, September 10KHARTOUM, Sudan, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- A former southern Sudanese rebel group has signed an agreement with a northern opposition party to form an electoral alliance, the groups say. NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- The United Nations said it will support Kenya in its appeal for funds to restore the Mau Forest Complex, an area critical to its development. WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- On the eve of the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, Washington notables broke ground for the future home of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., said Thursday the federal investigation into the use of defective Chinese-made drywall in his state is moving too slowly. IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- The state of Idaho is using a sizable portion of its federal stimulus funds on the nuclear cleanup of the Idaho National Laboratory, officials say. KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- The Electoral Complaints Commission said Thursday it has invalidated an unspecified number of fraudulent ballots from Afghanistan's presidential election. PARIS, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Thursday a new carbon tax is necessary to limit his country's fossil fuel usage and fight global warming. TOKYO, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- The North Korean government said Thursday it hopes for positive relations with Japan and the country's Prime Minister-designate Yukio Hatoyama. ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- The Canadian government was urged Thursday to slow down on bills that would allow surveillance of Internet, wireless and telephone traffic. TBILISI, Georgia, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- Former Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Nogaideli said Thursday his country should open a dialogue with Russia to improve relations between the two countries. HAMPTON ROADS, Va., Sept. 10 (UPI) -- A U.S. Navy patrol boat sunk by a German submarine off Cape Hatteras, N.C., during World War II has been found untouched, a government agency said. NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., Sept. 9 (UPI) -- The Republican Party wants to make an electoral statement by winning the upcoming governors races in New Jersey and Virginia, experts say. TORONTO, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- A poll of Canadian voters, for the second time this week, indicates the Conservative party leads opposition Liberals, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported. |
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| Wednesday, September 9PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 9 (UPI) -- An elderly Nevada man with a criminal past thought the way to get the tax man's attention was to show up armed with three knives, authorities say. RALEIGH, N.C., Sept. 9 (UPI) -- Parenthood seems to heighten the political "gender gap," with women becoming more liberal and men more conservative, U.S. researchers suggest. WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- Mel Brooks, Dave Brubeck, Grace Bumbry, Robert De Niro and Bruce Springsteen are to be this year's recipients of Kennedy Center Honors in Washington. ABUJA, Nigeria, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Nigeria says it has collected nearly $455 million in bank debts from companies and individuals. TOKYO, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- Japan's Democratic party has formed a coalition with two smaller allies that will give it control of both the upper and lower houses of the Diet, observers say. WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., is telling Senate leadership not to count on him to be the 60th vote needed for passing healthcare reform this year. MANILA, Philippines, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- Philippine Sen. Benigno Aquino III, son of the late Corazon Aquino, Wednesday announced his candidacy for president, the office his mother once held. KABUL, Afghanistan, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- Afghanistan's election commission declared its latest vote count although the complaints commission had earlier ordered some recounts, says a report. WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- The United States stressed the importance of a "legitimate electoral process" in Afghanistan, where preliminary results show President Hamid Karzai winning. |
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| Tuesday, September 8KABUL, Afghanistan, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- The Electoral Complaints Commission Tuesday ordered a partial recount of ballots from Afghanistan's presidential elections last month. BOSTON, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Pro-immigrant groups are divided over a plan to boycott the 2010 U.S. Census as a way to draw attention to immigration issues, officials said. OTTAWA, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- The Canadian Conservative party has made popularity gains against the Liberals, who trail by 5 percentage points in a poll published Tuesday. |
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| Monday, September 7KABUL, Afghanistan, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. and U.N. officials Monday discussed alleged vote fraud in Afghanistan's presidential election with President Hamid Karzai, U.S. officials said. WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Laid-off Michigan autoworkers and others could see their unemployment benefits extended under a measure being considered by Congress, observers say. NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Decommissioned merchant ships are no longer popular items for salvage recyclers looking for scrap metal in the United States, maritime officials say. |
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| Sunday, September 6ANN ARBOR, Mich., Sept. 6 (UPI) -- A Michigan prison guard says he's going to try for the fourth time to mount a petition drive to recall Gov. Jennifer Granholm from office. KABUL, Afghanistan, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Afghan election officials said Sunday they have set aside ballots from nearly 450 polling places pending a fraud investigation. WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Republican activists, after long spurning polls, are heralding poll numbers indicating a decline in support for U.S. President Barack Obama, analysts say. WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Van Jones, U.S. President Barack Obama's former "green jobs czar," was "brought down," former Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean said Sunday. CLARKSVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 6 (UPI) -- The mayor of Clarksville, Tenn., is under fire for forwarding an e-mail blasting a U.S. postage stamp celebrating Muslim religious holidays. RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Brazil says a "bullet train" linking Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and Campinas will be completed within six years. |
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| Saturday, September 5OTTAWA, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty says he hopes to present a plan that will return the Ottawa government to a balanced budget. TOKYO, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- OYukio Hatoyama, expected to be Japan's next prime minister, says he has tabbed Democratic Party of Japan figures Naoto Kan and Katsuya Okada for Cabinet posts. WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- The Republican Party has a bumper crop of female, minority and young candidates for offices across the United States, Politico reported Saturday. WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- The "reset button" needs to be pressed on healthcare reforms being "imposed upon" the American people, a Republican congressman says. HANOVER, Germany, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- European socialists haven't been able to exploit recession angst even though voters are angry with capitalism's excesses, political analysts say. |
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| Friday, September 4HARARE, Zimbabwe, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- The International Monetary Fund says it has deposited $409 million in Zimbabwe's IMF account to help improve its foreign currency reserves. GENEVA, Switzerland, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- The United Nations says it would like to have China's permission to talk to Myanmar civilians who fled to China to escape violence in their homeland. GENEVA, Switzerland, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- The United Nations said Friday Belgium's decision to host nearly 36 Iraqi refugees was a positive step in resettlement efforts for displaced Iraqis. OSLO, Norway, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Norway's Government Pension Fund is prohibited from investing in the Israeli company Elbit Systems Ltd., the Ministry of Finance says. MOSCOW, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Polish officials in the 1930s wanted to send Jews to Madagascar, a plan the Nazis had considered, a new book backed by the Russian government says. OTTAWA, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- The Canadian government's refusal to seek repatriation of a man held by the U.S. military in Cuba will be taken up by the Canadian Supreme Court, officials say. STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- A government agency in Sweden is recommending that children under the age of 3 not be given the H1N1 swine flu vaccine. WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- The United States could benefit from the plans of Japan's newly elected DPJ to forge closer ties with its neighbors, says Special Envoy Kurt Campbell. JAKARTA, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Two aftershocks were recorded Friday in the wake of the earthquake in Indonesia's West Java that killed 59 people and left 37 others missing, officials said. |
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| Thursday, September 3SEOUL, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak Thursday nominated academic Chung Un-chan to be the country's next prime minister. KABUL, Afghanistan, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- A tribal leader in Kandahar Province accused supporters of Afghan President Hamid Karzai of flagrant voter fraud. NEW YORK, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Members of Saudi Arabia's minority Shiite population have been targeted by Saudi authorities since a February incident, Human Rights Watch said Thursday. EDINBURGH, Scotland, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- The brother of the Libyan national convicted of the deadly bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988 says his brother is dying of prostate cancer. EDINBURGH, Scotland, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond said Thursday his country needs to earn its independence to avoid a "competitive disadvantage" in the world. WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar Thursday said the Wilderness Act has resulted in 45 years of the country's wilderness being protected. NEW YORK, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Human Rights Watch called Thursday for Saudi Arabia to ensure equality for its minority Shiite population, which has been at the center of recent tensions. TEHRAN, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi has been approved as Iran's health minister, the first woman minister in the 30-year history of the Islamic republic, officials say. ATHENS, Greece, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis has called for early general elections to give his beleaguered conservative party a fresh mandate, officials say. TOKYO, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- The newly elected DPJ has resolved the issue of the U.S.-Japanese alliance and will now address its campaign promise to control the bureaucracy, officials said. |
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| Tuesday, September 1HAMDEN, Conn., Sept. 1 (UPI) -- New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine has been losing ground to challenger Chris Christie as the candidates hammer each other with attack ads, a poll Tuesday indicated. BEIJING, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- China's retail gasoline and diesel prices went up by about 4 percent each effective Wednesday in keeping with international prices, the government said. DENVER, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- The National Eagle Repository in Colorado has a backlog of about 6,000 orders, all from Indian tribes that use parts of dead eagles in religious rituals. WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- National Security Adviser Gen. Jim Jones says more terrorists are being captured and killed because "the world is coming together" under U.S. leadership. SUDBURY, Ontario, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Canadian Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff said Tuesday he is prepared to vote down the country's minority Conservative government when Parliament reconvenes. PARIS, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- The reports of irregularities in the Aug. 20 Afghan elections will be investigated and "worked out peacefully," the U.S. special envoy to the region said. WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is expected to visit Japan in October for talks on the bilateral alliance's future with the new regime, Kyodo News said. |
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| Monday, August 31BERLIN, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Election results in two German states during the weekend don't bode well for German Chancellor Angela Merkel's political hopes, analysts say. NEW YORK, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Jenna Bush Hager, the daughter of former U.S. President George W. Bush, has been hired as a contributing correspondent for the "Today" show, NBC said. KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- The willingness to vote shown by Afghanistan women five years ago was not as apparent during this year's presidential elections, advocates say. JERUSALEM, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Pop star Madonna is in Israel with a schedule that includes two concerts and visits with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and opposition leader Tzipi Livni. TOKYO, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- The man who led the DPJ to a crushing win over the Liberal Democratic Party in Japan's elections is the grandson of the man who founded the LDP. |
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| Saturday, August 29KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- Vote tallies released Saturday show Afghan President Hamid Karzai has extended his lead in Afghanistan's presidential election. WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Justice says the Portuguese government has assumed control of two Guantanamo Bay detainees. TEHRAN, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- The International Atomic Energy Agency says the Iranian government is still defying the international community over its controversial nuclear program. |
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| Friday, August 28NEW YORK, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- The United Nations Security Council wants the Iraqi government to assume better control over the country's resources, an official says. WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Friday the U.S. Department of Agriculture will provide $600,000 in grants to help poor rural residents. SEOUL, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- South Korean officials said Friday North Korea will release four South Korean fishermen it has detained since last month. TOKYO, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Japanese voters are expected Sunday to vote the country's Liberal Democratic Party out of office for the first time in 55 years. BRUSSELS, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- The number of Afghan youths migrating to Europe grew in the past two years as conditions in their home country crumbled, aid groups across Europe say. TOKYO, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Japan's jobless rate rose to a record high 5.7 percent in July despite recent signs of economic recovery, the government said Friday. KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- There have been fewer civilian deaths in Afghanistan since the new U.S. commander took charge of NATO forces in that country, figures indicate. |
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| Thursday, August 27KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- Both sides are denying the special U.S. envoy to Afghanistan had a heated argument with President Hamid Karzai following the Afghan election, the BBC reports. BEIJING, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- A Chinese government official said Thursday his country strongly opposes the Dalai Lama's proposed visit to Taiwan. BOGOTA, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- Colombian President Alvaro Uribe says an investigation is under way into the massacre of 12 Awa Indians in the state of Narino. HARARE, Zimbabwe, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- South African President Jacob Zuma told Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe to end his "deviant behavior" and work to make the power-sharing government work. TOKYO, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- The United States would be asked to include an environmental clause in the military agreement with Japan if the DPJ comes to power, party members said. |
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| Wednesday, August 26WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- A sixth person pleaded guilty Wednesday to illegally accessing scores of confidential passport application files, U.S. officials said. KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- A run-off still appeared possible in Afghanistan's presidential election, though incomplete results showed incumbent Hamid Karzai widening his lead. BOSTON, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick said Wednesday he supports a controversial proposal by the late Sen. Edward Kennedy that Patrick appoint his interim successor. ULAN BATOR, Mongolia, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Russian Chief of Staff Gen. Nikolai Makarov said Wednesday his country and the United States are undecided on a joint site to monitor rocket launches. HARTFORD, Conn., Aug. 26 (UPI) -- U.S. television actor Alec Baldwin says he has no plans to pursue a political career at this time. |
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| Tuesday, August 25KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai holds a slim lead in the nation's presidential election based on partial returns, election officials announced. BERLIN, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- U.S. automaker General Motors is having second thoughts about selling German subsidiary Opel to a consortium that includes a Russian bank, sources say. OTTAWA, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Indications are mounting Canada's main opposition party, the Liberals, is posturing to force a fourth national election in five years in the fall. KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- The main opponent of Hamid Karzai in the Afghanistan elections accused the president of rigging the elections. NEW YORK, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Many advertisers are shying away from running ads during cable news programs that feature "inflammatory speech," U.S. industry analysts say. |
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| Monday, August 24KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- It may be weeks before official results of last week's Afghan elections are known, as elections officials say they must first deal with rising complaints. KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai's supporters claimed a big re-election Monday win as election officials prepared to declare partial results of last week's polls. WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- U.S. Vice President Joe Biden says the federal stimulus package is helping efforts to rebuild New Orleans and the Gulf Coast years after Hurricane Katrina. |
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| Sunday, August 23LONDON, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- The British government has decided, primarily for financial reasons, that there will be no extra troops heading to Afghanistan, defense sources say. |
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| Saturday, August 22KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- The Afghanistan presidential election was marred by fraud and intimidation, including two women whose fingers were cut off, a watchdog group says. WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama is playing "fast and loose" with the facts in the healthcare reform debate, a Republican Party leader said Saturday. WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama has yet to show how specific constituencies, such as the elderly, would benefit from his health plan, some Democrats say. BAGHDAD, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said Saturday the bombers who attacked his country's foreign and finance ministries may have had inside help. MEXICO CITY, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- Mexico's government is struggling to salvage its image as drug-related deaths mount, sometimes as many as 30 in a day, political analysts say. ORLANDO, Fla., Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Florida Republicans enlisted a former beauty queen and a former Olympian to come to a conference aimed at recruiting young people to the GOP. |
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| Friday, August 21KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Both candidates contending to be Afghanistan's president declared themselves ahead in the vote count, campaign staffers said. KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- The two top contenders to be Afghanistan's next president each declared victory Friday as votes were being tallied from the previous day's election. PARIS, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Gloria Mika, the current model for L'Oreal cosmetics, is taking a break to campaign for fair elections in her home country, Gabon. SEOUL, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- A North Korean delegation paid respects to the late former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung Friday, the first day of its two-day trip to Seoul. BAGHDAD, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is vowing to derail any terrorist plots that threaten to disrupt next January's parliamentary elections. |
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| Thursday, August 20CHICAGO, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- U.S. Vice President Joe Biden Thursday said the 2010 elections will be critical to President Barack Obama's ability to govern on major issues. KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Afghan officials said election-day violence led to the deaths of 26 people nationwide, but still called Thursday's vote a success. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- A growing number of people in the United States are seeking government financial aid for burials and related services, coroners and funeral directors say. KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- As Afghans voted Thursday in their presidential poll, experts said a big voter turnout in the violence-ravaged nation could turn the tide against the Taliban. KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Afghan police Thursday arrested two militants who had been planning bomb attacks in the northeast as people voted in the presidential poll, authorities said. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Pakistan's prime minister says treason charges can be brought against former President Pervez Musharraf only after a consensus Parliament resolution. |
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| Wednesday, August 19WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- The two major political parties raised a combined $214.6 million and spent $164.9 million in the first six months of 2009, the U.S. elections watchdog said. LONDON, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- A British expert on the human form of mad cow disease says it is essential that coroners test the brains and spleens of all young people who die. LONDON, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- The political organization Republic says the British government should not allow the royal family to use the Freedom of Information Act to avoid scrutiny. MOSCOW, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says the time has come to do something about the high level of alcohol consumption in Russia. KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Pre-election violence gripped Afghanistan Wednesday as gunmen battled police in Kabul and a heavy security lid was clamped onto the capital, officials said. |
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| Tuesday, August 18KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- The Afghan government says it has told news organizations not to report on Election Day violence because doing so would discourage people from voting. KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Just two days before Afghanistan's elections, a suicide bombing killed five people and rocket fire damaged the presidential palace in Kabul, officials said. LUSAKA, Zambia, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- A spokesman for Frederick Chiluba said the former Zambian president's acquittal on corruption charges was a win for justice and truth. |
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| Monday, August 17BAGHDAD, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- Iraq announced Monday its citizens may vote in January on a proposal to seek an accelerated withdrawal of U.S. troops. WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- A White House spokesman says the home of the U.S. president is changing its e-mail signup procedures to avoid sending out unwanted e-mails. WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- U.S. soft drink makers say they have launched a $2 million advertising campaign to counter moves to fight obesity and fund healthcare by taxing sugary soda. |
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| Sunday, August 16TEHRAN, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Sunday he will nominate three women for posts in his Cabinet. TEHRAN, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Mir Hossein Mousavi, the defeated presidential candidate who has become the focus of the Iranian opposition, announced his new political party Saturday. |
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| Saturday, August 15NUKUALOFA, Tonga, Aug. 15 (UPI) -- Democracy activists in the South Pacific kingdom of Tonga say King George Tupou V should not be traveling abroad so soon after a deadly ferry disaster. KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Aug. 15 (UPI) -- Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere says Norway and the United States are building a hospital for Democratic Republic of Congo rape victims. KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 15 (UPI) -- A car bombing Saturday near the NATO headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, killed at least seven people and injured more than 100, officials say. MIANPOSHTEH, Afghanistan, Aug. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. Marines are encountering many areas of Afghanistan's Helmand province where Kabul has virtually no authority, slowing anti-Taliban efforts, observers say. KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 15 (UPI) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai may end up in a runoff in the upcoming election in spite of a big lead over his closest rival, a poll released Friday suggests. |
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| Friday, August 14WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is "moving forcefully" to silence media criticism of his regime, an unclassified U.S. intelligence report says. |
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| Thursday, August 13KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Voters in explosive southern Afghanistan will be protected during the presidential elections as a result of a series of ceasefire deals, NATO said Thursday. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Pakistanis give their national government the lowest approval ratings in a decade, a study released Thursday indicated. SACRAMENTO, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- California Attorney General Jerry Brown has a narrowing lead over San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom in the governor's race, a poll released Thursday said. WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- More Afghans will be able to vote safely in the Aug. 20 presidential elections because of security improvements, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says. YAMOUSSOUKRO, Ivory Coast, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- The Rev. Jesse Jackson says a positive election outcome in Ivory Coast could help bring an end to U.N. sanctions against the West African nation. |
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| Wednesday, August 12SACRAMENTO, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- Equality California said Wednesday it plans to delay an effort to repeal Proposition 8 until 2012 to ensure gay marriage has the support it needs to win. NAWZAD, Afghanistan, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- The Pentagon said Wednesday it will increase U.S. operations, allowing Afghan forces to secure Taliban-controlled areas in Helmand Province. NEW DELHI, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- A Chinese online essay calling for India's dismemberment has caused an uproar in India, academics in India said. WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- Advocates of using federal stimulus funds to expand rural broadband service say it is vital to many small towns in the United States. SEOUL, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- The United States has until 2012 to persuade North Korea to give up its nuclear program, a former U.S. diplomat says. KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- U.S. Marines and Afghan troops are heading to southeast Afghanistan for a protection detail during the country's upcoming election, military officials said. |
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| Tuesday, August 11JUNEAU, Alaska, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin defended her veto of $28.6 million in federal stimulus money as the Legislature voted to override it. COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- The use of food stamps is associated with weight gain in women, but U.S. researchers say they don't know exactly why. WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- A much-publicized U.S. Republican Party "rebranding" effort begun this spring has been a letdown so far, political analysts say. KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- U.S. officials are exploring the idea of establishing a chief executive slot below Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, an Afghan source says. TOKYO, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- Japan's opposition leader, writing in a magazine ahead of the Aug. 30 elections, says the era of "U.S.-led globalism" is coming to end. |
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| Monday, August 10WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Several Republicans and some Democrats are coming out against the recent padding of an order for planes that would ferry members of Congress. BUCHAREST, Romania, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- The Romanian government could fire between 100,000 and 150,000 civil servants and freeze salaries and pensions to reduce expenditures, officials said. WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Some members of a grass-roots network of volunteers and supporters of U.S. President Barack Obama say their group is struggling amid healthcare reform issues. |
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| Sunday, August 9WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Sunday announced plans to spend more than $11 million enhancing national park units, wildlife refuges and tribal lands. SHANGHAI, Aug. 9 (UPI) -- Employees of the British-Australian mining conglomerate Rio Tinto engaged in commercial espionage for at least six years, Chinese officials said Sunday. KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 9 (UPI) -- The United Nations says security concerns have hampered the run-up to this month's national elections in Afghanistan. GUADALAJARA, Mexico, Aug. 9 (UPI) -- The White House said a wide range of topics will be on the table when President Obama meets with his counterparts from Mexico and Canada in Guadalajara. WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 (UPI) -- The United States may have to resort to military interventions to deal with the future effects of climate change, military and intelligence analysts say. SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 9 (UPI) -- A Republican Utah lawmaker said at a rally in Salt Lake City that demonstrators were adamant that federal land management efforts need to be changed. WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 (UPI) -- North Korea has indicated it wants better relations with the United States, a senior U.S. military adviser says. |
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| Saturday, August 8TOKYO, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- A former Japanese cabinet minister announced a new political party Saturday and said it would have 13 candidates in the Aug. 30 election. WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Robert McDonnell says healthcare reform should be accomplished by "free-market incentives." OTTAWA, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- The Canadian government will provide another $15 million in aid to Sri Lanka, which is recovering from a lengthy violent rebellion, an official says. CAPE HATTERAS, N.C., Aug. 8 (UPI) -- A three-week expedition off North Carolina will assess the condition of shipwrecks from World War II, a marine preservationist said. MELBOURNE, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- A festival screening in Australia of a documentary about exiled Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer reportedly was the target of a protest by pro-Uighur demonstrators. |
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| Friday, August 7BOSTON, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- Eunice Kennedy Shriver was in critical but stable condition in a Cape Cod, Mass., hospital, her family said Friday. WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- An amateur historian says remaining notes of a 1972 conversation involving then-U.S. President Richard Nixon could fill a gap in White House records.. WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama signed H.R. 3435 into law Friday, providing another $2 billion for the "Cash for Clunkers" program he says will help the economy. PRETORIA, South Africa, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said America stood by South Africa's diplomacy in Zimbabwe during her visit Friday to the country's capital, Pretoria. |
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| Thursday, August 6KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- A roadside bomb explosion in western Afghanistan hit a NATO vehicle Thursday, killing four U.S. soldiers, the alliance's ISAF Web site said. BANGKOK, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- The alleged arms dealer of the Tamil Tiger rebel group was arrested in Bangkok, a report on state television in Sri Lanka said Thursday. WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- Former President Bill Clinton has briefed national security officials on his meeting with Korean leader Kim Jong II, the White House said Thursday. LONDON, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- An internal British defense ministry report revealing an annual $4.6 billion in government waste on equipment is being suppressed, an opposition official said. KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- Rising violence in Afghanistan in the run up to the Aug. 20 presidential election took a big toll Thursday with 27 people killed, including a U.S. soldier. WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- U.S. Senate leaders said Wednesday night they reached a deal to pump another $2 billion into the "cash for clunkers" program |
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| Wednesday, August 5BEIJING, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- The head of China's nuclear program, which oversees atomic weapons and power production, is under investigation, the Communist Party's disciplinary body said. NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Garret Graves, the Louisiana official in charge of coastal restoration work, said the state is threatened by time-consuming federal procedures. MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich., Aug. 5 (UPI) -- The federal government will invest $30 million into a proposed security hub at Selfridge Air National Guard Base in Macomb County, Mich., officials say. TEHRAN, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took the oath of office in Tehran as turmoil brewed outside the parliamentary building where the ceremony was held. HARRISBURG, Pa., Aug. 5 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak, D-Pa., officially launched his challenge Tuesday to Sen. Arlen Specter in next year's Democratic primary. |
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| Tuesday, August 4WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- More than twice as many District of Columbia children as previously reported had dangerously high lead levels in their blood, congressional investigators said. KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- The winner of the Aug. 20 Afghanistan presidential election will have a reduced mandate because of doubts about the legitimacy of the poll, analysts say. KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- Up to eight rockets fired by militants hit Afghanistan's capital Kabul early Tuesday, Afghan officials said. KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- A suicide bomb attack Tuesday in Afghanistan's southern Zabul province killed a security agent and injured nine persons, police said. |
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| Monday, August 3GARDEN GROVE, Calif., Aug. 3 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. Loretta Sanchez, D-Calif., says measures under consideration in the Congress do not go far enough to achieve universal healthcare. PRINCETON, N.J., Aug. 3 (UPI) -- Massachusetts is the most Democratic state in the nation, along with the District of Columbia, while Utah and Wyoming are the most Republican, a poll indicates. LAHORE, Pakistan, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- The killing of Christians in Gojra in Pakistan's Punjab province is part of a larger pattern of growing intolerance toward them, some say. NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- Kenya's move against establishing a tribunal to deliver justice for the victims of post-election violence is a U-turn from earlier commitments, advocates say. NEW DELHI, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- India's private air carriers, in the face of a tough stand by the government, Sunday called off a planned one-day suspension of flights to protest taxes. |
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| Sunday, August 2TORONTO, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- A Canadian appellate court Sunday rejected an appeal by a German-Canadian businessman to quash his extradition on tax evasion charges, his attorney said. COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- The Lincoln penny, featuring a portrait of the late U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, marked 100 years of circulation Sunday, mint records show. CHICAGO, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- The sorry state of civics education in the United States poses a threat to American jurisprudence, retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter says. TEHRAN, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- Trials under way for dozens of Iranian protesters are unconstitutional and amount to "play-acting," reformist former President Mohammad Khatami says. |
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| Saturday, August 1WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Democratic healthcare reform proposals "fall short" in bringing down costs for U.S. families and small businesses, a Republican Party leader said Saturday. LONDON, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- A British program to send 500 college graduates on expeditions is a waste of taxpayer money better spent on providing job skills, critics say. SEOUL, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Nuclear envoys for the United States and South Korea will meet in Hawaii to discuss diplomacy with North Korea, the South Korean Foreign Ministry says. CARACAS, Venezuela, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Venezuelan Public Works and Housing Minister Diosdado Cabello says at least 34 radio stations in his country have been closed down. |
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| Friday, July 31CHISINAU, Moldova, July 31 (UPI) -- The four opposition parties that won a slender parliamentary margin over the Communist Party in Moldova must now try to put together a coalition government. YANGON, Myanmar, July 31 (UPI) -- Philippines President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo called on the Myanmar government Friday to release a pro-democracy advocate and allow her political power. WASHINGTON, July 31 (UPI) -- Elections for governor in numerous U.S. states in 2010 should be closer than usual thanks to unemployment and a struggling U.S. economy, experts say. HAVANA, July 31 (UPI) -- The Cuban government in Havana has honored "Che" star Benicio del Toro for his body of work. WASHINGTON, July 31 (UPI) -- The United States reinstated a national emergency declaration warning of people and groups trying to undermine the sovereignty of Lebanon, the White House said. |
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| Thursday, July 30TEHRAN, July 30 (UPI) -- Hundreds converged on a Tehran cemetery Thursday to mark the end of 40 days mourning for a young woman killed in Iran's post-election protests, observers said. WASHINGTON, July 30 (UPI) -- A proposed nuclear waste repository at Nevada's Yucca Mountain appears doomed with a U.S. Senate decision to reduce spending, a lawmaker said. OTTAWA, July 30 (UPI) -- Indications mounted in Ottawa this week Canada's main opposition party was planning to force a fall election as the recession eased, an analysis says. WASHINGTON, July 30 (UPI) -- The U.S. Congress may soon be considering whether to require convicted drunken drivers nationwide to use alcohol ignition interlocks. PRINCETON, N.J., July 30 (UPI) -- While more U.S. voters said they'd vote for Democratic congressional candidates over Republicans, the 2010 elections could be close, a Gallup Poll indicated. CHISINAU, Moldova, July 30 (UPI) -- Moldova's ruling pro-Moscow communists lost their parliamentary majority to the country's four opposition pro-Western parties, election results showed. WASHINGTON, July 30 (UPI) -- A U.S. House committee chairman says he will act on reports that easily accessible Internet data-sharing technology leads to disclosure of sensitive topics. |
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| Wednesday, July 29MEXICO CITY, July 29 (UPI) -- Mexico in recent years has grounded seven discount airlines for safety violations and failure to pay government fees, the country's airline regulator says. TEHRAN, July 29 (UPI) -- Iranian reformist activist Saeed Hajjarian will be released from prison soon, judicial authorities say. |
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| Tuesday, July 28AUGUSTA, Maine, July 28 (UPI) -- Canadian logging companies routinely violate laws by hiring foreign loggers to work in Maine and discouraging local ones from applying, a state official says. TEHRAN, July 28 (UPI) -- About 140 Iranian demonstrators were freed from one prison Tuesday and officials said Iran's supreme leader has ordered a second prison closed. SAN DIEGO, July 28 (UPI) -- A California man was found guilty in San Diego Tuesday of making threats against Barack Obama when he was a presidential candidate in 2008, U.S. officials said. SAN FRANCISCO, July 28 (UPI) -- Many U.S. citizens held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement have sued the U.S. government for illegal detention, the San Francisco Chronicle said Tuesday. OTTAWA, July 28 (UPI) -- The Canadian government said it would review the sale of technology giant Nortel Networks Corp. to a Swedish company to see if it fit national interests. TIRANA, Albania, July 28 (UPI) -- Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha's ruling alliance has won parliamentary polls, election officials said Tuesday. SUMMERSIDE, Prince Edward Island, July 28 (UPI) -- Canada has no plan to keep essential services going if a swine flu pandemic becomes a plague, a key national group of mayors and other municipal officials said. KABUL, Afghanistan, July 28 (UPI) -- A campaign worker was wounded and a bodyguard was killed in an attack on representatives of a presidential candidate in Afghanistan, officials said. WASHINGTON, July 28 (UPI) -- Small U.S. banks are finding their political power growing in Washington as the debate heats up on regulatory reform, Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., says. TOKYO, July 28 (UPI) -- Three death row inmates in Japan were hanged Tuesday, the first such executions since the introduction of the lay judge system, the government said. TOKYO, July 28 (UPI) -- Japan's main opposition party has a lead over the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in a survey done ahead of next month's elections. |
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| Monday, July 27TADCASTER, England, July 27 (UPI) -- A British university has quietly resumed growing genetically modified potatoes a year after protesters ripped up the crop, prompting calls of foul play. WASHINGTON, July 27 (UPI) -- U.S. Department of Homeland Security officials said Monday they have launched a five-day national exercise to focus on terrorism prevention. PRINCETON, N.J., July 27 (UPI) -- Most Americans give the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, NASA and the FBI credit for a job well done, a Gallup poll indicated Monday. WUBU, China, July 27 (UPI) -- The loss of files detailing the educational lives of at least 11 people near the Chinese town of Wubu has hindered their futures, those affected say. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, July 27 (UPI) -- The Pakistani military's plan to go after the Taliban in South Waziristan is more than 2 months old but the Washington Post says it has yet to take off. WASHINGTON, July 27 (UPI) -- Washington used a flawed study to select a tornado-prone area of Kansas for a $700 million infectious-pathogens biosecurity lab, a government report says. SOFIA, Bulgaria, July 27 (UPI) -- The Bulgarian parliament Monday elected former Sofia Mayor Boyko Borisov prime minister and his center-right Cabinet to replace a socialist government. WASHINGTON, July 27 (UPI) -- Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty is to be tapped to help Republican gubernatorial candidates, a post some observers say will help advance his political ambitions. BRUSSELS, July 27 (UPI) -- NATO allies need to include talks with moderate elements of the Taliban in their Afghanistan peace efforts, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband says. |
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| Sunday, July 26KABUL, Afghanistan, July 26 (UPI) -- Gunmen attacked a convoy carrying a candidate for vice president of Afghanistan Sunday, but he escaped without injury, officials said. |
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| Saturday, July 25WASHINGTON, July 25 (UPI) -- President Obama and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown agreed to closely coordinate their national security teams during the coming elections in Afghanistan. LONDON, July 25 (UPI) -- Thousands took to the streets Saturday around the world to demand the release of protesters arrested in the aftermath of the Iranian election, sponsors said. LONDON, July 25 (UPI) -- British Foreign Minister David Miliband says the Arab Peace Initiative could be vital to overcoming concerns over acceptance of Israel in the Middle East. WASHINGTON, July 25 (UPI) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Saturday in Washington he will modernize his country's higher educational system through a new initiative. TEHRAN, July 25 (UPI) -- The head of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps said Saturday reports Iran is set to conduct a nuclear test are completely incorrect. BUKAVO, Democratic Republic of Congo, July 25 (UPI) -- Fresh violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo's South Kivu province has prompted 35,000 people to leave their homes, a U.N. refugee agency says. MOSCOW, July 25 (UPI) -- Chinese officials say Russia should take steps to ensure Chinese merchants involved in a recent anti-smuggling operation are treated fairly. ERBIL, Iraq, July 25 (UPI) -- The two main political parties in the autonomous Iraqi region of Kurdistan are expected to retain their majorities in voting Saturday, observers say. ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 25 (UPI) -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says she'll resurrect her image as a clean government crusader even as she faces continuing inquiries into her own ethical conduct. TRENTON, N.J., July 25 (UPI) -- A Democratic political consultant says the latest corruption scandal in New Jersey gives a boost to the Republican candidate for governor, Chris Christie. |
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| Friday, July 24LONDON, July 24 (UPI) -- The British Labor Party suffered an electoral blow Friday when the Conservative candidate won a by-election in what had been a Labor district, Norwich North. WASHINGTON, July 24 (UPI) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Friday any old cars involved in the new "Cash for Clunkers" program must meet revised ratings. BRUSSELS, July 24 (UPI) -- Internal talks among EU member states regarding an expansion of the group's monitoring mission in Georgia is a positive step, Georgia's EU ambassador says. KABUL, Afghanistan, July 24 (UPI) -- Support is growing for Abdullah Abdullah, who is emerging as a clear challenger to Afghan President Hamid Karzai in next month's elections, observers say. OTTAWA, July 24 (UPI) -- Refugee claimants from five countries will no longer be welcome in Canada if entering from the United States, the Canadian government announced. PRETORIA, South Africa, July 24 (UPI) -- South Africa President Jacob Zuma, in a bid to end township protests, says his government will deliver better services if given the chance. BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, July 24 (UPI) -- Kyrgyzstan's President Kurmanbek Bakiyev appears to have won re-election Friday in a contest monitors say was riddled with election law violations. |
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| Thursday, July 23NEWPORT NEWS, Va., July 23 (UPI) -- U.S. Postal Service centers are getting rid of postage stamp vending machines, the service says. TORONTO, July 23 (UPI) -- Canadian voters say they are weary of minority federal government and would prefer a majority but are divided over who should govern, a poll showed Thursday. WASHINGTON, July 23 (UPI) -- Officials say the U.S. House of Representatives may soon commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Pig War, a historical conflict started over a dead pig. MEXICO CITY, July 23 (UPI) -- Mexico has grounded seven discount airlines for safety violations and failing to pay government fees on time, the country's airline regulator says. |
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| Wednesday, July 22WASHINGTON, July 22 (UPI) -- The U.S. government does not have the specialists needed to protect its computer systems from outside cyber attack, a report released Wednesday said. HAMDEN, Conn., July 22 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., who switched parties a few months ago, is in a tie with his likely Republican challenger, a poll released Wednesday said. WASHINGTON, July 22 (UPI) -- A U.S. agency will assume responsibility for the pension plans of some 70,000 workers and retirees at a large U.S. auto parts maker, the agency said Wednesday. SOFIA, Bulgaria, July 22 (UPI) -- Bulgaria's parliament Wednesday approved the resignation of a Socialist government to open the way for a center-right cabinet of Sofia Mayor Boyko Borisov. LONDON, July 22 (UPI) -- British savers pulled nearly $1.7 billion from premium bonds and other government savings products as bank collapse fears eased, a government agency said. |
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| Tuesday, July 21COLLEGE PARK, Md., July 21 (UPI) -- A U.S. survey of public opinion in 19 countries finds in 14 a majority or plurality do not believe the government is doing enough to get the economy moving. U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, once faulted for being slow to address market fears, will now explain the central bank's growing interventionism. WASHINGTON, July 21 (UPI) -- Politics caused the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to withhold the alarming results of an early distracted driving study, critics say. |
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| Monday, July 20TEHRAN, July 20 (UPI) -- Iran's supreme leader, in a speech Monday, dismissed the riots after the country's presidential election as the result of interference by foreign governments. PRINCETON, N.J., April 9 (UPI) -- Voters' education levels influence which candidate they support in the Democratic race to be the U.S. presidential nominee, a Gallup poll indicates. NEW YORK, March 27 (UPI) -- Immediate relief for homeowners hit by the housing crisis and updating the regulatory framework are key to U.S. economic recovery, Barack Obama said Thursday. WASHINGTON, March 20 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., faces a narrowing path to the Democratic presidential nomination, needing some breaks along the way, her advisers say. CHULA VISTA, Calif., March 25 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., panned his Democratic presidential rivals for their calls to end the war in Iraq, saying military efforts there are succeeding. WASHINGTON, June 9 (UPI) -- Presumptive GOP presidential nominee John McCain told NBC Monday that presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama is "running for Jimmy Carter's" second term. WASHNGTON, D.C., June 6 (UPI) -- Barack Obama says he did not rule out Palestinian sovereignty over parts of Jerusalem when he called for Israel's capital to remain "undivided." NASHVILLE, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Belmont University in Nashville is being groomed for an expected spotlight role as host site of a presidential debate, school administrators say. BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Former Democratic U.S. presidential candidate John Edwards said Barack Obama's presidency will signal a new era of U.S. leadership. WASHINGTON, July 25 (UPI) -- Aides to Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., indicate the likely Republican U.S. presidential candidate may select a running mate before the Summer Olympics in Beijing. KABAL, Afghanistan, July 20 (UPI) -- Preparations are under way for August elections in Afghanistan, including ensuring enough security, the biggest challenge, the United Nations said Monday. ADEN, Yemen, July 20 (UPI) -- Yemen plans to replace an oil refinery in Aden to cope with rising oil demand and to develop chemical products made from petroleum, the government said Monday. JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, July 20 (UPI) -- Hundreds of thousands of lives could be saved if South Africa promoted circumcision as a way to prevent AIDS, activists said. WASHINGTON, July 20 (UPI) -- The new director of the U.S. Defense Department's Federal Voting Assistance Program says he wants to improve its absentee ballot efforts. JAKARTA, July 20 (UPI) -- The bombings of two Jakarta hotels shouldn't be linked to Muslims at large or the recently ended presidential polls, the leader of a Muslim group said. |
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| Sunday, July 19MANAGUA, Nicaragua, July 19 (UPI) -- Nicaragua Sunday reached the 30th anniversary of its Sandinista Revolution, when leftist rebels overthrew the Somoza dictatorship, The Miami Herald reported. BILOXI, Miss., July 19 (UPI) -- U.S. state governors and federal officials meeting Sunday in Mississippi discussed healthcare reform, but didn't agree on many solutions, observers said. LIBREVILLE, Gabon, July 19 (UPI) -- The ruling party in Gabon says it has selected Ali-Ben Bongo to run for the presidency formerly held by his father, Omar, who died in June. WASHINGTON, July 19 (UPI) -- President Barack Obama called Indonesian President Susilo Yudhoyono Saturday to congratulate him on his election and offer support after the Jakarta bombings. |
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| Saturday, July 18WASHINGTON, July 18 (UPI) -- The war in Afghanistan cannot be won within the next year and may lose public support if U.S. forces do not show progress, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said. KATHMANDU, Nepal, July 18 (UPI) -- An estimated 3,000 child soldiers are to be released by November from camps in Nepal holding former Maoist rebel fighters, authorities said. BEIJING, July 18 (UPI) -- Eight swine flu cases in China have resulted in more than 100 U.K. and U.S. students and teachers being quarantined, officials say. WASHINGTON, July 18 (UPI) -- Republican hopefuls in three key U.S. Senate contests posted strong fundraising totals for the second quarter of this year, federal records show. NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania, July 18 (UPI) -- Mauritanian military coup leader Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz is the front runner in Saturday's elections to determine the country's next president, observers say. ATLANTA, July 18 (UPI) -- The U.S. government is planning for widespread H1N1 vaccination in the fall but federal officials say they are not worried about having enough vaccine. |
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| Friday, July 17LUCERNE, Switzerland, July 17 (UPI) -- The Swiss government's current drug policy has led to an increase in the number of older drug addicts seeking shelter, a shelter official says. WASHINGTON, July 17 (UPI) -- The House Committee on Education and Labor passed legislation Friday that could significantly alter the current U.S. healthcare system. ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 (UPI) -- The American Conservative Union allegedly said in a letter to FedEx it would offer the U.S. company support in a dispute for money, an exclusive report said. LONDON, July 17 (UPI) -- A pregnant woman who contracted H1N1 flu has died after giving birth prematurely at a London hospital, officials report. TEHRAN, July 17 (UPI) -- An expert in Middle Eastern affairs says Britain is viewed by some Iranians as a longtime enemy of the country, even overshadowing the United States. NEW YORK, July 17 (UPI) -- The U.N. Security Council sanctions committee says nations worldwide should not deal with four North Korean firms added to a sanctions blacklist. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., July 17 (UPI) -- A Missouri state agency says it delayed releasing a report on high levels of E. coli bacteria in a lake because officials did not want to cause "panic." |
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| Thursday, July 16SANAA, Yemen, July 16 (UPI) -- Yemen's Interior Ministry says nearly 293,000 unregistered weapons have been seized since a ban on carrying weapons was instituted in August 2007. WASHINGTON, July 16 (UPI) -- U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano endorsed legislation to replace the stringent Real ID Act with a more flexible and less costly version. STRASBOURG, France, July 16 (UPI) -- Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has British government support to become the first permanent president of the European Union, a spokeswoman said. BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of the Congo, July 16 (UPI) -- Opposition parties and a human rights group Thursday disputed election results that returned Republic of Congo President Denis Sassou-Nguesso to power. TOKYO, July 16 (UPI) -- Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, with his popularity plunging amidst recession, faced new threats Thursday from his party's lawmakers. BEIJING, July 16 (UPI) -- China Thursday announced its second-quarter GDP grew 7.9 percent from the same period of last year, thanks to huge fiscal pump-priming and record lending. MOSCOW, July 16 (UPI) -- A prominent Russian human-rights activist was found fatally shot Wednesday after being kidnapped in Chechnya, authorities said. |
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| Wednesday, July 15WASHINGTON, July 15 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama's political team began running television ads Wednesday, urging Democrats and centrist Republicans to support healthcare reform. BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 15 (UPI) -- The government of Azerbaijan is moving to censor online media with the arrest of a satirist who dressed in a donkey suit, advocates say. BEIJING, July 15 (UPI) -- China says nations funding what it called "East Turkistan terrorists" were only supporting the "three forces" of separatism, terrorism and extremism. |
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| Tuesday, July 14LONDON, July 14 (UPI) -- Postal workers across Britain intend to strike Friday, which likely would disrupt mail service across the country, officials said. WASHINGTON, July 14 (UPI) -- U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu says nearly $300 million in funding is being made available for state rebate energy programs. BEIJING, July 14 (UPI) -- China, after detaining four Rio Tinto mining company employees on spying charges, has expanded its investigation against seven steel industry executives. |
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| Monday, July 13TEHRAN, July 13 (UPI) -- An Iranian family learned about their son's death nearly a month after he was shot during a rally against the country's elections, a rights organization said. KABUL, Afghanistan, July 13 (UPI) -- Aides to Afghan President Hamid Karzai are worried about what they privately say is his poor reelection campaign effort, The Washington Post reported Monday. HARGEISA, Somalia, July 13 (UPI) -- The nascent democracy in the East African territory of Somaliland is under threat by its government's disregard for the law, Human Rights Watch says. TOKYO, July 13 (UPI) -- Japan's main opposition won the majority in Tokyo's metropolitan polls, in a setback to Prime Minister Taro Aso, forcing him to call general elections. |
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| Sunday, July 12WASHINGTON, July 12 (UPI) -- More than 50 business groups say if the U.S. Congress supports a ban on imported cooked chicken from China, there could be a devastating response. SEOUL, July 12 (UPI) -- South Korea's National Intelligence Service says it can't prove a rash of cyberattacks came from North Korea, but circumstantial evidence points to Pyongyang. DAMASCUS, Syria, July 12 (UPI) -- The office of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Sunday the leader reached a deal aimed at improving ties between his country and France. TOKYO, July 12 (UPI) -- Results from a bellwether election Sunday indicated the opposition Democratic Party of Japan will become Tokyo's leading party, analysts said. |
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| Saturday, July 11ROME, July 11 (UPI) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak will visit Sweden after concluding his visit to Italy Saturday, a South Korean official said. TEHRAN, July 11 (UPI) -- One of Iran's senior clerics said Friday laws on campaigning and elections need to be made more specific and rules need to be set to avoid future "tensions." |
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| Friday, July 10ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, July 10 (UPI) -- Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari reportedly admitted this week that his country created extremist groups to achieve short-term tactical objectives. WASHINGTON, July 10 (UPI) -- School students are among the first in line for H1N1 flu vaccinations when the U.S. campaign against the pandemic begins in the fall, federal officials said. MANILA, Philippines, July 10 (UPI) -- Recent deadly bombings on the island of Mindanao have threatened the already tenuous peace process in the Philippines, officials say. COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, July 10 (UPI) -- The Sri Lankan Ministry of Health says a dengue outbreak has killed 168 people in the country since January. OTTAWA, July 10 (UPI) -- Senior nuclear medicine doctors in Canada say the federal government is dropping the ball as a major global supplier of radioactive medical isotopes. |
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| Thursday, July 9WASHINGTON, July 9 (UPI) -- Too many people die needlessly of heart attacks, heart failure and pneumonia at U.S. hospitals, especially at the worst hospitals, a government analysis said. TEHRAN, July 9 (UPI) -- The Iranian Basij militia confronted hundreds of protesters Thursday in Tehran, using nightsticks and tear gas to disperse the crowd, witnesses said. L'AQUILA, Italy, July 9 (UPI) -- Energy and climate, Honduras, the global economy and Iran were discussion topics between the U.S. and Brazilian presidents Thursday, the White House said. LONDON, July 9 (UPI) -- A university admissions service says tens of thousands of would-be college students in Britain may lose out on university spots due to a lack of funding. HARARE, Zimbabwe, July 9 (UPI) -- Illegal diamond mining by Zimbabwean troops has led to violence against civilians, says a global watchdog formed to cut the flow of "blood diamonds." ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, July 9 (UPI) -- Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said Thursday northwest Pakistan residents displaced from their homes by militant violence can soon return home. ABUJA, Nigeria, July 9 (UPI) -- The Nigerian government says it is pleased with a British plan to help improve the conditions in the West African country's prisons. NEW DELHI, July 9 (UPI) -- Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani will meet in Egypt, the Indian government confirmed Thursday. SEOUL, July 9 (UPI) -- Key South Korean governmental and private Web sites were targeted Thursday by a third round of cyber attacks, government and industry officials say. MEXICO CITY, July 9 (UPI) -- The Mexican army used brutal tactics in its war on drugs, documents and interviews with victims, political leaders and human rights monitors indicate. |
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| Wednesday, July 8ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, July 8 (UPI) -- Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari says extremism and militancy in his country originated from the government itself. SYDNEY, July 8 (UPI) -- The Law and Justice Committee in the Australian state of New South Wales says the law should be changed to allow same-sex couples to adopt children. BRUSSELS, July 8 (UPI) -- Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen says a second referendum on the Lisbon Treaty will occur on Oct. 2. PYONGYANG, North Korea, July 8 (UPI) -- A memorial service was held in North Korea Wednesday to mark the 15th anniversary of the death of the country's founder Kim Il Sung, state media said. SEOUL, July 8 (UPI) -- Recent cyberattacks that disrupted dozens of South Korean Web sites appear to have been orchestrated by North Korea, sources said Wednesday. JAKARTA, July 8 (UPI) -- Exit polls indicate Indonesian President SusiloBamban Yodhoyono had a commanding lead in national elections Wednesday. |
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| Tuesday, July 7TEHRAN, July 7 (UPI) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in a televised speech Tuesday he won the "freest and the healthiest election the world has ever seen." WASHINGTON, July 7 (UPI) -- The United States supports restoring democracy in Honduras, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Tuesday after meeting the ousted president. JAKARTA, July 7 (UPI) -- President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, seeking a second term, headed into Indonesia's presidential poll as the favorite. |
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| Monday, July 6URUMQI, China, July 6 (UPI) -- The death toll from rioting in China's Xinjiang-Uighur region, home to Muslim Uighurs, has been raised to 156, regional officials said Monday. SOFIA, Bulgaria, July 6 (UPI) -- A Bulgarian deputy government minister was arrested Monday on electoral vote-buying charges, one day after parliamentary elections, a prosecutor said. SACRAMENTO, July 6 (UPI) -- The federal government could assume control of six California parks from San Francisco to Mexico if the state closes them to save money, authorities said. SOFIA, Bulgaria, July 6 (UPI) -- The Bulgarian opposition center-right party GERB of Sofia Mayor Boyko Borisov has won the country's parliamentary elections, official results showed Monday. MEXICO CITY, July 6 (UPI) -- Voters in Mexico turned aside the conservative party of President Felipe Calderon at the polls as they elected national, state and local leaders. |
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| Sunday, July 5TEHRAN, July 5 (UPI) -- Iran released a Greek journalist detained since the June 12 elections, a foreign ministry spokesman said Sunday. WASHINGTON, July 5 (UPI) -- Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mike Mullen said Sunday a military strike on Iran could prove "very destabilizing." SYDNEY, July 5 (UPI) -- An anti-smoking group says the Australian government should increase the taxes on cigarettes to help people quit the habit. BEIJING, July 5 (UPI) -- College graduates in China who once shunned the idea of working in agriculture now are helping villagers improve their fortunes, officials said. TEHRAN, July 5 (UPI) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told medical school deans Saturday negotiations with the United States should be done in front of the media. TEHRAN, July 5 (UPI) -- Senior Iranian religious leaders suggested Saturday recent election results are not legitimate and blasted the government's use of force against protesters. |
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| Saturday, July 4MEXICO CITY, July 4 (UPI) -- President Felipe Calderon is not on the ballot in the Mexican elections but his slippage with voters could be a drag on his party, political observers said. NEW YORK, July 4 (UPI) -- More U.S. homeowners are appealing increased property tax bills or seeking reassessments as home values drop, officials say. BAGHDAD, July 4 (UPI) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki says the United States' help isn't needed in reconciling the country's political and ethnic factions. GAZA, July 4 (UPI) -- The Rafah crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip will open three days each month to allow travelers and aid to cross, a Gaza official says. BRUSSELS, July 4 (UPI) -- A vote to give European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso a second term has been delayed from July to September, European Union officials say. ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 4 (UPI) -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was facing a tough road ahead in serving out her term in office had she chosen to stay on the job, political analysts said. KABUL, Afghanistan, July 4 (UPI) -- British troops moving into Afghanistan's restive Helmand province say they're encountering little resistance from Taliban insurgents. ATHENS, Greece, July 4 (UPI) -- A Greek journalist for The Washington Times will soon be freed from captivity in Iran, Iran's ambassador in Athens says. NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar, July 4 (UPI) -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Saturday he's been turned down in his bid to visit Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, July 4 (UPI) -- Four United Nations human rights experts Thursday joined U.N. leaders in voicing serious concern over last weekend's coup d'etat in Honduras. |
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| Friday, July 3WASILLA, Alaska, July 3 (UPI) -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announced Friday she will resign as governor by the end of July and will not seek a second term in 2010. WASHINGTON, July 3 (UPI) -- Progressive and liberal Christians are revving up political activism in the faith-based politicking long associated with the religious right, observers say. YANGON, Myanmar, July 3 (UPI) -- Myanmar's military-led regime Friday put off the trial of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi without giving any reason, her spokesman said. |
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| Thursday, July 2WASHINGTON, July 2 (UPI) -- Former U.S. Sen. John Sununu, R-N.H., who lost his bid for a second term in 2008, says he does not plan to run in 2010 for the seat being vacated by Judd Gregg. CANBERRA, Australia, July 2 (UPI) -- The children of aborigines are seven times more likely than other Australian children to be abused or neglected, a report released Thursday said. |
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| Wednesday, July 1DETROIT, July 1 (UPI) -- A high-profile Detroit political consultant says the FBI is looking into payments he says he received to not criticize Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm. WASHINGTON, July 1 (UPI) -- A majority of U.S. voters registered by mail, fax, e-mail or through a motor vehicle agency from 2006 through 2008, a U.S. agency reported Wednesday. BEIJING, July 1 (UPI) -- China's state-run Xinhua news agency says it has started an English-language international television news service to be distributed worldwide. KNOXVILLE, Tenn., July 1 (UPI) -- The lawyer for a Tennessee college student accused of hacking into Sarah Palin's e-mail wants to query prospective jurors about their political preferences. TEHRAN, July 1 (UPI) -- A correspondent for Newsweek magazine says the western media was stirring up unrest in Iran by harping on the country's post-election problems. NEW YORK, July 1 (UPI) -- A prominent reformist detained in Iran for more than two weeks should be transferred to a medical facility or released to his family, a humanitarian group says. |
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| Tuesday, June 30WASHINGTON, June 30 (UPI) -- The transfer of control from the U.S. military to Iraqi officials is a milestone as Iraq takes control of its fate, U.S. President Barack Obama said Tuesday. ST. PAUL, Miss., June 30 (UPI) -- Minnesota's U.S. Sen.-elect Al Franken said Tuesday he was excited to finally go to Washington representing Minnesotans as the state's junior senator. WASHINGTON, June 30 (UPI) -- Foundations, philanthropists and other non-profits were challenged by President Barack Obama to invest in community solutions across the United States. BEIJING, June 30 (UPI) -- China has backed off from requiring all new personal computers be equipped with Internet-filtering software, letting a Tuesday deadline pass, officials said. NEW YORK, June 26 (UPI) -- Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai appears poised to win re-election even though most voters view him largely as a failure, political observers say. SOFIA, Bulgaria, June 30 (UPI) -- Bulgarian officials say 142 people running for parliamentary elections were alleged agents of the secret police while the communist regime was in place. BAGHDAD, June 30 (UPI) -- A bombing in Kirkuk, Iraq, killed at least 20 people Tuesday, the day U.S. troops completed their pullout from the country's cities, Iraqi police said. COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, June 30 (UPI) -- The Sri Lankan government, after claiming a crushing victory last month over Tamil Tiger rebels, may offer amnesty to some rebel suspects, an official said. |
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| Monday, June 29NEW YORK, June 29 (UPI) -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will press for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and other political prisoners on his visit to Myanmar, U.N. News said. BUENOS AIRES, June 29 (UPI) -- Nestor Kirchner, the former president of Argentina, resigned Monday as head of the Peronist Party after losing a key congressional election. TEHRAN, June 29 (UPI) -- Iran's Guardian Council validated President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's election after conducting a recount of 10 percent of the votes Monday. BRUSSELS, June 29 (UPI) -- European Union countries may stage a brief mass withdrawal of ambassadors if Iran doesn't release detained British Embassy personnel, diplomats said. WASHINGTON, June 29 (UPI) -- A cadre of Mitt Romney's former campaign aides says their old boss will likely be a candidate in the 2012 U.S. presidential race. BAGHDAD, June 29 (UPI) -- U.S. combat troops, preparing to leave Iraqi cities on Tuesday, are working to secure rural areas officials say are hideouts for insurgents. TIRANA, Albania, June 29 (UPI) -- The ruling Democratic Party of Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha was leading in parliamentary elections, preliminary results indicated Monday. BEIJING, June 29 (UPI) -- A new Chinese law, designed to eliminate fraud in economic data, calls for punishing any government staff or official doing such things. |
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| Sunday, June 28TIRANA, Albania, June 28 (UPI) -- The polls closed in Albania Sunday after general elections that European political analysts predicted would include a close race for prime minister. TEHRAN, June 28 (UPI) -- Thousands of marchers and a bevy of Iranian opposition leaders staged a protest in Tehran Sunday, witnesses told the Los Angeles Times. BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau, June 28 (UPI) -- Voters went to the polls Sunday in Guinea-Bissau to replace a president gunned down in March. TEHRAN, June 28 (UPI) -- An Iranian paramilitary group has been going into hospitals to arrest people injured in street demonstrations, Amnesty International says. TOKYO, June 27 (UPI) -- Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso promises a general election "in the not so distant future." |
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| Saturday, June 27BEIRUT, Lebanon, June 27 (UPI) -- The new prime minister of Lebanon, Saad Hariri, said Saturday he would start forming a national unity government, which analysts say will include Hezbollah. BUENOS AIRES, June 27 (UPI) -- Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is facing a tough test of her ability to govern the country with this weekend's elections, analysts say. MAPUTO, Mozambique, June 27 (UPI) -- Mozambique has agreed to keep commercial interests out of a newly discovered pristine rain forest, environmentalists say. COPENHAGEN, Denmark, June 27 (UPI) -- The Danish government should stop its plans to forcibly repatriate hundreds of Iraqi immigrants back to Iraq, humanitarian groups say. TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, June 27 (UPI) -- Honduran leader Jose Manuel Zelaya says a controversial referendum on extending the term of his presidency will proceed as planned. |
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| Friday, June 26TEHRAN, June 26 (UPI) -- A senior Iranian cleric close to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called rioters enemies of God during a Friday sermon. BEIJING, June 26 (UPI) -- Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery's bid for the Hummer brand may be rejected by a government agency in China, China National Radio says. SOFIA, Bulgaria, June 26 (UPI) -- Thousands of Bulgarians demonstrated in Sofia Friday, demanding higher wages, and political and economic reforms, witnesses said. SEOUL, June 26 (UPI) -- North Koreans apparently weren't aware their leader Kim Jong Il chose his youngest son as his successor, an informal survey indicates. OTTAWA, June 26 (UPI) -- The Canadian government chilled relations with Iran over its appointment of an official known as the "butcher of the press," diplomatic sources said. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, June 26 (UPI) -- Visiting U.S. national security adviser Gen. James Jones praised the Pakistani government's anti-terrorist campaign, the state-run news agency said. NEW YORK, June 26 (UPI) -- Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai appears poised to win re-election even though most voters view him largely as a failure, political observers say. |
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| Thursday, June 25TOKYO, June 25 (UPI) -- Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso ruled out holding a poll for president of his ruling Liberal Democratic Party prior to general elections. TEHRAN, June 25 (UPI) -- The parents of Jason Fowden, a Western journalist detained in Iran, said he has "always maintained his integrity" and would not have been a spy. ST. PAUL, Minn., June 25 (UPI) -- The Minnesota Supreme Court left Norman Coleman, Al Franken and the citizens of Minnesota in limbo Thursday without a ruling on the U.S. Senate race. COSTA MESA, Calif., June 25 (UPI) -- An 11-year-old girl and her mother should receive nearly $55 million from the U.S. government for a 2007 judgment, their attorney says. WASHINGTON, June 25 (UPI) -- Energy Secretary Steven Chu says the Department of Energy is soliciting applications for $3.9 billion in grants to modernize the U.S. electric grid. WASHINGTON, June 25 (UPI) -- The results of a recent national poll indicate a majority of black U.S. residents do not feel U.S. President Barack Obama has improved race relations. ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 (UPI) -- U.S. hospice providers are urging President Barack Obama to stop cuts to the nation's Medicare hospice benefits. WASHINGTON, June 25 (UPI) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has resorted to violence, intimidation and arrests of political foes in his quest for power and re-election, observers say. OTTAWA, June 25 (UPI) -- National favor has swung back to the Conservative Party of Canada over the Liberals in a poll published Thursday by the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. |
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| Wednesday, June 24LONDON, June 24 (UPI) -- The British National Party's whites-only policy violates the law, a national commission warned. WASHINGTON, June 24 (UPI) -- Attendees at a Washington forum on Sudan say its north-south peace deal has a chance if the findings of an international arbitration court are accepted. WASHINGTON, June 24 (UPI) -- Several recent political trends suggest reasons for optimism for the beleaguered U.S. Republican Party, the Washington publication Politico said Wednesday. WASHINGTON, June 24 (UPI) -- People living in New York, Oregon and California have the greatest risk of developing cancer from breathing toxic chemicals, an analysis indicates. TEHRAN, June 24 (UPI) -- One of three presidential candidates who challenged Iran's June 12 election said he is withdrawing his complaint, Iran's state media reported Wednesday. WASHINGTON, June 24 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Defense has created a new cyber-defense command aimed at safeguarding military computer networks, Defense Secretary Robert Gates says. SANTA ANA, Calif., June 24 (UPI) -- A newly married gay couple in California have filed a legal challenge to the federal Defense of Marriage Act, which denies many benefits to same-sex couples. BEIJING, June 24 (UPI) -- A Chinese government expert says the country's economic downturn has bottomed, with second-quarter GDP growth expected to hit about 8 percent. |
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| Tuesday, June 23WASHINGTON, June 23 (UPI) -- Iranian protesters should know the United States and the international community are bearing witness to the post-election events, President Barack Obama said. WASHINGTON, June 23 (UPI) -- The Government Accountability Office says people named on the U.S. government's terrorism watch list have bought hundreds of guns. SAN FRANCISCO, June 23 (UPI) -- First lady Michelle Obama goosed a crowd of about 4,500 volunteers in San Francisco, telling them service is key to achieving national priorities. BEIJING, June 23 (UPI) -- A draft revision of Chinese secrets laws notes the need for cutting off Internet and other public network access to state secrets to prevent leaks. |
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| Monday, June 22JACKSONVILLE, N.C., June 22 (UPI) -- A study commissioned by the military says residents of North Carolina's Camp Lejeune probably were exposed to cancer-causing chemicals. BAGHDAD, June 22 (UPI) -- Iraq's democratic institutions are under threat because of Parliament's inability to institute needed legislative measures, analysts say. |
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| Sunday, June 21TEHRAN, June 21 (UPI) -- Iran has demanded that the BBC's correspondent in Tehran leave the country within 24 hours, the British broadcaster says. WASHINGTON, June 21 (UPI) -- Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu says Iranian anti-government demonstrators have shown "incredible acts of courage." WASHINGTON, June 21 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., says he agrees with President Barack Obama's measured response to protests and street riots in Iran. NUUK, Greenland, June 21 (UPI) -- Greenland took a step toward independence Sunday as it became a "self-ruled" country on its national day. |
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| Saturday, June 20TEHRAN, June 20 (UPI) -- Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi attacked the Supreme Leader in a statement on his Facebook page posted Saturday. BEIJING, June 20 (UPI) -- The Chinese government plans to recruit thousands of volunteers to identify violent and sexually oriented material from the Internet, officials said. NEW YORK, June 20 (UPI) -- The Transportation Security Administration is violating the U.S. Constitution by conducting illegal searches, the American Civil Liberties Union alleges. YANGON, Myanmar, June 20 (UPI) -- The future of Myanmar may lay in the hands of international powers willing to negotiate with the troubled country's military regime, advocates say. AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, June 20 (UPI) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says his country is fully prepared to whittle down its arsenal of nuclear weapons. |
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| Friday, June 19LONDON, June 19 (UPI) -- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, amid fierce criticism, has signaled he may reverse a decision to close hearings on the buildup to the war in Iraq. BOSTON, June 19 (UPI) -- Fresh evidence that high-powered U.S. firearms are behind much of the Mexican drug violence isn't likely to change America's gun-control policy, experts say SPRINGFIELD, Ill., June 19 (UPI) -- Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., won't be charged with perjury in connection with the impeachment of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, a prosecutor has decided. WASHINGTON, June 19 (UPI) -- The White House says it would like the 2010 Census to feature information about same-sex marriages, partnerships and unions in the United States. WASHINGTON, June 19 (UPI) -- U.S. officials say they're still trying to determine what secrets a couple provided Cuba and the consequences of the couple's work on national security. WASHINGTON, June 19 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama used a congressional Democratic fundraiser in Washington to jab critics of his domestic and economic plans. TEHRAN, June 19 (UPI) -- Iran's supreme leader Friday appealed for calm and criticized those who questioned the results of the presidential vote, sparking massive protests. WASHINGTON, June 19 (UPI) -- North Korea has turned to insurance fraud to get much-needed hard currency for its leaders, a defector says. |
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| Thursday, June 18YANGON, Myanmar, June 18 (UPI) -- Imprisoned opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, on trial in military-ruled Myanmar, turned 64 Friday as thousands around the world greeted her on a Web site. WASHINGTON, Del., June 18 (UPI) -- A poll indicates more than half of the U.S. population wants President Barack Obama to focus more on keeping the deficit down. TEHRAN, June 18 (UPI) -- Iranian protesters, clad in black for mourning, filled Tehran's streets in a post-election rally Thursday that began and ended peacefully, witnesses said. WASHINGTON, June 18 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama's administration says in its first budget that state grants for school drug programs were omitted due to design flaws. WASHINGTON, June 18 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama is being pressured from several sides to show more forceful support of Iranians protesting the country's elections, officials said. |
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| Wednesday, June 17WASHINGTON, June 17 (UPI) -- A Republican lawmaker says he's seeking records relating to a defunct "VIP" mortgage loan program associated with U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn. OTTAWA, June 17 (UPI) -- Private talks in Ottawa were under way Wednesday between the prime minister and opposition leader in a bid to stave off a summer election, sources said. KABUL, Afghanistan, June 17 (UPI) -- Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai will face a key challenge from two of his former ministers in his bid for another term in the country's Aug. 20 elections. |
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| Tuesday, June 16YEKATERINBURG, Russia, June 16 (UPI) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad proclaimed the end of "the age of empires" Tuesday after flying to Russia to attend two summit meetings. TEHRAN, June 16 (UPI) -- Violence has spread from Tehran to provinces as several universities reported clashes between students and Iranian security forces, witnesses say. WASHINGTON, June 16 (UPI) -- Children who helped first lady Michelle Obama plant the White House garden in April returned to the garden Tuesday to harvest vegetables. WASHINGTON, June 16 (UPI) -- Former Reagan press secretary and gunshot victim James Brady dropped into the revamped James S. Brady press briefing room at the White House Tuesday. TEHRAN, June 16 (UPI) -- A power struggle is taking place between Ayatolla |
