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Party politics and electioneeringWednesday, September 8SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- A U.S. appeals court has tossed a lawsuit challenging a practice known as extraordinary rendition, finding national security trumps the right to a fair trial. SEOUL, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- South Korea said Wednesday it is joining a U.S.-led campaign to sanction Iran for its suspected nuclear weapons program. |
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| Tuesday, September 7PRINCETON, N.J., Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Republicans and Democrats are tied in Gallup's weekly poll of congressional preferences, one week after Republicans held a 10-point lead in the generic poll. WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- A CNN/Opinion Research poll showed Republicans with a slight lead over Democrats on economic issues. NAHUALA, Guatemala, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- At least 44 people are dead and dozens injured or missing following massive mudslides in Guatemala, the country's disaster agency said. |
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| Monday, September 6DETROIT, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- U.S. unions are increasing fundraising and campaign spending for what they say are the most important elections for the labor movement in decades. WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- The Republicans' advantage over Democrats in the battle for control of the U.S. Congress is on the rise, a CNN poll released Monday indicates. |
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| Sunday, September 5MIAMI, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Marco Rubio, the Florida Republican campaigning for the U.S. Senate, said he temporarily suspended his campaign Sunday after the death of his father. WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Democratic leaders say they are scrutinizing the upcoming November elections to see where their resources will be best spent. |
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| Saturday, September 4THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- The leader of the Dutch Liberal Party said Saturday the latest attempt to form a coalition government in the Netherlands has failed. WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- A former Republican Party financial official and consultant pleaded guilty Friday in Washington to embezzling $850,000 from party committees. WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- A strong majority of U.S. voters approve of setting term limits for members of Congress, a Fox News poll indicated. |
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| Friday, September 3PHOENIX, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Republican Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, awkward in a debate this week, still is a likely winner against Democrat Terry Goddard, The New York Times said Friday. COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- The Democratic Governors Association has filed a complaint with the Ohio Elections Commission accusing Fox News Channel of illegal campaign contributions. DENVER, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Colorado's Republican U.S. Senate nominee said Friday he is joining other key Republicans in withdrawing support for the GOP nominee for governor, Dan Maes. NEW YORK, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Former Obama administration budget guru Peter Orszag will ply his talents for The New York Times as a contributing columnist, the newspaper said Friday. DETROIT, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- The allegedly fake Michigan Tea Party will not appear on the state's November ballot, the Michigan Supreme Court said in a 5-2 ruling Friday. NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- The International Criminal Court has sent officials to Kenya to interview potential witnesses for trials over violence following the 2007 election. |
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| Thursday, September 2WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- A statement by the Democratic Governors Association says a $1 million contribution to Republicans by the parent company of Fox News "crosses a bright line." SANAA, Yemen, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Yemeni security forces found machine guns and other weapons and ammunition hidden inside a bus in the northwest Amran province, the Interior Ministry said. TOKYO, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan accused challenger Ichiro Ozawa of backing money-driven politics Thursday while Ozawa rapped Kan for a bloated bureaucracy. WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- The ballot fates of U.S. senators in California, Washington and Wisconsin may determine if Senate power swings to Republicans, a political writer says. WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., has charged other candidates thousands of dollars to be on mailers and sample ballots, The Washington Times reported Thursday. |
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| Tuesday, August 31ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, conceded Tuesday to Joe Miller, a relative political novice who challenged her in the state's Republican U.S. Senate primary. MILWAUKEE, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki told a national veterans group Tuesday his department is making progress in reducing the backlog of health claims. WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, in Baghdad to mark the transition of power to Iraqi leaders, said Iraq has become "much safer." WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Sarah Palin is set to headline the annual Republican dinner Sept. 17 in Iowa, site of the first presidential caucuses in 2012, party officials confirm. PRINCETON, N.J., Aug. 31 (UPI) -- The last Gallup weekly tracking poll before Labor Day has Republicans with an unprecedented 10-point lead on the generic Congressional ballot. BANGKOK, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- A grenade exploded outside the main office of Thailand's National Broadcasting Service Tuesday, a government spokesman said. YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- Jim Traficant, the ex-Ohio congressman convicted of taking bribes and cheating on his taxes, is close to getting on the November ballot, officials said Monday. |
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| Monday, August 30LENEXA, Kan., Aug. 30 (UPI) -- Federal inspectors found widespread evidence of rodents and other filth at nine Iowa farms where a half billion recalled eggs were produced, records show. NEW YORK, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- Despite Sarah Palin's prominence, a majority of Americans and a significant number of Republicans doubt she would be an effective president, a poll indicates. COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- A Columbus, Ohio, man "voted" in the 2006 general election even though he died in 2005, elections officials said. BAGHDAD, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Baghdad Monday to mark the formal end of U.S. combat operations in Iraq, and to try to foster formation of a new government. |
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| Sunday, August 29WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., said Sunday the Republican Party was leaning toward extremist politics. WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- Political analysts say the U.S. November elections could result in the first decrease in the number of women in Congress in many years. |
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| Saturday, August 28Voters in Louisiana and West Virginia Saturday picked candidates for their U.S. Senate general election races. HOUSTON, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Houston election officials say they'll be ready for an upcoming election even though a fire destroyed almost all of the county's electronic voting machines. FORT WORTH, Texas, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Records show that a Texas ZIP code that is home to a bevy of law firms and energy companies is the leading source of political contributions this year. MADISON, Wis., Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Wisconsin's bid for leeway on sending absentee ballots overseas has been rebuffed by the Pentagon. ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- With the race between Sen. Lisa Murkowski and her Republican primary challenger Joe Miller still undecided, a tweet on Miller's Web site set off a testy spat. |
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| Friday, August 27WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- Washington Democrats have filed a complaint with the Internal Revenue Service accusing the right-wing Americans for Prosperity Foundation of tax law violations. LEXINGTON, Ky., Aug. 27 (UPI) -- A salacious Web site that became an issue in a congressional campaign in Arizona faces an $11 million libel judgment in an unrelated dispute in Kentucky. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- A contract made public by court order shows former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin got $75,000 for speaking at a California university, authorities said. WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- Some Democrats are getting cold feet about raising taxes for the wealthy as the economy deteriorates, observers say. KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- The CIA is paying members of Afghan President Hamid Karzai's administration to maintain an information pipeline on the Afghan government, U.S. officials said. |
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| Thursday, August 26OTTAWA, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Three men have been accused in Canada of conspiring with others overseas to facilitate an act of terror linked to al-Qaida, authorities said Thursday. BEIJING, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- China said Thursday it planted a Chinese flag 12,333 feet deep in the South China Sea, a huge water body to which seven other countries hold territorial claims. TEHRAN, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Iranian media are being prohibited from reporting about government opposition leaders under a purported media directive, opposition Web sites said. SANTIAGO, Chile, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- One of the families of 33 trapped Chilean miners entombed a half-mile underground filed a lawsuit Thursday accusing the mine owner of criminal negligence. WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- A Harris poll has good news for Republicans in this year's midterm elections for U.S. Congress: Their supporters are more likely to vote. ONTARIO, Calif., Aug. 26 (UPI) -- A U.S. supermarket chain and two egg distributors recalled eggs from an Iowa egg producer after salmonella was confirmed in its eggs, the producer said. JUNEAU, Alaska, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, trailing her primary election opponent, said she would wait until all ballots are counted before deciding what to do next. |
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| Wednesday, August 25SYDNEY, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Actor Paul Hogan isn't allowed to leave his native Australia because he allegedly failed to pay millions of dollars in taxes, a charge he denies. ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski trails challenger Joe Miller in Alaska's Republican primary election, but she says it "ain't over" yet. Voters in Arizona, Vermont, Alaska, Florida and Oklahoma Tuesday selected who they think should be on the Election Day ballot in November. |
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| Tuesday, August 24PHOENIX, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Sen. John McCain held off a Republican primary challenge by conservative firebrand J.D. Hayworth in Arizona Tuesday, returns indicated. OKLAHOMA CITY, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Republicans James Lankford and Charles Thompson appeared headed to victories in congressional primary runoffs in Oklahoma Tuesday, returns showed. MONTPELIER, Vt., Aug. 24 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy had no difficulty winning the Democratic primary in Vermont Tuesday as he goes after a seventh term, returns indicated. SENECA, S.C., Aug. 24 (UPI) -- U.S. Senate nominee Alvin Greene found himself on the outside looking in at a county Democratic Party meeting in South Carolina this past weekend, police said. TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Democratic Rep. Kendrick Meek and Republican ex-state House Speaker Marco Rubio were winners in Florida's U.S. Senate primary election Tuesday, returns showed. OCALA, Fla., Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Film star Wesley Snipes does not have to report to prison next week as directed by the U.S. Marshal's office, a federal judge in Florida said. NEW YORK, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Hip-hop star Wyclef Jean has denied assertions from the Haitian electoral council that he is not eligible to run for the Haitian presidency. WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Nine states and the District of Columbia won grants in phase 2 of the Race to the Top competition, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said Tuesday. RAMALLAH, West Bank, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- The Palestinian Authority has named a new chief of staff to replace Rafiq Husseini, dismissed in February over a sex scandal, officials said. MANILA, Philippines, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- The bus hostage crisis in Manila that left 10 people dead highlighted the shortcomings of the national police and the media, a Filipino official said Tuesday. WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Special interest groups are expected to pour lots of cash into ad blitzes against U.S. congressional candidates as midterm elections draw closer, observers say. |
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| Monday, August 23KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Afghan officials accused two U.S.-backed anti-corruption agencies of abusing suspects and said Monday new regulations would be imposed on the entities. WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich said Sunday he would be "vindicated" in a second trial and hinted at a political comeback. |
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| Sunday, August 22WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- The Republican National Committee enters the final months of the U.S. midterm election campaign with just $5 million in its coffers, filings show. WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- The top U.S. commander in Iraq suggested Sunday combat operations would resume only in the unlikely event of complete failure of Iraqi security forces. SATARA, India, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- Experts and officials in India say paying couples to hold off on having children is an effective means of heading off a population explosion. NORTH MIAMI, Fla., Aug. 22 (UPI) -- Marleine Bastien, a Democratic candidate for Congress in Florida's 17th District, and her sister were robbed at gunpoint Saturday outside a church, police said. |
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| Saturday, August 21LONDON, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- North Korea has opened a Facebook account after its Twitter Internet feed was blocked for containing information illegal in the south, a report says. |
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| Friday, August 20ST. LOUIS, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- U.S. Vice President Joe Biden denounced Republican candidates Friday for offering "draconian ideas basically on steroids." MELBOURNE, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- The fate of Australia's Labor Party in Saturday's national elections may hinge on support in the state of Victoria, analysts say. BAGHDAD, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- People in Iraq expressed apprehension as U.S. combat troops shipped out, voicing concern about growing violence and political turmoil in the country. |
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| Thursday, August 19WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Former President Bill Clinton has a busy schedule this campaign season, stumping for Democrats across the United States. WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- U.S. women are finally getting political "leverage" nine decades after they gained the right to vote, a political scientist says. |
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| Wednesday, August 18MANAMA, Bahrain, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Bahrain has arrested rights defenders, political activists and clerics in a clampdown on opposition figures before upcoming elections, a rights group says. NEW YORK, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Democrats say media conglomerate News Corp. has inserted itself into U.S. politics with its $1 million donation to the Republican Governors Association. CHEYENNE, Wyo., Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Wyoming state Auditor Rita Meyer conceded to U.S. Attorney Matt Mead Tuesday night after he edged her by just 700 votes in the Republican gubernatorial primary. SEATTLE, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., finished first and Republican Dino Rossi was second in Washington's Senate primary Tuesday to advance to the November ballot. |
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| Tuesday, August 17WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- The National Republican Congressional Committee is prepared to invest $22 million in television ads aimed at 40 U.S. House Democrats, party officials said. TAIPEI, Taiwan, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- The Taiwanese government will fine a private zoo operator for cross-breeding a lion and a tiger, resulting in the birth of three liger cubs, an official says. Chalk up two "W's" in the Tuesday primaries -- Washington and Wyoming -- where voters select party nominees in several high-profile races. The federal government Tuesday holds its first major forum on what to do about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which hold $5 trillion in mortgage debt. BIG RAPIDS, Mich., Aug. 17 (UPI) -- The campaign trail can be a rough road -- just ask U.S. Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., who got a pie in the face during a campaign stop in Big Rapids, Mich. COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- Suicide rates can increase among people who back losers in elections unless they live in areas where lots of others also backed the loser, U.S. researchers say. |
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| Monday, August 16NEW YORK, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" is to travel from New York to Washington to broadcast a week of shows as part of its coverage of the midterm elections. ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- The White House Monday took aim at Republicans, saying they "have stood on the sidelines and rooted for failure" instead of working to revive the economy. |
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| Sunday, August 15WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 (UPI) -- Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell Sunday accused Republicans of trying to derail President Obama's efforts to boost the economy for "purely political reasons." WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R- Texas, said Sunday President Obama's comments on the proposed Ground Zero mosque show he is "disconnected" from mainstream America. |
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| Saturday, August 14SACRAMENTO, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- Meg Whitman, the Republican nominee for governor of California, has contributed another $13 million to her campaign, state elections records indicate. |
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| Friday, August 13COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Gen. Sarath Fonseka, former head of the Sri Lankan Army and a candidate for president, was convicted Friday of engaging in politics in uniform. COLUMBIA, S.C., Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Richland County, S.C., Friday indicted Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Alvin Greene on obscenity charges, the county clerk said. LAS VEGAS, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and his Republican opponent, Sharron Angle, are in a tight race for the Senate in Nevada, a poll released Friday indicated. YANGON, Myanmar, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Myanmar's general election will be Nov. 7, the country's Union Election Commission announced Friday. |
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| Thursday, August 12WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- The U.S. Senate Thursday sent a $600 million bill adding agents and equipment along the U.S.-Mexican border to U.S. President Barack Obama for his signature. CONCORD, N.H., Aug. 12 (UPI) -- A New Hampshire legislator resigned Thursday and apologized for "thoughtless remarks" he made online when he speculated about Sarah Palin's death. NEW YORK, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- Nearly two-thirds of Americans support limiting U.S. senators to one or two six-year terms, an Angus Reid Public Opinion Poll indicates. |
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| Wednesday, August 11WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- A Republican member of the U.S. House said Wednesday former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is "dividing the Republican Party" by endorsing primary candidates. WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- The Democratic Party got a boost from U.S. voters in four states, while Republicans were left wondering about their party's fate in November, analysts said. Longtime pro wrestling industry executive Linda McMahon trounced her opposition Tuesday, winning the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Connecticut. |
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| Tuesday, August 10ST. PAUL, Minn., Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Margaret Anderson Kelliher held a less than 10,000-vote lead over Mark Dayton Tuesday in the race for the Democratic nomination for governor in Minnesota. HARTFORD, Conn., Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Businesswoman Linda McMahon breezed by former U.S. Rep. Rob Simmons Tuesday to win the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Connecticut, returns indicated. NASHVILLE, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Armed IRS agents seized recording equipment, jewelry and electronics from rapper Young Buck's Tennessee home because of unpaid income taxes, authorities said. ATLANTA, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Nathan Deal took a narrow lead over Karen Handel Tuesday in the Republican gubernatorial runoff in Georgia, early results showed. LEXINGTON, Ky., Aug. 10 (UPI) -- The campaign of Rand Paul, running for the U.S. Senate in Kentucky, has denied he was involved in a fake kidnapping of a female student at Baylor University. PRINCETON, N.J., Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Republicans hold a 49 percent to 43 percent advantage over Democrats among registered voters in Gallup's latest generic poll for U.S. congressional elections. KIGALI, Rwanda, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Voters in Rwanda appear to have re-elected President Paul Kagame by a wide margin, partial election results released Tuesday indicated. |
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| Monday, August 9PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 9 (UPI) -- Despite having past scandals, Democratic former President Bill Clinton, in demand on the campaign trail, is more popular than Barack Obama, a poll indicates. AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- Texas officials are debating how to deal with 60,000 babies born in the state annually to non-citizens but who are automatically granted U.S. citizenship. WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 (UPI) -- Money problems could hamper Tea Party candidates starting with the 2010 elections, officials say. |
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| Sunday, August 8WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, a Democrat, and Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, a Republican, offered decidedly different views Sunday on the federal stimulus. LONDON, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- A financial adviser has told Britain's royal family that Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson may have to file for bankruptcy, sources tell The Sunday Telegraph. AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- Texas officials are debating how to deal with 60,000 babies born in the state annually to non-citizens but who are automatically granted U.S. citizenship. CAIRO, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- Egyptians are turning to Facebook and Twitter to have their say in campaigns launched by the country's presidential candidates. The air between the Democratic candidates vying to represent Colorado in the U.S. Senate has grown a little thinner over the last few weeks. |
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| Saturday, August 7WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- The United States plans a $10 million military training base in Osh, Kyrgyzstan, where more than 300 people died in ethnic violence in June, documents show. YORBA LINDA, Calif., Aug. 7 (UPI) -- The former operators of President Nixon's library say a new exhibit on Watergate needs better historical context. TBILISI, Georgia, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- The president of Georgia said in a nationwide radio address Saturday that the breakaway republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia had to be liberated. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- There were conflicting reports Saturday that service to Blackberry smart phones in Saudi Arabia had been restored after being blocked by the government. LEXINGTON, Ky., Aug. 7 (UPI) -- A consultant to Rand Paul, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Kentucky, said the campaign was not aware of reports describing Paul as a college graduate. |
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| Friday, August 6LOS ANGELES, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- Nominees for governor and U.S. Senate in California are saying little publicly about this week's court ruling on same-sex marriage, electoral analysts say. |
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| Thursday, August 5NASHVILLE, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Republican voters in Tennessee Thursday chose Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam as their nominee for governor, election returns show. NEWARK, N.J., Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Wyclef Jean's brother Samuel says the singer and activist is determined to win the upcoming presidential election in Haiti. BUENOS AIRES, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Unusually cold winter weather has hit Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Bolivia, causing "millions of dead fish" in Bolivian rivers, officials said. WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- The U.S. State Department said Thursday the al-Qaida core in Pakistan was the foremost threat to the U.S. homeland in 2009. WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- U.S. health officials Thursday praised healthcare providers and insurers for taking steps to adopt and promote the use of electronic health records. |
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| Wednesday, August 4WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama turned 49 Wednesday without his family around to help him celebrate, an aide said. OTTAWA, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- The Canadian government Wednesday unveiled a new set of rules aimed at countering organized crime. NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- Security was tight Wednesday as Kenyans went to the polls to vote on a proposed constitution, observers noted. TOPEKA, Kan., Aug. 4 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. Jerry Moran was headed for a win in the GOP primary and Lisa Johnston won the Democratic nomination in Kansas' Senate primary, election returns show. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Aug. 4 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. Roy Blunt won the GOP Senate primary and Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan won the Democratic primary Tuesday, election returns show. Primary voters in Michigan appeared to be booting a veteran congresswoman Tuesday and primary races also were being decided in Missouri and Kansas. |
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| Tuesday, August 3DETROIT, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- Democratic Michigan primary voters Tuesday appeared to be rejecting U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick's bid for an eighth term. NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- Kenyan politicians must not incite ethnic hatred or violence in advance of Wednesday's constitutional referendum, an international human rights group says. |
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| Monday, August 2ATLANTA, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- President Barack Obama Monday told powerful Democrats in Atlanta Republicans have yet to offer up "a single, solitary, new idea" to help the American people. BANGKOK, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- As Red Shirt protests continue with deadly ramifications, Thailand's prime minister says he won't hold national elections until next year. KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- The sodomy trial of a Malaysian politician was delayed after allegations of an affair between a female prosecutor and the politician's accuser, officials said. BAGHDAD, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- A coalition of Shiite parties broke off negotiations with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, weakening his chances of staying in office, observers said. RHINEBECK, N.Y., Aug. 2 (UPI) -- Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky hosted a Sunday brunch as the finale of their opulent weekend wedding in Rhinebeck, N.Y., on the shores of the Hudson River. |
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| Saturday, July 31WASHINGTON, July 31 (UPI) -- Republicans believe they could gain control of the House even it they don't win the 39 seats needed in the upcoming election, a GOP leader said. |
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| Friday, July 30WASHINGTON, July 30 (UPI) -- House Republicans had some choice words for a bill to compensate people made ill by the dust and debris from the 2001 collapse of the World Trade Center. |
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| Thursday, July 29WASHINGTON, July 29 (UPI) -- Ohio Congressman John Boehner has launched a "Boehner for Speaker" campaign to raise money for the Republican election effort. |
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| Wednesday, July 28NEW YORK, July 28 (UPI) -- Former Iowa Congressman Ed Mezvinsky says he couldn't be happier his son, Marc, is to marry Chelsea Clinton this weekend. WASHINGTON, July 28 (UPI) -- A political analyst predicts the 2010 U.S. election cycle will set a new record for the volume of negative political ads. BOSTON, July 28 (UPI) -- The Massachusetts Legislature has approved a law aimed at ensuring the winner of the popular vote becomes U.S. president. PHILADELPHIA, July 28 (UPI) -- Soul singer Aretha Franklin and former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice performed together at an event Tuesday to raise money for music education. |
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| Tuesday, July 27LEXINGTON, Okla., July 27 (UPI) -- A candidate for a judgeship in Oklahoma's primary elections Tuesday got blindsided by his daughter, who took out an ad urging people not to vote for him. LOUISVILLE, Ky., July 27 (UPI) -- Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said Tuesday in Kentucky he is "not running for president." WASHINGTON, July 27 (UPI) -- Democrats failed to bring to the Senate floor Tuesday legislation designed to make sure corporate and union political financing is public. DETROIT, July 27 (UPI) -- The battle over a supposed party at the Detroit mayor's mansion continues, with legal moves by the parents of a slain exotic dancer. WASHINGTON, July 27 (UPI) -- The U.S. Education Department Tuesday named D.C. and 18 states as finalists for more than $3 billion in second-round funding in the Race to the Top program. OKLAHOMA CITY, July 27 (UPI) -- The governor's race topped the ticket for both Republicans and Democrats in Tuesday's Oklahoma primaries. NAIROBI, Kenya, July 27 (UPI) -- Kenya's Alcoholic Beverages Association Tuesday called for government action to halt the trade in homemade liquor following the death of 17 people. |
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| Monday, July 26OTTOWA, Ontario, July 26 (UPI) -- A Canadian government advisory group is urging a return to the long-form census but recommends removing the threat of jail time for not completing it. LOS ANGELES, July 26 (UPI) -- Campaigning Democrats hoping to make political capital by blaming George W. Bush for the nation's weak economy may find it harder to do, a new poll says. WASHINGTON, July 26 (UPI) -- Democratic leaders are urging Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., to make a deal with the House ethics panel before charges against him are announced this week. LONDON, July 26 (UPI) -- Britain's Department for Culture, Media and Sport has announced plans to abolish the U.K. Film Council as a cost-cutting measure, the BBC said Monday. |
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| Sunday, July 25BANGKOK, July 25 (UPI) -- An unofficial tally indicates Panich Vikitsreth of Thailand's ruling Democrat Party has won Bangkok's by-election in his district, the Election Commission said. |
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| Saturday, July 24DETROIT, July 24 (UPI) -- President Obama will visit Detroit for the first time since his administration's $85 million rescue of General Motors and Chrysler, officials said. TOKYO, July 24 (UPI) -- A government report says Japan's deflation has been due in part to sluggish consumer demand and a slow response to structural flaws in the financial system. CARACAS, Venezuela, July 24 (UPI) -- International observers say President Hugo Chavez is ramping up pressure on the dwindling number of independent media outlets in Venezuela. |
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| Friday, July 23MELBOURNE, July 23 (UPI) -- Australian officials are calling up reserve forces warning naval personnel to expect a surge of asylum-seeking refugees and, authorities said. WASHINGTON, July 23 (UPI) -- U.S. responses to future climate change will need reliable information and better communication between relevant agencies and groups, a report says. OTTAWA, July 23 (UPI) -- A Canadian decision to stop using census forms and replace them with voluntary surveys has the country's statistics-gathering body in turmoil, observers say. KABUL, Afghanistan, July 23 (UPI) -- Party leaders in Afghanistan say President Hamid Karzai is making a fatal mistake in pursuing a peace deal with Taliban insurgents that could lead to civil war. WASHINGTON, July 23 (UPI) -- Despite weeks of intense negotiations, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said comprehensive energy reform couldn't be passed before the August recess. |
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| Thursday, July 22WASHINGTON, July 22 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama said Thursday Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack "jumped the gun" in firing department official Shirley Sherrod for alleged racism. WHEELING, W.Va., July 22 (UPI) -- A 96-year-old veteran West Virginian politician has entered the race to fill the U.S. Senate seat of the late Sen. Robert Byrd, officials said. WASHINGTON, July 22 (UPI) -- The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has spent more than $150 million lobbying against some of President Barack Obama's major initiatives, records show. |
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| Wednesday, July 21WASHINGTON, July 21 (UPI) -- The treasurer of the U.S. Republican National Committee has submitted documents he says show $2 million in debts were hidden from committee members. WASHINGTON, July 21 (UPI) -- The White House is opposing a bill that would put the U.S. government in the business of windstorm insurance, saying it's best left to the private sector. WASHINGTON, July 21 (UPI) -- The top House Republican says one of the first things he'll do if his party takes over that chamber is repeal President Barack Obama's healthcare reform. WASHINGTON, July 21 (UPI) -- Republican strategists Karl Rove and Ed Gillespie have launched a new group that allows U.S. Republicans to give anonymously to discredit Democrats. BOSTON, July 21 (UPI) -- Massachusetts is set to join other states in trying to make sure that the national presidential popular vote winner also gets an Electoral College majority. WASHINGTON, July 21 (UPI) -- U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan says he's "ecstatic" 27 states have adopted national education standards and a dozen more are expected to do so. |
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| Tuesday, July 20ATLANTA, July 20 (UPI) -- Former Georgia Gov. Roy Barnes won the Democratic primary Tuesday but a runoff will be needed to decide the GOP nominee for governor, election returns indicate. WINNIPEG, Ontario, July 20 (UPI) -- The national chief of Canada's Assembly of First Nations said Tuesday the Indian Act has hurt the country's aboriginal people and must be repealed. July 20--Gov. Joe Manchin made it official Tuesday he's running for the U.S. Senate, but chances that Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., will take him on appear to be diminishing. PHOENIX, July 20 (UPI) -- A federal judge is to weigh evidence on whether to block Arizona's tough new immigration law Thursday, a week before the measure is to take effect. CHARLESTON, W.Va., July 20 (UPI) -- West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin said Tuesday he plans to run in a special election this year for the late Robert Byrd's Senate seat. WASHINGTON, July 20 (UPI) -- The Obama administration said it weighed the effects of suing Arizona over its immigration law, conceding some Republican candidates may benefit in the fall. WASHINGTON, July 20 (UPI) -- The National Transportation Safety Board is reviewing near-miss incidents to improve safety in the skies over the United States, an official says. BAGHDAD, July 20 (UPI) -- An anti-U.S. cleric whose followers hold 12 percent of the Iraqi Parliament's seats is poised to influence formation of a government, political observers say. BAGHDAD, July 20 (UPI) -- An anti-U.S. cleric whose followers hold 10 percent of the Iraqi Parliament's seats is poised to influence formation of a government, political observers say. |
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| Monday, July 19PRINCETON, N.J., July 19 (UPI) -- Democrats gained some favor among independents to pull ahead of Republicans in a poll of U.S. voters during the past week, the Gallup organization said Monday. WASHINGTON, July 19 (UPI) -- The U.S. intelligence community created after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks is now so huge no one knows what's going on, The Washington Post reported. LONDON, July 19 (UPI) -- Britain's state-owned National Savings & Investments said Monday it would cut rates on savings certificates and other products due to high sales. WASHINGTON, July 19 (UPI) -- U.S. President Obama ripped Senate Republicans for blocking an extension of unemployment benefits, saying they're putting politics ahead of the American people. |
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| Sunday, July 18WASHINGTON, July 18 (UPI) -- U.S. Vice President Joe Biden Sunday countered suggestions of heavy Democratic losses in November, saying, "We're going to shock the heck out of everybody." |
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| Saturday, July 17BANGKOK, July 17 (UPI) -- Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva told a visiting U.S. official he hopes to hold an election in early 2011, a spokesman says. BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, July 17 (UPI) -- The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe plans to send police consultants to Kyrgyzstan, the group said Saturday. LONDON, July 17 (UPI) -- The U.K. government plans to audit the BBC and possibly cut the license fee viewers pay to counter the broadcaster's "extraordinary and outrageous" waste. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, July 17 (UPI) -- Pakistan's prime minister said Saturday a scandal over bogus university degrees in parliament won't force mid-term elections. |
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| Friday, July 16CANBERRA, Australia, July 16 (UPI) -- Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, saying she wants a mandate from the voters, called Saturday for a parliamentary election in August. DENVER, July 16 (UPI) -- A Republican candidate for governor of Colorado, accused of plagiarism in an essay he was paid $300,000 to write, said Friday he will return the money. LOS ANGELES, July 16 (UPI) -- Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., has a campaign war chest almost 12 times as large as that of her Republican opponent Carly Fiorina, campaign finance reports show. KIGALI, Rwanda, July 16 (UPI) -- Rwandan police have arrested a man in connection with the killing of a presidential opposition party politician, authorities said. WASHINGTON, July 16 (UPI) -- The new head of the U.S. Transportation Security Administration says protecting subway and rail riders will be as high a priority as keeping air travelers safe. |
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| Thursday, July 15WASHINGTON, July 15 (UPI) -- Four in five Americans oppose raising Social Security's retirement age, with two-thirds strongly opposing such a proposal, a national survey indicated Thursday. WASHINGTON, July 15 (UPI) -- The U.S. Senate voted Thursday for a sweeping financial overhaul bill that amounts to the biggest rewrite of Wall Street rules since the Great Depression. NEW YORK, July 15 (UPI) -- Goldman Sachs Group Inc. agreed to pay a record $550 million to settle charges of securities fraud tied to mortgage investments, U.S. regulators said Thursday. WASHINGTON, July 15 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley, D-Ill., introduced a bill Thursday to "force the federal budget to accurately account for all money spent." LANSING, Mich., July 15 (UPI) -- Tea Party leaders in Michigan say sham Tea Party candidates are being added to the state's ballot to hurt Republican candidates in November. WASHINGTON, July 15 (UPI) -- House Democrats say months of backing risky White House initiatives deserve more support in their re-election bids than they're getting from President Obama. |
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| Wednesday, July 14DENVER, July 14 (UPI) -- A senior Colorado Republican says Scott McInnis's gubernatorial campaign is "dead in the water" after new evidence of plagiarism against the GOP nominee. GAITHERSBURG, Md., July 14 (UPI) -- U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisers voted Wednesday to keep the diabetes drug Avandia on the market, but perhaps with restrictions and new warnings. BAGHDAD, July 14 (UPI) -- This week 29 officials from Saddam Hussein's former regime have been transferred by the U.S. military to the Iraqi government, authorities say. |
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| Tuesday, July 13MONTGOMERY, Ala., July 13 (UPI) -- State Rep. Robert Bentley was headed for victory Tuesday in a runoff to determine the Republican nominee for Alabama governor in the November election. WASHINGTON, July 13 (UPI) -- Hispanic candidates in competitive races across the United States are defying conventional wisdom and running as Republicans, political observers said. |
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| Monday, July 12BRUSSELS, July 12 (UPI) -- Stress tests gauging European banks' ability to survive if governments default on their debts may reveal "pockets of vulnerability," an official said Monday. JACKSON, Miss., July 12 (UPI) -- Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, being touted by some as a presidential prospect, says he's not ready to start thinking about the 2012 race. NEW YORK, July 12 (UPI) -- Iran must ensure military attacks against armed Kurdish insurgents that spill over into Iraq do not harm Kurdish civilians or livestock, a rights group says. TOKYO, July 12 (UPI) -- Japan's ruling coalition lost its majority in weekend legislative elections, unofficial returns indicated. |
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| Sunday, July 11WASHINGTON, July 11 (UPI) -- Attorney General Eric Holder said Sunday the U.S. government could file a second lawsuit against Arizona if its immigration law leads to racial profiling. WASHINGTON, July 11 (UPI) -- Sarah Palin's political action committee raised $866,000 in the second quarter of 2010, the most since forming in January 2009, a U.S. filing showed Sunday. WASHINGTON, July 11 (UPI) -- White House senior adviser David Axelrod said Sunday he understands voter frustration over persistently high unemployment. WASHINGTON, July 11 (UPI) -- White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs conceded Sunday Democrats could lose their majority in the House of Representatives in the November elections. WASHINGTON, July 11 (UPI) -- U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder reaffirmed his preference Sunday that self-proclaimed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed be tried in civilian court. TOKYO, July 11 (UPI) -- Exit polls indicated the Democratic Party of Japan lost its majority in parliament's upper house in elections Sunday. WASHINGTON, July 11 (UPI) -- The amount of plutonium buried at a U.S. nuclear reservation in Washington state is almost triple what the government had previously reported, officials say. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, July 11 (UPI) -- Six months after Haiti's devastating earthquake, 1.5 million people live in tent cities and camps because they can't or won't leave, observers say. |
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| Saturday, July 10NEW ORLEANS, July 10 (UPI) -- The containment cap was lifted from BP's gushing oil well Saturday, the first step in what officials hope will be complete sealing of the Gulf of Mexico spill. WASHINGTON, July 10 (UPI) -- Despite the high profile of the grassroots Tea Party movement, analysts say the November elections will be the most expensive midterms in U.S. history. JERUSALEM, July 9 (UPI) -- Israel plans to invest $77.5 million over five years to jump-start a space program officials say could become a $10 billion civilian space industry. |
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| Friday, July 9MILAN, Italy, July 9 (UPI) -- Many journalists in Italy went on strike Friday to protest government plans to restrict reporting of information gained from police wiretaps. LAS VEGAS, July 9 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama visited Nevada Friday to boost Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's tough battle in his campaign for a fifth term. WASHINGTON, July 9 (UPI) -- Democrats, facing a tough U.S election as their president drops in popularity, are working to win back the independent voters they had in 2008, analysts said. COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, July 9 (UPI) -- Sri Lanka's housing minister began a hunger strike to press for the dissolution of a U.N. panel set up to look into war time rights violations. FREMONT, Ohio, July 9 (UPI) -- An Ohio sauerkraut factory will remain closed while a government agency investigates a roof collapse that killed a worker, company officials said Thursday. |
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| Thursday, July 8LAS VEGAS, July 8 (UPI) -- President Barack Obama campaigned Thursday for Democratic candidates in two key U.S. Senate races, including Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. WASILLA, Alaska, July 8 (UPI) -- Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's political action committee released a Web video Thursday in which Palin speaks of a political awakening of conservative women. |
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| Wednesday, July 7MIAMI -- The Cuban government will free 52 political prisoners and allow them to leave the island, the country's Catholic church announced Wednesday in what would amount to Havana's largest release of jailed opponents in three decades. AUSTIN, Texas, July 7 (UPI) -- Officials with the Texas gubernatorial campaign of Woodrow the dog said the canine's candidacy is aimed at bringing awareness to animal issues. WASHINGTON, July 7 (UPI) -- Donations totaling $550,000 put a group led by the wife of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in the thick of Tea Party politics, observers said. BEIJING, July 6 (UPI) -- The Chinese government says it plans to spend over $100 billion this year in projects in the underdeveloped western region to spur domestic demand. |
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| Tuesday, July 6OTTAWA, July 6 (UPI) -- The head of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service is expected to brief the government this summer on local officials influenced by a foreign government. STANFORD, Calif., July 6 (UPI) -- Republican U.S. Senate nominee Carly Fiorina of California had reconstructive breast surgery Tuesday, an aide said. WASHINGTON, July 6 (UPI) -- The U.S. Justice Department Tuesday filed suit against Arizona's immigration law, saying it unconstitutionally interferes with federal authority. DETROIT, July 6 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick's re-election bid may be tainted by her son, imprisoned and indicted ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, observers say. WASHINGTON, July 6 (UPI) -- Voters in the United States could elect a trio of independent governors when they go to the polls in November, political experts say. |
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| Monday, July 5ASBURY PARK, N.J., July 5 (UPI) -- Nearly two of three Arizona voters would deny automatic U.S. citizenship to children born in the United States to illegal immigrants, a survey indicated. BEIJING, July 5 (UPI) -- China, already with more than 160 cities with populations exceeding 1 million, is on the cusp of becoming an urban nation, figures show. |
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| Sunday, July 4WARSAW, Poland, July 4 (UPI) -- Conservative candidate Jaroslaw Kaczynski conceded Poland's presidency to Bronislaw Komorowski in Sunday's hotly contested runoff election. BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 4 (UPI) -- Peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan is needed for both nations to create safe and flourishing futures, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Sunday. KABUL, Afghanistan, July 4 (UPI) -- Three war-experienced U.S. lawmakers cast doubt Sunday on whether Afghanistan will be stable enough a year from now for the planned start of a troop pullout. RAMADI, Iraq, July 4 (UPI) -- Two terrorist blasts killed at least four people and injured 25 others in Iraq Sunday as U.S. Vice President Joe Biden urged the formation of a new government. BAGHDAD, July 4 (UPI) -- U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said Sunday he was "optimistic" all political sides would have meaningful, relevant roles in Iraq's pending new government. SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif., July 4 (UPI) -- Illegal immigration was the focus of at a pre-Fourth of July political rally in Orange County, California. NANJING, China, July 4 (UPI) -- China's population will reach nearly 1.4 billion in five years, with more than half living in cities, the country's top population policy official said. |
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| Saturday, July 3WASHINGTON, July 3 (UPI) -- Mitt Romney says he recognizes his Mormon faith, an obstacle for Evangelical Christians in 2008, will always keep some U.S. voters from supporting him. |
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| Friday, July 2BRUSSELS, July 2 (UPI) -- Belgium has formally taken over the European Union's six-month rotating presidency from Spain, promising to deal with the EU's economic troubles. |
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| Thursday, July 1WASHINGTON, July 1 (UPI) -- Washington lobbyists and politicians had a hectic schedule during the last week in June, with hundreds of fundraisers marking the end of the second quarter. WASHINGTON, July 1 (UPI) -- Following are remarks on immigration reform by President Obama Thursday at the American University School of International Service in Washington: WASHINGTON, July 1 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama Thursday called on Congress to address comprehensive immigration reform, saying it is time to fix a broken immigration system. CHARLESTON, W.Va., July 1 (UPI) -- Some West Virginia lawmakers say they expect the Legislature to review the succession plan for the seat of Sen. Robert C. Byrd during a special session in July. KATHMANDU, Nepal, July 1 (UPI) -- Maoists in the Himalayan republic of Nepal made a pitch Thursday to return to power -- a day after the resignation of Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal, |
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| Wednesday, June 30WASHINGTON, June 30 (UPI) -- U.S. Solicitor General Elena Kagan, President Obama's Supreme Court nominee, said Wednesday the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy is unwise and unjust. TALLAHASSEE, Fla., June 30 (UPI) -- Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, now an independent candidate for Senate, is listed as a potential witness against the former state Republican chief. HAVANA, June 30 (UPI) -- Cuba's legal system has created a climate of fear among journalists, dissidents and activists, Amnesty International said in a report Wednesday. MANILA, Philippines, June 30 (UPI) -- Storm clouds didn't deter thousands of people from attending the swearing-in ceremony of Benigno Aquino III as the Philippines' 15th president Wednesday. CONAKRY, Guinea, June 30 (UPI) -- Initial results from Guinea's first democratic election were expected Wednesday as some candidates leveled allegations of voting irregularities. MILWAUKEE, June 30 (UPI) -- A coalition of U.S. environmental groups say they want President Obama to take the lead in stopping Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes. BEIJING, June 30 (UPI) -- Policymakers in China, despite its soaring fiscal revenues, have yet to reallocate to the public a larger share of the money, China Daily reported Wednesday. |
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| Tuesday, June 29KRUSEVAC, Serbia, June 29 (UPI) -- The leaders of Serbia's opposition parties say early parliamentary elections are needed to solve the many problems facing their country. |
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| Monday, June 28CHARLESTON, W.Va., June 28 (UPI) -- West Virginia will not hold a special election until 2012 to fill the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the death of Robert Byrd, a top state official said. HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, June 28 (UPI) -- England's Queen Elizabeth II began her royal tour of Canada in Halifax Monday. BUJUMBURA, Burundi, June 28 (UPI) -- Burundians headed to election booths Monday to cast ballots for or against ruling party candidate and incumbent Pierre Nkurunziza. |
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| Sunday, June 27CONAKRY, Guinea, June 27 (UPI) -- Voters in Guinea headed to polls to elect a president Sunday in the West African nation's first free election since it gained independence from France in 1958. |
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| Saturday, June 26PHOENIX, June 26 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. John McCain, facing a tough primary challenge in his bid for a fifth term, has agreed to two debates with his Republican opponents. HARGEISA, Somalia, June 26 (UPI) -- Voters in Somaliland are turning out in great numbers despite threats of violence by Islamic militants, observers say. SACRAMENTO, June 26 (UPI) -- California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who came to office as a political outsider, now finds himself on the outs with his own Republican Party, observers say. |
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| Friday, June 25KIJALI, Rwanda, June 25 (UPI) -- The exiled editor of an independent newspaper in Rwanda said the acting editor was killed because the paper was investigating the shooting of a Rwandan general. BUJUMBURA, Burundi, June 25 (UPI) -- Opposition parties in Burundi have called for a boycott of the presidential election. |
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| Thursday, June 24NEW YORK, June 24 (UPI) -- Sarah Palin continues to be a potent force in U.S. politics even out of office as Republican candidates scramble to secure her endorsement, observers say. JERUSALEM, June 24 (UPI) -- A Jerusalem court Thursday slammed the prosecution for alleged witness coaching in a corruption case against former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. MANILA, Philippines, June 24 (UPI) -- A key witness to the massacre of at least 58 people in the southern Philippines was killed while awaiting government protection, Human Rights Watch said. WASHINGTON, June 24 (UPI) -- The U.S.Supreme Court decided Thursday petition signers have no First Amendment right to keep their identities private. SAN FRANCISCO, June 24 (UPI) -- Russian President Dimitry Medvedev has more than 19,000 followers on Twitter, the social networking service, a day after opening a Twitter account. |
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| Wednesday, June 23DETROIT, June 23 (UPI) -- A campaign spokesman for Michigan gubernatorial candidate Mike Cox says he is certain four commercials posted on an anti-Cox Web site were stolen. CLEVELAND, June 23 (UPI) -- An aide to the Ohio GOP candidate for governor has apologized for saying in an e-mail Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland, a Democrat, grew up in a "chicken shack." WASHINGTON, June 23 (UPI) -- Campaign finance reports and election returns indicate self-funded candidates are doing well in congressional and gubernatorial contests. Nikki Haley's bid to become the first female governor of South Carolina moved ahead Tuesday with a Republican runoff win over U.S. Rep. Gresham Barrett. |
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| Tuesday, June 22LOCK HAVEN, Pa., June 22 (UPI) -- A plane chartered by a federal agency crashed in Pennsylvania, killing all three people on board, U.S. Federal Aviation Administration officials said. PRINCETON, N.J., June 22 (UPI) -- Registered voters are evenly divided about which party's candidate would get their vote if the U.S. congressional elections were today, a Gallup poll indicated. SAO PAULO, June 22 (UPI) -- The president of Brazil says his government is preparing a provisional measure to help flood victims in Alagoas and Pernambuco rebuild their homes. TOKYO, June 22 (UPI) -- Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan's government, tackling a national debt that threatens a Greece-like crisis, says it plans to achieve a surplus by 2020. |
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| Monday, June 21PRINCETON, N.J., June 21 (UPI) -- Nearly 60 percent of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents are enthusiastic about voting in this year's midterm elections, a Gallup poll indicated. |
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| Sunday, June 20BOGOTA, June 20 (UPI) -- Juan Manuel Santos easily defeated former Bogota Mayor Antanas Mockus Sunday to become Colombia's next president. INDIANAPOLIS, June 20 (UPI) -- Republicans at their Indiana state convention this weekend urged Gov. Mitch Daniels to run for president in 2012, but he said his "heart" is still in the state. An endorsement by soon-to-be-former Sen. Bob Bennett, R-Utah, may help one man who blocked Bennett from renomination at the state GOP convention, observers say. |
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| Saturday, June 19WASHINGTON, June 19 (UPI) -- U.S. Republican leaders fired back Saturday after President Barack Obama blamed them for holding up key legislation, including unemployment and energy measures. |
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| Friday, June 18WASHINGTON, June 18 (UPI) -- U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said Friday unemployment in Nevada, now the highest in the country, would be worse without federal spending. MOSCOW, June 18 (UPI) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says ethnic clashes in Kyrgyzstan could lead to Taliban-style forces taking advantage of the unrest to seize power. COLUMBIA, S.C., June 18 (UPI) -- The South Carolina Democratic Party won't challenge the controversial primary results in the state's U.S. senate race, party executives said. WASHINGTON, June 18 (UPI) -- U.S. President Obama warned world economic leaders that a global recovery could be hamstrung by growing divisions over economic issues. BEIJING, June 18 (UPI) -- The Chinese government, facing separatist pressures from its minority Uighurs in the northwest, says it values its friendly relations with the Islamic world. |
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| Thursday, June 17WASHINGTON, June 17 (UPI) -- A dozen Tea Party political action committees and 24 Tea Party fundraising committees have raised little money, U.S. election and tax records indicate. SPRINGFIELD, Mass., June 17 (UPI) -- A 23-year-old white man pleaded guilty to torching a predominantly black church in Massachusetts hours after Barack Obama was elected the U.S. president. ANKARA, Turkey, June 17 (UPI) -- Turkey will freeze relations and halt billions of dollars in defense deals with Israel after Israel's deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid ship, Turkey said. |
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| Wednesday, June 16MEXICO CITY, June 16 (UPI) -- Mexican drug cartels are becoming more skillful at ambushing and trapping police in commando-style raids, officials say. TALLAHASSEE, Fla., June 16 (UPI) -- Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum is now trailing his rival in the governor's race in both spending and the polls, frustrating his supporters. |
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| Tuesday, June 15SACRAMENTO, June 15 (UPI) -- Thousands of mail-in ballots in California's primary election won't be counted because they arrived after the polls closed at 8 p.m., election officials said. BANGKOK, June 15 (UPI) -- Thailand's Criminal Court refused to grant bail Tuesday to eight leaders of the anti-government Red Shirt movement and three Red Shirt guards, police say. |
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| Monday, June 14COLUMBIA, S.C., June 14 (UPI) -- The candidate who ran second in South Carolina's Democratic U.S. Senate primary election filed a protest Monday, saying there was "a cloud" over the election. WASHINGTON, June 14 (UPI) -- One-third of U.S. adults plan to take care of themselves as they age but 90 percent expect the Internet and social networking to help, a survey indicates. WASHINGTON, June 14 (UPI) -- Nine top U.S. House Democrats have raised $50 million for a key campaign committee to try to preserve a majority in this election cycle, documents show. NANPING CITY, China, June 14 (UPI) -- A landslide triggered by heavy rains swept up a bus and a car in eastern China, leaving nine people missing Monday, authorities said. |
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| Sunday, June 13WASHINGTON, June 13 (UPI) -- The Republican U.S. House leader said Sunday as many as 100 House seats were in play in the fall elections, which could put the GOP back into the majority. WASHINGTON, June 13 (UPI) -- U.S. Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said he expected to hear from BP as early as Sunday about an updated plan to contain the ongoing gusher in the Gulf of Mexico. BRATISLAVA, Slovakia, June 13 (UPI) -- Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico's Smer Party won the most seats in parliament in Saturday's elections but he may have trouble holding power, results show. |
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| Saturday, June 12LONDON, June 12 (UPI) -- England's 35 state boarding schools are asking for some slack when it comes to tight new government restrictions on sugary foods. WASHINGTON, June 12 (UPI) -- The Obama administration was chided for failing to both control spending and generate much in the way of new jobs in Saturday's Republican radio address. COLUMBIA, S.C., June 11 (UPI) -- Election data analysts have found curious voting patterns in Tuesday's U.S. Senate primary in South Carolina, the campaign manager for a losing candidate said. |
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| Friday, June 11KIGALI, Rwanda, June 11 (UPI) -- Rwanda has arrested the head of the country's football federation for traveling to the World Cup in South Africa without permission, observers say. SACRAMENTO, June 11 (UPI) -- Carly Fiorina, who won the GOP primary for the U.S. Senate in California, spent much of her first day as nominee talking about hair after an on-camera gaffe. TORONTO, June 11 (UPI) -- Political preferences do not emerge from a simple rational consideration of issues, they are steeped in biology, University of Toronto researchers say. |
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| Thursday, June 10MIYAKONOJO, Japan, June 10 (UPI) -- Highly contagious foot-and-mouth disease is now in Japan's largest beef and pork producing city, threatening the nation's livestock industry, officials said. TORONTO, June 10 (UPI) -- Toronto police said they were not suspicious after recovering 1.6 tons of ammonium nitrate, even though the fertilizer compound is used in explosives. AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, June 10 (UPI) -- The Dutch anti-Islam Freedom Party gained strength during the country's elections, but observers said whether it would be part of a coalition was unclear. |
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| Wednesday, June 9WASHINGTON, June 9 (UPI) -- The flow of American jobs overseas is growing as a campaign issue, and Democrats say they want to capitalize on it and use it against Republicans. COLUMBIA, S.C., June 9 (UPI) -- South Carolina's Democratic Party has asked the winner of the state's U.S. Senate primary to drop out because of a reported felony charge, party officials said. LOS ANGELES, June 9 (UPI) -- The two major party candidates for governor of California opened the general election campaign Wednesday with sharp words on spending and education. MANILA, Philippines, June 9 (UPI) -- The Philippines' two houses of Congress Wednesday officially proclaimed Benigno S. Aquino III the country's next president. TALLAHASSEE, Fla., June 9 (UPI) -- Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, the man without a party, remains the leader in the state's U.S. Senate race, a poll released Wednesday indicated. AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, June 9 (UPI) -- The economy likely was uppermost in the minds of Dutch voters Wednesday selecting a new government, analysts said. COLUMBIA, S.C., June 9 (UPI) -- Democratic nominee Vincent Sheheen will have to wait awhile to find out who his Republican opponent will be in the run for South Carolina's governor. LAS VEGAS, June 9 (UPI) -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid won the Nevada Democratic primary Tuesday and GOP voters chose Sharron Angles to challenge Reid in November, returns showed. BISMARCK, N.D., June 9 (UPI) -- Rick Berg easily won North Dakota's Republican congressional primary election Tuesday and will face Democratic incumbent Earl Pomeroy this fall, results showed. AUGUSTA, Maine, June 9 (UPI) -- Two experienced politicians seemed likely to face off in Maine's gubernatorial election after Tuesday's primary, election returns indicated Tuesday. DES MOINES, Iowa, June 9 (UPI) -- Roxanne Conlin easily won the Iowa Democratic primary, giving her the chance to become the first Iowan woman in the U.S. Senate, election returns indicated. PIERRE, S.D., June 9 (UPI) -- Lt. Gov. Dennis Daugaard won South Dakota's Republican primary election for governor Tuesday night, election returns indicated. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., June 8 (UPI) -- Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln, bucking a national anti-incumbent trend, claimed victory Tuesday in a runoff election she said was "not about special interests." |
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| Tuesday, June 8TRENTON, N.J., June 8 (UPI) -- Celebrity and incumbency appeared to be trumping Tea Party enthusiasm Tuesday in New Jersey's Republican congressional primaries, election returns suggested. RICHMOND, Va., June 8 (UPI) -- The Tea Party and conservatives didn't make serious inroads in Virginia's Republican primary election Tuesday with more-moderate candidates winning. MADRID, June 8 (UPI) -- Spanish government workers Tuesday went on strike, saying a 5 percent pay cut under the prime minister's austerity measures unfairly penalizes public workers. NEW PALTZ, N.Y., June 8 (UPI) -- NASA should take charge of the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill containment and cleanup, a public health expert said. WASHINGTON, June 8 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday temporarily blocked subsidy payments to Arizona candidates running for state offices with public financing. WASHINGTON, June 8 (UPI) -- Peter Orszag, head of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, promised Tuesday in a Washington speech to cut duplicate programs in the federal government. SANAA, Yemen, June 8 (UPI) -- Yemen Tuesday dropped charges against 33 journalists accused of disseminating false information and harming the national unity, authorities said. TOKYO, June 8 (UPI) -- Japan's new prime minister, Naoto Kan, named his Cabinet Tuesday in advance of next month's elections to the upper house, where his party needs to do well. If the May 18 primaries were considered super for political pundits and analysts, then Tuesday's primaries in 10 states may be the mother lode. |
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| Monday, June 7ROME, June 7 (UPI) -- Italy signed an agreement with France marking the return of nuclear power to Italy after a referendum rejected it in 1986, official documents show. WASHINGTON, June 7 (UPI) -- The battle over defense issues moves to the U.S. Senate, where observers say they expect a struggle over the repeal of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy. |
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| Sunday, June 6KABUL, Afghanistan, June 6 (UPI) -- Two senior Afghan government officials resigned Sunday after President Hamid Karzai blamed them for failing to prevent last week's attack on the "peace jirga." Virginia Republicans have several Democratic congressmen in their sights in November, but party squabbles could dash their hopes Tuesday, observers suggest. |
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| Saturday, June 5TOKYO, June 5 (UPI) -- Yoshihiko Noda, known as a fiscal conservative, has been chosen as Japan's next finance minister by new Prime Minister Naoto Kan. WASHINGTON, June 5 (UPI) -- GOP Chairman Michael Steele called for a U.S. Justice Department investigation of job offers the White House made to try to get Senate candidates to drop out. |
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| Friday, June 4WASHINGTON, June 4 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama will nominate Lt. Gen. James R. Clapper Jr. director of national intelligence, a senior government official said. RICHMOND, Va., June 4 (UPI) -- Virginia Republicans have several sitting Democratic congressmen in their sights in November, but party squabbles may dash those hopes Tuesday, observers say. |
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| Thursday, June 3TOKYO, June 3 (UPI) -- Japan's ruling Democratic Party of Japan Friday began the process of picking a new party president, who likely would become the country's next prime minister. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., June 3 (UPI) -- Former U.S. President George W. Bush says he would waterboard alleged Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed again if the coercive technique saved lives. WASHINGTON, June 3 (UPI) -- The White House said Thursday President Barack Obama "wasn't aware" of an attempt to persuade Andrew Romanoff to drop out of a Colorado U.S. Senate primary. CHICAGO, June 3 (UPI) -- Mark Kirk, the Republican congressman running for U.S. Senate in Illinois, apologized Thursday for misstatements about his military record. NEW YORK, June 3 (UPI) -- A $508 million makeover of the Brooklyn Bridge, one of America's most storied spans, will include $30 million in federal stimulus money, officials said. PARIS, June 3 (UPI) -- Opposition lawmakers called on French President Nicolas Sarkozy Thursday to be honest about suspicions kickbacks from arms deals funded political activities. WASHINGTON, June 3 (UPI) -- Anti-incumbent fervor this year has inspired more U.S. voters to seek political office, USA Today says. SEOUL, June 3 (UPI) -- Chung Mong-joon, chairman of South Korea's ruling Grand National Party, said Thursday he is resigning following the party's defeat in local elections. WASHINGTON, June 3 (UPI) -- The drop in U.S. President Barack Obama's approval ratings is hurting many other black U.S. politicians, an analysis by a political editor indicates. |
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| Wednesday, June 2WASHINGTON, June 2 (UPI) -- A Republican U.S. Senate candidate got a warning from the Navy that reporters were asking about a mistake in his campaign biography, military officials say. KABUL, Afghanistan, June 2 (UPI) -- Suspected Afghan militants attacked a peace meeting of tribal elders in Kabul Wednesday, with rockets landing nearby and three people dying, police said. TOKYO, June 2 (UPI) -- The main Japanese opposition party was unmoved Wednesday by Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's decision to resign, saying new elections should be held. JACKSON, Miss., June 2 (UPI) -- State Sen. Alan Nunnelee, a favorite among the Republican establishment, won Mississippi's 1st Congressional District Republican primary Tuesday, results show. ALBUQUERQUE, June 2 (UPI) -- Prosecutor Susana Martinez won the GOP nomination in the New Mexico governor's race, results showed, meaning the state will get its first female governor. MONTGOMERY, Ala., June 2 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. Arthur Davis failed Tuesday in his bid to become Alabama's first black nominee for governor, results showed. |
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| Tuesday, June 1TOKYO, June 1 (UPI) -- Embattled Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama announced his decision to step down Wednesday after only eight months in office. WINDSOR, Ontario, June 1 (UPI) -- Opponents say a Canadian company's plans for more than 165 wind turbines in Lake St. Clair and Lake Erie would interfere with boating and wildlife. NEW YORK, June 1 (UPI) -- New York Republican Chairman Edward F. Cox opened the state convention Tuesday by attacking Democrats for a "culture of corruption." WASHINGTON, June 1 (UPI) -- U.S. Senate Republicans say they'll challenge President Obama's choice of Donald Berwick to run Medicare and Medicaid in the new healthcare system. BAGHDAD, June 1 (UPI) -- Iraq's Supreme Court Tuesday approved the results of landmark elections and cleared the way to seat the country's new 325-member Parliament, officials said. |
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| Monday, May 31TBILISI, Georgia, May 31 (UPI) -- Municipal election exit polls across Georgia indicate President Mikheil Saakashvili's National Movement won a majority of the vote, officials said. BOGOTA, May 31 (UPI) -- Colombian presidential candidate Juan Manual Santos claimed nearly twice as many votes as his nearest rival but not enough avoid a runoff, officials said. |
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| Sunday, May 30WASHINGTON, May 30 (UPI) -- An Illinois candidate seeking President Obama's seat in the U.S. Senate has backed off his claim he received a prestigious military award, observers said. |
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| Friday, May 28MADRID, May 28 (UPI) -- An austerity spending measure barely survived in the Spanish Parliament, passing by a one-vote margin, 169-168, with 13 abstentions. PRAGUE, Czech Republic, May 28 (UPI) -- The Czech Republic began a parliamentary election Friday after months of interim government. WASHINGTON, May 28 (UPI) -- The White House pushed back against Democratic strategist James Carville's diatribe on the U.S. government's handling of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. WASHINGTON, May 28 (UPI) -- Politicians, including President Barack Obama, support home-based care for the elderly, but the U.S. home care trade group says Medicare is a barrier to care. |
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| Thursday, May 27WASHINGTON -- Congress was poised Thursday to vote on repealing the military's 17-year-old policy that prohibits gay men and lesbians from serving openly in the nation's armed forces. TALLAHASSEE, Fla., May 27 (UPI) -- Florida Gov. Charlie Crist leads state House Speaker Marco Rubio in the race for the state's U.S. Senate seat, a poll released Thursday indicates. OTTAWA, May 27 (UPI) -- Canada says it hopes to reduce the population of gray seals off the Atlantic coast by using contraceptives or shooting them. KHARTOUM, Sudan, May 27 (UPI) -- Omar al-Bashir began his new term as Sudan's president Thursday following his controversial win in last month's elections. |
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| Wednesday, May 26NEW YORK, May 26 (UPI) -- Andrew Cuomo, the Democratic candidate for governor of New York, announced Wednesday he has picked an upstate mayor as his running mate. OLYMPIA, Wash., May 26 (UPI) -- Dino Rossi of Washington, a Republican who lost the closest gubernatorial race in U.S. history in 2004, announced Wednesday he is running for U.S. Senate. MEXICO CITY, May 26 (UPI) -- Mexico is blasting Arizona's get-tough immigration law even as it treats illegal immigrants shamefully under a similar law, activists in Mexico say. WASHINGTON, May 26 (UPI) -- The U.S. government said 89 deaths may be tied to unintended acceleration accidents involving Toyotas, but stressed the accidents haven't been verified. HARTFORD, Conn., May 26 (UPI) -- Former U.S. congressman Rob Simmons, once thought the likely Republican candidate in Connecticut's U.S. Senate race, said he was suspending his campaign. WASHINGTON, May 26 (UPI) -- Twenty-two percent of U.S. adults say people show caring and sympathy to those with mental illness, a government survey indicates. |
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| Tuesday, May 25WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama and Senate Republicans -- notably 2008 GOP rival John McCain -- clashed sharply Tuesday over immigration policy, as a sometimes contentious closed-door meeting failed to budge either side from long-held views. HARRISBURG, Pa., May 25 (UPI) -- The Pennsylvania Legislature operates under a system that is "irretrievably broken" and needs top-to-bottom change, a grand jury said in a report. WASHINGTON, May 25 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama welcomed about 200 Small Business Owners of the Year winners to the White House Tuesday touting their contributions to the economy. WASHINGTON, May 25 (UPI) -- House Republicans tapped into online media Tuesday, unveiling a Web site to help set the tone of discussion while developing a platform for the fall elections. |
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| Monday, May 24HARTFORD, Conn., May 24 (UPI) -- Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, has apologized for misstating his military record. MADISON, Wis., May 24 (UPI) -- Wisconsin businessman Dick Leinenkugel says he ended a brief bid for the U.S. Senate and is backing another GOP candidate because "it's the right thing to do." ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, May 24 (UPI) -- Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi Monday predicted a win for his party in Sunday's election amid the opposition's allegations of irregularities, |
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| Sunday, May 23TALLAHASSEE, Fla., May 23 (UPI) -- U.S. rock and pop star Steve Miller says Florida U.S. Senate candidate Mark Rubio should stop using his "Take the Money and Run." BANGKOK, May 23 (UPI) -- Thailand extended a curfew for at least two more nights Sunday as Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said calm had returned to Bangkok. OTTAWA, May 22 (UPI) -- Nearly half of Canadians want to leave national abortion policy alone, but a third say they would like to see the debate reopened, a poll indicated. |
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| Saturday, May 22BANGKOK, May 22 (UPI) -- The Thai Finance Ministry said the country would suffer at least a $1.5 billion hit to its economy because of the more than two months of violent protests. HONOLULU, May 22 (UPI) -- Voters in Hawaii's 1st Congressional District still have Saturday to cast ballots in the special election, officials advised. LONDON, May 22 (UPI) -- Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg, now deputy prime minister in Britain's coalition government, will be in charge of five cabinet committees, officials say. |
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| Friday, May 21WASHINGTON, May 21 (UPI) -- Rand Paul, the Kentucky Republican whose civil rights views ignited outrage, backed out of a scheduled appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press," the network said. WASHINGTON, May 21 (UPI) -- Influential unions say they will help protect vulnerable Democratic incumbents trying to keep their seats in the 2010 midterm elections. SEOUL, May 21 (UPI) -- South Korea Friday considered its response to the sinking of one of its ships and North Korea, blamed for the attack, amplified its warning against retaliation. |
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| Thursday, May 20WASHINGTON, May 20 (UPI) -- U.S. National Intelligence Director Dennis Blair said Thursday he will resign the post amid reports President Barack Obama had demanded his resignation. WASHINGTON, May 20 (UPI) -- A string of losses by candidates backed by Barack Obama had the president's press secretary clamming up when pressed by reporters in Washington Thursday. WASHINGTON, May 20 (UPI) -- Political Cinderella Rand Paul has been busy discussing some seemingly controversial remarks made after his victory in Kentucky's Republican Senate primary. BANGKOK, May 20 (UPI) -- Bangkok was mostly quiet Thursday after the military's final and deadly assault on the Red Shirt protesters but a curfew was extended until Saturday. |
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| Wednesday, May 19WASHINGTON, May 19 (UPI) -- The National Research Council has issued what it calls its most comprehensive study of climate change, urging congressional action on the problem. WASHINGTON, May 19 (UPI) -- The Union of Concerned Scientists says National Research Council climate reports issued Wednesday should prod Congress into quick climate change action. TORONTO, May 19 (UPI) -- Canadian animal protection groups say they are concerned about the future of Sable Island's wild animals under Parks Canada's care. WASHINGTON, May 19 (UPI) -- Many Americans are not satisfied with the status quo in Washington, if the outcomes of primary elections Tuesday were any indication. PORTLAND, Ore., May 19 (UPI) -- Former Gov. John Kitzhaber and former pro basketball player Chris Dudley won their primaries for Oregon governor Tuesday and will go head-to-head in the fall. |
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| Tuesday, May 18LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 18 (UPI) -- Rand Paul, the son of a maverick congressman and a Tea Party favorite son, Tuesday won the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Kentucky. WASHINGTON, May 18 (UPI) -- Rand Paul, a Tea Party movement favorite, Tuesday won the Republican U.S. Senate primary election in Kentucky, election returns indicated. HARTFORD, Conn., May 18 (UPI) -- Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said he takes "full responsibility" for misleading statements about his military service in the Vietnam war. WASHINGTON, May 18 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. Mark Souder, R-Ind., fresh off a primary win two weeks ago, will resign his seat effective Friday, admitting he had an affair with a female staffer. HARRISBURG, Pa., May 18 (UPI) -- A late poll showed Tuesday's Pennsylvania primary between U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter and his Democratic challenger too close to call. BANGKOK, May 18 (UPI) -- Thai protesters ignored official orders to clear Bangkok's business district Tuesday and the government declared the day a holiday to promote public safety. |
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| Monday, May 17BANGKOK, May 17 (UPI) -- Thousands of Red Shirt protesters Monday ignored a government demand they cede the downtown Bangkok territory they've held since March, police said. TEHRAN, May 17 (UPI) -- A deal to limit Iran's access to highly enriched uranium brought a measured response Monday from the United States and others opposing Iran's nuclear ambitions. MOGADISHU, Somalia, May 17 (UPI) -- At least 20 people were killed and the number of casualties was expected to rise in fighting in Mogadishu, authorities in Somalia said. |
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| Sunday, May 16MERIDA, Mexico, May 16 (UPI) -- Mexicans went to the polls Sunday in the southern state of Yucatan in local elections expected to favor the opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party. BAGHDAD, May 16 (UPI) -- Iraq's election results in Baghdad and the surrounding area have been upheld by the country's electoral commission after a partial recount, authorities say. WASHINGTON, May 16 (UPI) -- Elections Tuesday in four states could send politicians in Washington a clear signal just how angry voters are, analysts and pollsters say. |
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| Saturday, May 15WASHINGTON, May 15 (UPI) -- A New York congressman Saturday said President Barack Obama's high-profile healthcare and economic stimulus plans had already proven to be failures. |
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| Friday, May 14EDINBURGH, Scotland, May 14 (UPI) -- David Cameron made his first visit to Scotland as U.K. prime minister Friday as protesters gathered outside the Scottish Parliament, observers said. WASHINGTON, May 14 (UPI) -- Some congressional Democrats say they have had enough of healthcare reform and prefer to focus on more-promising issues as mid-term elections draw near. WASHINGTON, May 14 (UPI) -- President Hamid Karzai, ending his U.S. trip, said Washington promised Afghanistan will get control of all detention centers now operated by coalition forces. |
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| Thursday, May 13ABUJA, Nigeria, May 13 (UPI) -- Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan picked a provincial governor with no significant political base to serve as vice president, officials say. BANGKOK, May 13 (UPI) -- Seh Daeng, a leader of anti-government protests in Thailand, was in critical condition Thursday after being shot in the head in Bangkok, witnesses said. LONDON, May 13 (UPI) -- The top two leaders of Britain's coalition government pledged a stable, durable alliance and promised to take the country in a new direction. |
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| Wednesday, May 12OAKLAND, Calif., May 12 (UPI) -- Oakland, Calif., Republican congressional candidate Brad Goehring has posted a comment on his Facebook page suggesting liberals be hunted to "thin the herd." LONDON, May 12 (UPI) -- A handshake between Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron and his deputy, Liberal Democrat Nick Clegg, ushered Britain into a new political era Wednesday. |
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| Tuesday, May 11CHARLESTON, W.Va., May 11 (UPI) -- Primary voters in West Virginia ousted a longtime Democratic congressman Tuesday while in Nebraska the GOP governor and three congressmen all won. ATLANTA, May 11 (UPI) -- Former state lawmakers Tom Graves and Lee Hawkins Tuesday headed to a June runoff in Georgia's 9th Congressional District special election. CHARLESTON, W.Va., May 11 (UPI) -- Voters in West Virginia's Democratic primary Tuesday wrested the 1st Congressional District seat from the Mollohan family for the first time in 42 years. LONDON, May 11 (UPI) -- Conservative Party leader David Cameron pledged to usher in a new era of government responsibility as British prime minister Tuesday, ending days of disarray. FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., May 11 (UPI) -- Despite years of U.S. government warnings against asthma patients taking long-acting beta agonists alone, one-third of patients still do, researchers say. MANILA, Philippines, May 11 (UPI) -- Four candidates have conceded to Philippine Sen. Benigno Aquino III, the front-runner in the country's presidential elections, officials said Tuesday. |
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| Monday, May 10BERLIN, May 10 (UPI) -- A regional election cost German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative bloc control of the upper house, in what analysts called backlash to the Greek crisis. KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, May 10 (UPI) -- Lawyers for Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, accused of sodomy, cross-examined his accuser Monday as the trial resumed. MANILA, Philippines, May 10 (UPI) -- Millions of Filipinos, using a new automated system, voted Monday to pick a new president in an election marred by some acts of violence. BEIJING, May 10 (UPI) -- Lax enforcement of safety laws is partly to blame for making China's coal mines the most dangerous in the world, a Chinese safety official said. |
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| Sunday, May 9MANILA, Philippines, May 9 (UPI) -- Violence flared prior to Monday's national election in the Philippines, as officials considered delaying it because of voting system problems, observers said. May 9--Hampton University President William R. Harvey told U.S. President Barack Obama: "Hampton University was with you when you visited in 2007, and we are with you now and in the future." A piece of American and Hampton University's history departed with Obama -- a sapling from the Emancipation Oak. |
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| Saturday, May 8LONDON, May 8 (UPI) -- British Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg is backed by his party's senior ranks in trying to reach a power-sharing deal with Conservatives, a negotiator says. LONDON, May 8 (UPI) -- The right-wing British National Party lost 22 of its 34 council seats in the election, officials say. LONDON, May 8 (UPI) -- The small UK Independence Party may have won enough votes in 10 districts to cost the Conservative Party those seats in the British Parliament, officials say. WASHINGTON, May 8 (UPI) -- Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele says he has replaced RNC Finance Director Rob Bickhart and Deputy Director Debbie LeHardy. |
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| Friday, May 7YANGON, Myanmar, May 7 (UPI) -- The National League for Democracy, the major opposition party in Myanmar, dissolved itself Friday in an apparent protest against upcoming elections. SAN FRANCISCO, May 7 (UPI) -- Sarah Palin went her own way Thursday endorsing a Republican Senate candidate in California, angering many of her loyal supporters, observers say. LONDON, May 7 (UPI) -- Experts say Britain's inconclusive national election could put the choice of its next prime minister in the hands of a woman who never votes: the queen. BERLIN, May 7 (UPI) -- The German parliament approved its contribution to an international rescue package for Greece Friday in a vote that has financial and political implications. LONDON, May 7 (UPI) -- Thousands of voters across Britain couldn't vote in elections because polling stations were overwhelmed by the turnout, local election officials said Friday. WASHINGTON, May 7 (UPI) -- Republicans across the United States placed a target on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's back, loading her GOP opponents' quivers with cash, politics watchers say. |
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| Thursday, May 6LONDON, May 6 (UPI) -- The Labor Party may be heading toward historic losses in Britain, exit polls indicated Thursday, leaving Prime Minister Gordon Brown clinging to power. TOLEDO, Ohio, May 6 (UPI) -- Ohio's "Joe the Plumber," who gained significant attention during the 2008 U.S. presidential election, is now an elected official, a vote tally indicates. LONDON, May 6 (UPI) -- A spokesman for a British eurosceptic political party survived the Election Day crash of a small plane towing a party banner, officials said. HOLLYWOOD, May 6 (UPI) -- Madame Tussauds Hollywood says it is already working on a new Ronald Reagan wax figure to mark the late U.S. President's 100th birthday next February. KATSINA, Nigeria, May 6 (UPI) -- Nigeria Thursday buried its late president, Umaru Yar'Adua, in Katsina, 10 weeks after he had been treated for heart problems in Saudi Arabia. ST. ANDREWS, Scotland, May 6 (UPI) -- The Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom said the British public, unlike the British government, is misinformed about Israel's enormous challenges. |
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| Wednesday, May 5DENVER, May 5 (UPI) -- U.S. forest managers say threats to watersheds from fire-prone dying forests are so severe they need help from local water utilities, ski resorts and others. WASHINGTON, May 5 (UPI) -- New York's mayor says he wants to close a legal loophole that keeps the U.S. government from blocking sales of firearms to people on the terrorist watch list. SALT LAKE CITY, May 5 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, says he wants a review of the science behind a government program paying people injured by exposure to nuclear radiation. WASHINGTON, May 5 (UPI) -- At least 32 African-Americans are running for Congress this year as Republicans, the biggest surge since Reconstruction, party officials said. COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 4 (UPI) -- Ohio Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher won the Democratic primary Tuesday for the U.S. Senate seat held by retiring George Voinovich and will face Republican Rob Portman. WASHINGTON, May 5 (UPI) -- Tea Party activists say they're fighting battles on two fronts: fielding candidates for primary elections and overcoming accusations of racism. COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 4 (UPI) -- Voters in Ohio, Indiana and North Carolina Tuesday opened the floodgates of primary tilts scheduled for nearly every Tuesday from now into the fall. |
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| Tuesday, May 4CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 4 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Richard Burr easily won the GOP nomination in North Carolina's primary election Tuesday, but his Democratic opponent was still up in the air. INDIANAPOLIS, May 4 (UPI) -- Dan Coats, making a bid to return to the U.S. Senate, Tuesday night won the Republican nomination in Indiana's primary elections. TALLAHASSEE, Fla., May 4 (UPI) -- The Republican Party of Florida made good on its promise to auction an oil painting of Gov. Charlie Crist, now running for the U.S. Senate as an independent. COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, May 4 (UPI) -- A Sri Lankan appeals court suspended the court martial of former Gen. Sarath Fonseka until it decides on his petition questioning the military trial. BEIJING, May 4 (UPI) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, reportedly visiting China, was expected to discuss economic aid and other issues, the Chosun Ilbo reported Tuesday. |
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| Monday, May 3WARREN, Ohio, May 3 (UPI) -- Ohio's James A. Traficant Jr., who spent time in prison for bribery, cheating on his taxes and racketeering, Monday announced his bid to return to Congress. OTTAWA, May 3 (UPI) -- Canadian politicians say they want access to government documents about the transfer of detainees captured by Canadian forces in Afghanistan to Afghan custody. BAGHDAD, May 3 (UPI) -- Leaders of Iraq's ruling coalition went to court Monday seeking a more in-depth review of alleged irregularities in the country's recent elections. CHICAGO, May 3 (UPI) -- Scott Lee Cohen, who withdrew as a candidate for lieutenant governor after winning the primary, says he will run as an independent for Illinois governor. KATHMANDU, Nepal, May 3 (UPI) -- Nepal's opposition Maoist party began the second day of a nationwide strike Monday for the resignation of the prime minister, who has refused to step down. |
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| Sunday, May 2WASHINGTON, May 2 (UPI) -- U.S. government and military officials Sunday called the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill a potential catastrophe. ATHENS, Greece, May 2 (UPI) -- A financial deal to rescue Greece's economy has been reached, Prime Minister George Papandreou said Sunday. COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 2 (UPI) -- If Republicans want to capture majorities in Congress, they must run an error-free campaign for the U.S Senate seat in Ohio being vacated by George Voinovich. |
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| Saturday, May 1PALM BEACH, Fla., May 1 (UPI) -- A Palm Beach businessman who made millions of dollars betting on the collapse of Florida real estate has entered the state's U.S. Senate race. |
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| Friday, April 30NAIROBI, Kenya, April 30 (UPI) -- The Kenyan High Court threw out the results of a fifth parliamentary contest from the 2007 election Friday. NEW ORLEANS, April 30 (UPI) -- Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal called up the National Guard to help protect the state's environment and economy from an encroaching oil spill. KATHMANDU, Nepal, April 30 (UPI) -- The prime minister of Nepal, under pressure from Maoists, said Friday he is willing to hand in his resignation if that will help in drafting a new constitution. |
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| Thursday, April 29VLADIVOSTOK, Russia, April 29 (UPI) -- Portraits of Josef Stalin will hang in Vladivostok, Russia, on the anniversary of the Nazis' surrender to the Soviet Union in World War II, officials said. OTTAWA, April 29 (UPI) -- Neither of Canada's two largest political parties seems likely to gain from an election, a poll released Thursday indicated. WASHINGTON, April 29 (UPI) -- Rhetoric among U.S. senators is becoming more heated and personal as both sides try to tap into voter angst heading into the midterm elections, aides said. |
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| Wednesday, April 28WASHINGTON, April 28 (UPI) -- A vote on U.S. immigration reform this year could cause short-term problems for the Democrats and long-term ones for Republicans, observers say. TALLAHASSEE, Fla., April 28 (UPI) -- Republican strategists say they wonder what the political fortunes of a popular former Florida governor would be if his last name weren't Bush. PRINCETON, N.J., April 28 (UPI) -- U.S. registered voters who say they're enthusiastic about voting in this year's election strongly favor the Republican party, Gallup research indicates. |
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| Tuesday, April 27PRINCETON, N.J., April 27 (UPI) -- Younger voters are less enthusiastic about voting in the U.S. midterm elections this fall than older voters, a Gallup poll released Tuesday indicated. SALT LAKE CITY, April 27 (UPI) -- Sen. Bob Bennett, R-Utah, is running behind two challengers among delegates to the state Republican convention, a new survey finds. TOKYO, April 27 (UPI) -- Japan's legislature Tuesday abolished the nation's statute of limitations for murder in a crackdown on crime, authorities said. BRUSSELS, April 27 (UPI) -- National elections may be held just weeks before Belgium is scheduled to take over the European Union's rotating presidency July 1, political observers say. BERLIN, April 27 (UPI) -- Germany is delaying a decision on whether to accept three inmates from Guantanamo Bay prison until after state elections next month, government sources say. |
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| Monday, April 26BAGHDAD, April 26 (UPI) -- An Iraqi elections court tossed a winning candidate in last month's election, charging he once belonged to Saddam Hussein's Baath party, officials said. WARSAW, Poland, April 26 (UPI) -- The twin brother of Lech Kaczynski, the Polish president killed in a plane crash this month, said Monday he is running to replace him. BANGKOK, April 26 (UPI) -- Thailand's king Monday made his first comments since demonstrations began roiling the country but failed to address the conflict directly. KHARTOUM, Sudan, April 26 (UPI) -- Human Rights Watch charged Monday Sudan's just-completed presidential elections were marred by "political oppression and human rights violations." WASHINGTON, April 26 (UPI) -- At least 22 U.S. state legislatures are seeking new ways to restrict abortions, including the expanded use of ultrasound, officials said. WASHINGTON, April 26 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama will release a video message to try to reinvigorate the grass-roots effort that helped propel him and Democrats into office. BUDAPEST, Hungary, April 26 (UPI) -- Hungary's voters Sunday handed the center-right opposition Fidesz Party the two-thirds majority needed in Parliament to pass laws and amend the constitution. |
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| Sunday, April 25WASHINGTON, April 25 (UPI) -- Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., plans to go ahead with a procedural vote on a financial reform bill Monday, his office said. KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, April 25 (UPI) -- Royal Canadian Mounted Police say they're preparing to stay in Afghanistan to train police officers after Canadian troops pull out next year. |
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| Friday, April 23SPRINGFIELD, Ill., April 23 (UPI) -- Federal and state regulators could take over the bank owned by the family of the Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate seat from Illinois, officials said. LONDON, April 23 (UPI) -- Fewer Britons tuned in to watch the second debate by the three men who want to lead their country than viewed the first, unofficial overnight results show. KABUL, Afghanistan, April 23 (UPI) -- The Afghan Parliament's growing clout will help speed up reforms by President Hamid Karzai's government, observers said. BRUSSELS, April 22 (UPI) -- Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterne delivered a letter of resignation Thursday to King Albert II after a Flemish party pulled out of his coalition. |
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| Thursday, April 22JERUSALEM, April 22 (UPI) -- A poll conducted by an Israel-based Arab group showed a rise in the number of Arabs who support a bi-national state in the Middle East. PHOENIX, April 22 (UPI) -- Thousands of people protested outside the Arizona Capitol Thursday appealing to Republican Gov. Jan Brewer to veto the nation's toughest immigration bill. LONDON, April 22 (UPI) -- Britain's deficit reached a record $250.8 billion in March, a figure that came in slightly less than a budget forecast, the government said Thursday. BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, April 22 (UPI) -- Presidential elections will be held in politically roiled Kyrgyzstan Oct. 10, an interim government official in the central Asian nation said Thursday. |
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| Wednesday, April 21LONDON, April 21 (UPI) -- Several British military leaders say the government should look at other ways to spend $123 billion it would take to replace the nation's Trident nuclear subs. LONDON, April 21 (UPI) -- An aide to Nick Clegg, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, apparently left debate notes and instructions in the back of a London taxi. WARSAW, Poland, April 21 (UPI) -- The first round of Poland's presidential elections was advanced Wednesday to June 20 from September, the acting president announced in Warsaw. SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina, April 21 (UPI) -- A protest in Sarajevo by thousands of Bosnian war veterans over pension cuts turned violent Wednesday and at least 20 people were injured, local media said. LONDON, April 21 (UPI) -- As European flights resumed in skies clouded with volcanic ash Wednesday, an industry group put airlines' losses at more than $1.7 billion. WASHINGTON, April 21 (UPI) -- Vast sums of money and limited accountability characterize the national committees of the two major U.S. political parties, spending data indicate. COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, April 21 (UPI) -- Delayed results gave Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa's ruling coalition more seats in parliament but not enough for a two-thirds majority. |
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| Tuesday, April 20WASHINGTON, April 20 (UPI) -- Actor Kal Penn, who lately has been working for the Obama administration in Washington, was robbed at gunpoint Tuesday, law-enforcement sources told TMZ. TALLAHASSEE, Fla., April 20 (UPI) -- Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, facing a bruising Republican primary to be the GOP U.S. Senate candidate, is being encouraged by party leaders to drop out. WASHINGTON, April 20 (UPI) -- Some U.S. Democratic senators are taking the long view of fundraising, working now to fill coffers for re-elections in 2012, their offices said. BANGKOK, April 20 (UPI) -- The presence of Thai soldiers stopped anti-government protesters Tuesday from staging a march on Bangkok's financial district but their sit-in was unaffected. BEIJING, April 20 (UPI) -- Chinese officials say they've called for an assessment of damage to historic relics in the earthquake-hit Yushu County, a mostly ethnic Tibetan region. |
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| Monday, April 19LOS ANGELES, April 19 (UPI) -- President Barack Obama told an audience of Democrats in Los Angeles Monday their party faces a "tough political fight" in the November elections. WASHINGTON, April 19 (UPI) -- Americans are less positive and more critical of government, with a growing number saying they want government's wings clipped, a Pew survey indicates. WASHINGTON, April 19 (UPI) -- Forty-seven U.S. congressional candidates for this year's elections are trying to put a doctor in the House -- or Senate, a USA Today review indicates. HARARE, Zimbabwe, April 19 (UPI) -- President Robert Mugabe called for an end to violence driven by race and politics as Zimbabwe celebrated 30 years of independence from British rule. HAMMOND, Ind., April 19 (UPI) -- Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore is suing a woman who has refused to vacate a home in the park, federal court records show. |
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| Sunday, April 18NEW DELHI, April 18 (UPI) -- Indian junior Foreign Minister Shashi Tharoor, dogged by controversy relating to the lucrative Indian premier cricket league, has resigned. WASHINGTON, April 18 (UPI) -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates confirms he cautioned the White House about U.S. policy on Iran's nuclear program but denied his advice had been "wake-up call." |
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| Saturday, April 17BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, April 17 (UPI) -- Kyrgyzstan's interim government says it plans to try ousted President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, overthrown in a violent uprising that killed more than 80 protesters. KHARTOUM, Sudan, April 17 (UPI) -- Sudan's first multiparty election in 24 years fell short of international standards, observers said, citing reports of intimidation and harassment. |
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| Friday, April 16KHARTOUM, Sudan, April 16 (UPI) -- Vote counting began Friday in the Sudan amidst charges that the 5-day election had been marred by fraud. WASHINGTON, April 16 (UPI) -- The Democratic National Committee plans to put up $50 million for House, Senate and gubernatorial races in November, a top party official says. WASHINGTON, April 16 (UPI) -- Democrats are downplaying the effect of the Tea Party movement on U.S. elections in November while Republicans openly court the disgruntled voters. YANGON, Myanmar, April 16 (UPI) -- Myanmar's official New Light reported the death toll in three explosions at a water festival unchanged at eight Friday but raised the number of injured to 170 MANCHESTER, England, April 16 (UPI) -- Liberal Democrat Nick Clegg's debate performance altered the landscape for the British elections, several polls indicated. NEW YORK, April 16 (UPI) -- A United Nations probe into the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto says Pakistani officials "failed profoundly" to protect her. SEOUL, April 16 (UPI) -- A South Korean naval vessel that sank in waters near North Korea likely went down due to an "external explosion," an investigator said in Seoul Friday. |
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| Thursday, April 15KHARTOUM, Sudan, April 15 (UPI) -- Sudan's national elections concluded Thursday with the ruling National Congress Party expressing confidence of victory. WASHINGTON, April 15 (UPI) -- Americans believe Washington wastes taxpayer dollars and are split on whether the U.S. tax system is unfair, a national poll released Thursday indicated. WASHINGTON, April 15 (UPI) -- Tea Party movement supporters filtered into Washington Thursday to mark the Tax Day with a day of rallies against what they see as a government run amok. JERUSALEM, April 15 (UPI) -- Ex-Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is the chief suspect in a corruption scandal a judge called "one of the worst" in Israeli history, police said Thursday. BEIJING, April 15 (UPI) -- China Thursday reported first quarter GDP jumped 11.9 percent from the same period last year while quarterly inflation was less than the government's target. |
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| Wednesday, April 14KIEV, Ukraine, April 14 (UPI) -- The Ukrainian government unveiled an economic reform plan Wednesday in Kiev with goals of increasing productivity to profitable levels, a minister said. |
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| Tuesday, April 13WASHINGTON, April 13 (UPI) -- A CNN poll indicates Democrats have improved their lot in this year's elections but still have a way to go before their House majority is considered safe. BUFFALO, N.Y., April 13 (UPI) -- Carl Paladino, a Buffalo developer running for governor of New York, is under fire for forwarding sexually explicit and anti-Obama e-mail messages to friends. NEW YORK, April 13 (UPI) -- Hyperion says it plans to publish a new book based upon never-before-disclosed interviews with former U.S. first lady Jacqueline Kennedy. LONDON, April 13 (UPI) -- David Cameron, the Conservative prime minister-in-waiting, kicked off his election campaign Tuesday in London with the promise of a "Big Society." BANGKOK, April 13 (UPI) -- Thailand's anti-government protesters Tuesday scheduled new demonstrations for this week despite deadly weekend clashes with security forces. |
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| Monday, April 12LONDON, April 12 (UPI) -- Only English-speaking immigrants could get a public sector job in Britain under a Labor Party plan unveiled Monday by Prime Minister Gordon Brown. TORONTO, April 12 (UPI) -- Canada's minority Conservative government logged a popularity spike in a poll published Monday by the Canwest News Service. BANGKOK, April 12 (UPI) -- Deadly weekend clashes among anti-government protesters and government forces in Thailand may have widened the divide between the two sides, analysts said. |
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| Sunday, April 11KHARTOUM, Sudan, April 11 (UPI) -- Sudanese voters, using a system officials said was intended to avert fraud, cast ballots Sunday in the country's first multiparty elections since 1986. BUDAPEST, Hungary, April 11 (UPI) -- Victor Orban's conservative opposition party defeated the socialist MSZP government in first-round parliamentary elections in Hungary Sunday, officials said. |
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| Saturday, April 10KABUL, Afghanistan, April 10 (UPI) -- Afghan officials say the arrest of the No. 2 Taliban official in Pakistan this year has jeopardized their efforts to set up peace talks with the Taliban. LONDON, April 10 (UPI) -- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown tells The Times in London, "I don't get hurt any more" by personal criticism. WARSAW, Poland, April 10 (UPI) -- Poland plans seven days of mourning after its president, his wife and members of a government delegation died Saturday in a plane crash in western Russia. |
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| Friday, April 9NEWBURGH, N.Y., April 9 (UPI) -- The U.S. transportation secretary said Friday his agency will help a New York airport add flights as the Big Apple's three big airports reduce congestion. WASHINGTON, April 9 (UPI) -- NASA hopes to develop long-range technologies so astronauts can travel to Mars, to asteroids and back to the moon, the U.S. space agency's administrator said. COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, April 9 (UPI) -- The Sri Lankan UPFA party's apparent big win in parliamentary elections will help President Mahinda Rajapaksa further consolidate power, analysts said. COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, April 9 (UPI) -- Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa's ruling coalition appeared headed for a win Friday in parliamentary elections as vote counting began. WASHINGTON, April 9 (UPI) -- U.S. fiscal policy "is unsustainable," the head of the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office told reporters in Washington. |
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| Thursday, April 8BANGKOK, April 8 (UPI) -- Thai officials shut down anti-government protesters' TV network Thursday following declaration of emergency rule Bangkok and nearby areas. WASHINGTON, April 8 (UPI) -- An updated version of the Republican Party's "Contract with America" likely will be unveiled in late summer or fall, a freshman U.S. House GOP member said. WASHINGTON, April 8 (UPI) -- Republican candidate Pat Toomey has pulled ahead of U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., in the race for Specter's seat, a Quinnipiac University poll indicated. WAJID, Somalia, April 8 (UPI) -- An Islamic insurgency group linked to al-Qaida took over a United Nations food aid compound in Somalia and disarmed its staff, officials said. NEW ORLEANS, April 8 (UPI) -- Republican Party activists and donors from the South met in New Orleans Thursday for four days of strategy sessions on reclaiming Congress. EL-FASHER, Sudan, April 8 (UPI) -- The European Union's election observers left Sudan's Darfur region over safety concerns three days ahead of presidential elections, an EU official said. |
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| Wednesday, April 7WASHINGTON, April 7 (UPI) -- Some prominent Republicans say they are not pulling back from their opposition to the U.S. healthcare reform legislation passed by Congress. SOFIA, Bulgaria, April 7 (UPI) -- The government of Bulgaria halted more than 20 years of work on a $5.3 billion nuclear power plant in Belene because of funding shortages. PRINCETON, N.J., April 7 (UPI) -- The two major U.S. political parties are tied at 46 percent in registered voters' congressional voting preferences, poll results released Wednesday indicate. BAGHDAD, April 7 (UPI) -- The increased violence in Iraq has caused some Iraqis to voice fear a sectarian war is near. KHARTOUM, Sudan, April 7 (UPI) -- The Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) has announced plans to widen its boycott of national elections April 11-13, a Sudanese diplomat says. WASHINGTON, April 7 (UPI) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai's public statements against the West could cost him his invitation to visit the United States, the White House indicated. |
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| Tuesday, April 6WASHINGTON, April 6 (UPI) -- Publicity about a night at a bondage-themed club in Los Angeles led to the Republican National Committee clipping the wings of its Young Eagles program. WASHINGTON, April 6 (UPI) -- The prospect of losing two U.S. House seats in special elections spurred a Democratic effort to avoid a potential domino effect in November, strategists said. WASHINGTON, April 6 (UPI) -- Of the 2,900 high-level political appointments in the Obama administration, about two dozen once were registered lobbyists, a U.S. agency report indicated. LONDON, April 6 (UPI) -- Conservative leader David Cameron muted British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's thunder when he rallied for a May 6 election before Brown could announce a date. SEOUL, April 6 (UPI) -- South Korea said Tuesday its navy has located the supertanker Samho Dream that was seized by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean Sunday. |
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| Monday, April 5BUFFALO, N.Y., April 5 (UPI) -- Conservative Carl Paladino announced before a crowd of hundreds in Buffalo Monday night he's running for governor of New York. PESHAWAR, Pakistan, April 5 (UPI) -- All U.S. and Pakistani workers at the U.S. Consulate in Peshawar, Pakistan, are accounted for after a deadly terrorist attack, the U.S. State Department said. |
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| Sunday, April 4WASHINGTON, April 4 (UPI) -- Sens. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., and Arlen Specter, D-Pa., didn't exactly see eye to eye Sunday on whether bipartisanship is possible in financial regulatory reform. WASHINGTON, April 4 (UPI) -- U.S. House and Senate Democratic candidates are leading their Republican counterparts in nearly every fundraising category, finance reports indicate. BANGKOK, April 4 (UPI) -- Thousands of protesters demanding new elections clogged a Bangkok business district Sunday, officials said. |
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| Saturday, April 3BANGKOK, April 3 (UPI) -- The Thai government warned Saturday it might take more stringent measures against protests that have spread to the heart of the Bangkok shopping district. SACRAMENTO, April 3 (UPI) -- A majority of California voters approve of federal healthcare reform and would vote for members of Congress who voted to pass the legislation, a poll indicated. WASHINGTON, April 3 (UPI) -- Republicans predicted Saturday that President Obama's healthcare plan and proposed banking reforms would deal a death blow to U.S. businesses. KHARTOUM, Sudan, April 3 (UPI) -- Sudan's national elections will take place as scheduled this month, the African country's National Electoral Commission says. CHICAGO, April 3 (UPI) -- The family bank of Illinois U.S. Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias loaned about $20 million to two convicted Chicago crime figures, The Chicago Tribune says. WASHINGTON, April 2 (UPI) -- The U.S. government agency leading the investigation of imported drywall from China says the wallboard should be removed from homes. |
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| Friday, April 2WASHINGTON, April 2 (UPI) -- The White House Web site is being updated to make it friendly for the soon-to-be-released Apple iPad and other mobile browsers, The Hill reported Friday. BAGHDAD, April 2 (UPI) -- Soon after the Iraqi elections in early March, most of Iraq's politicos traveled to Iran for guidance on running a democratic government, observers of the region noted. WASHINGTON, April 2 (UPI) -- A Washington watchdog group says it wants to know whether U.S. Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., and 7 other lawmakers violated congressional gift rules. KHARTOUM, Sudan, April 2 (UPI) -- Several leading opposition parties in Sudan say they have decided to boycott this month's presidential, parliamentary and municipal elections. WASHINGTON, April 2 (UPI) -- A grassroots arm of the U.S. Democratic National Committee predicts its "Big (expletive) Deal" T-shirts will sell better than Apple's iPads. WASHINGTON, April 2 (UPI) -- Democratic strategists, eyeing the midterm U.S. elections, are plotting how to use the party's top campaigner as judiciously as possible, insiders said. |
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| Thursday, April 1WASHINGTON, April 1 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama is one of millions of Americans who filled out census forms, the U.S. Census Bureau and White House said Thursday. TALLAHASSEE, Fla., April 1 (UPI) -- Ousted Florida Republican Party head Jim Greer is being probed over a secret contract that funneled party money to his consulting firm, party officials said. PRINCETON, N.J., April 1 (UPI) -- U.S. registered voters, for the first time this election cycle, said they prefer Republicans over Democrats in their districts, a Gallup poll indicated. KHARTOUM, Sudan, April 1 (UPI) -- Sudan's main opposition parties withdrew from a presidential election Thursday after a rebel group pulled its presidential challenger, officials said. BAGHDAD, April 1 (UPI) -- Followers of militant Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr said they were arranging a special vote to select Iraq's next prime minister. UNITED NATIONS, April 1 (UPI) -- World leaders pledged $5.3 billion over the next two years to help earthquake-ravaged Haiti rebuild and transform into a modern state, officials said. |
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| Tuesday, March 30ROME, March 30 (UPI) -- Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's center-right coalition scored big gains in the regional elections, results showed Tuesday. KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 30 (UPI) -- A radio station in Kansas City, Mo., says it has no choice but to air racist and anti-Semitic ads from a write-in candidate for the U.S. Senate from Missouri. RESTON, Va., March 30 (UPI) -- The U.S. government says it is funding 17 projects to better understand future climate change conditions and their effects on fish and other wildlife. WASHINGTON, March 30 (UPI) -- The idea of term limits for the U.S. Congress is making a comeback in the campaign for the 2010 midterm elections, observers said. YANGON, Myanmar, March 30 (UPI) -- The United States, blaming Myanmar's military rulers, said it respects the decision of Aung San Suu Kyi's party to boycott the elections to be held this year. YANGON, Myanmar, March 30 (UPI) -- The decision by the party of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi to boycott Myanmar's elections was not unexpected, says a human rights expert. |
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| Monday, March 29WASHINGTON, March 29 (UPI) -- The Republican National Committee said Monday "personnel actions have been taken" in connection with a $2,000 expenditure at a Los Angeles strip club. UNITED NATIONS, March 29 (UPI) -- More than $11.5 billion in spending over 10 years will be required to rebuild Haiti, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Monday. BANGKOK, March 29 (UPI) -- Thai officials said talks with protesters from the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship will resume Monday after no accord was reached Sunday. KABUL, Afghanistan, March 29 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama invited Afghan President Hamid Karzai to visit Washington but also pressed Karzai for progress in Afghanistan's civilian government. KABUL, Afghanistan, March 29 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama ended his unannounced six-hour trip to Afghanistan Monday after cheering the U.S. troops and meeting with President Hamid Karzai. |
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| Sunday, March 28WASHINGTON, March 28 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C, said Sunday he hopes to repeal healthcare legislation and replace it with "real reform that puts patients in charge" of their care. WASHINGTON, March 28 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., accused the White House Sunday of dragging its feet on immigration reform. ROME, March 28 (UPI) -- Italians are casting ballots in regional elections Sunday widely viewed as a major test of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's popularity among voters. |
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| Saturday, March 27WASHINGTON, March 27 (UPI) -- U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is urging her troops "to go on offense" during the two-week Passover-Easter recess. NAY PYI TWA, Myanmar, March 27 (UPI) -- Myanmar's military ruler Gen. Than Shwe said during a parade in the capital Saturday his country's upcoming elections will be free and fair. |
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| Friday, March 26MANILA, Philippines, March 26 (UPI) -- Imelda Marcos, widow of longtime Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos, has announced another run for elective office at the age of 80. SPRINGFIELD, Ill., March 26 (UPI) -- Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has chosen Sheila Simon, daughter of the late U.S. Sen. Paul Simon, as his running mate in November, sources told the Chicago Tribune. MADISON, Wis., March 26 (UPI) -- Owners of tanning salons in Wisconsin say they are worried about a federal plan to implement a 10 percent tax on indoor tanning services. WASHINGTON, March 26 (UPI) -- Tea Party activists say they will conduct 44 rallies in cities across the United States on a bus tour that will conclude in Washington. TOKYO, March 26 (UPI) -- Japan's February CPI fell 1.2 percent from the same month of last year, the government said Friday, worsening deflationary pressures on the economy. |
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| Thursday, March 25Following is a text of U.S. President Barack Obama's remarks Thursday at a healthcare rally in Iowa City, Iowa, as released by the White House: PARIS, March 25 (UPI) -- Former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin says he has formed a new political party to challenge rival Nicolas Sarkozy in the next presidential race. SOFIA, Bulgaria, March 25 (UPI) -- The Bulgarian government announced new salary limits for state employees Thursday as protests mounted over a proposed 2 percent sales tax increase. BALTIMORE, March 25 (UPI) -- U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, appearing at a fundraiser in Baltimore, addressed healthcare and Democrats' prospects in the fall elections |
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| Wednesday, March 24ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, March 24 (UPI) -- The ruling party in Ethiopia is using its control of the government to squash any opposition in advance of the May elections, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday. LONDON, March 24 (UPI) -- European officials say a new United Kingdom Space Agency will take over responsibility for all U.K. space-related policies and budgets. WASHINGTON, March 24 (UPI) -- The federal government has proposed a sales ban on constrictive snakes that have become invasive species destroying indigenous animals in Florida. NICOSIA, Cyprus, March 24 (UPI) -- A war of words has developed between the Greek Cypriot president and the leader of the island's Orthodox church over its tax status. |
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| Tuesday, March 23PRINCETON, N.J., March 23 (UPI) -- Almost half of Americans surveyed after Congress passed healthcare reform legislation said they approved of the bill, a USA Today/Gallup poll indicated. SACRAMENTO, March 23 (UPI) -- Republican candidate for California governor Meg Whitman spent a record $27 million on her campaign in the first 11 weeks of 2010, records show. BRATISLAVA, Slovakia, March 23 (UPI) -- The European Union is taking Slovakia to court for failing to produce a mandated national strategy on reducing biodegradable waste. ANKARA, Turkey, March 23 (UPI) -- The Turkish government was seeking support Tuesday for a package of 26 constitutional amendments affecting the political and judicial systems. |
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| Monday, March 22WASHINGTON, March 22 (UPI) -- The non-governmental organization InterAction said Monday the U.S. government should take steps to help solve the world's ongoing water crisis. |
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| Sunday, March 21WASHINGTON, March 21 (UPI) -- House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, urged House Republicans not to taunt Democrats after the House votes Sunday on healthcare reform, lawmakers said. JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, March 21 (UPI) -- Political repression and other rights abuses threaten chances of a fair general election in the Sudan, a rights advocacy group charges. BAGHDAD, March 21 (UPI) -- Iraq's electoral commission said Sunday it has rejected calls for a recount of votes from the March 7 parliamentary election. PARIS, March 21 (UPI) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy's UMP party was expected to suffer heavy losses in the second round of regional elections Sunday, observers said. |
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| Saturday, March 20BLOODVEIN, Manitoba, March 20 (UPI) -- Truckers stuck on muddy roads in northern Manitoba have begun driving south after a drop in temperature, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said Saturday. BALTIMORE, March 20 (UPI) -- The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or ACORN, may soon be forced to file for bankruptcy, officials with the U.S. organization say. BAGHDAD, March 20 (UPI) -- The Iraqiya coalition led by former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi has regained a narrow lead in Iraqi parliamentary election vote counting, officials say. |
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| Friday, 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. |
