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Top news from around the worldTuesday, February 9COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Anoma Fonseka, wife of former Sri Lankan Army Chief, Gen. Sarath Fonseka, says she is concerned about her husband's arrest by the military, CNN reported. COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Amnesty International says the Sri Lankan military's arrest of former army chief, Gen. Sarath Fonseka, has escalated post-election repression in the country. |
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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." TEHRAN, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- Iran announced Monday additional nuclear and military ambitions in the face of mounting domestic and international opposition, authorities said. Pope Benedict XVI said Monday from Vatican City he condemns violence against children, particularly acts of abuse committed within the Catholic Church. YELM, Wash., Feb. 8 (UPI) -- Police in Yelm, Wash., allege a U.S. soldier punished his 4-year-old daughter for failing to recite the alphabet by waterboarding her. LONDON, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- Most people in the United States and Britain are doubtful about the scheduled 2011 withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq, a poll indicates. INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- Bayer Healthcare Corp. clearly stated its oral contraceptives Yasmin and Yaz contained possible side effects, the pills' maker said in response to lawsuits. TEHRAN, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- Iran has opened a pair of production lines for the manufacture of advanced drone aircraft, the country's defense minister said Monday. LONDON, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- Three British members of Parliament facing charges over their personal expenses claims have been cast out of the Labor Party, officials said Monday. 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. MUNICH, Germany, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- Other countries can do more to help the anti-Taliban fight in Afghanistan, NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen says. 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. KIEV, Ukraine, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- Opposition leader Viktor Yanukovich has apparently won Ukraine's presidential election, preliminary results indicated Monday. KABUL, Afghanistan, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- A senior Afghan police official, accused of helping insurgents, was arrested by NATO forces, but Afghan officials asked if it was a case of mistaken identity. MUNICH, Germany, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- President Hamid Karzai expressed confidence Afghan forces will be ready to assume responsibility for all security by the time his five-year term ends. KABUL, Afghanistan, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- U.S. and British troops in Afghanistan prepared to retake Marjah, the last Taliban stronghold in the dangerous Helmand province, as the militants also dug in. KABUL, Afghanistan, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- NATO is considering Central Asian and Russian rail routes to transport supply vehicles for its troops in Afghanistan, an alliance official said. |
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| Sunday, February 7WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. authorities have stepped up enforcement of laws banning American bribes to foreign interests to obtain contracts for overseas business, the FBI said. NEW 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. DALLAS, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army, following the Fort Hood, Texas, shooting, is rethinking what constitutes moderate Islam, officials say. HOUSTON, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin Saturday told the National Tea Party Convention in Nashville "America is ready for another revolution." 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. DALLAS, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, considered to be the "father of the Tea Parties," is facing GOP primary election opponents with ties to the groups, analysts say. HOUSTON, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- A Texas man was charged with impersonating a U.S. army general by wearing a uniform laden with military honors, the FBI said. BALASORE, India, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- India has successfully test-fired its nuclear-capable Agni-III ballistic missile, defense sources say. CHARLOTTE, N.C., Feb. 7 (UPI) -- A former North Carolina school secretary, fired for speaking Spanish in violation of the school's no-Spanish rule, has sued the school district, records show. AWKA, Nigeria, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- Charges of vote-buying and inaccurate voter eligibility lists didn't prevent an incumbent Nigerian governor from winning a state election, observers said. MAZAR-E SHARIF, Afghanistan, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- Three people, including two Swedish military officers, were killed in an ambush Sunday near Mazar-e Sharif, Afghanistan, the Swedish military says. WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- Deficit spending by the Obama administration is "immoral," former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin says. JERUSALEM, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu Sunday said his nation desires peace with Syria rather than mutual threats of attack. NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- Louisiana Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu was elected New Orleans mayor Saturday, winning a clear majority against five other candidates. 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 6WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Actor and Marine Corps veteran R. Lee Ermey says he backs a bill to rename the Department of the Navy the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps. BAGHDAD, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- A militant Iraqi group says it is holding a U.S. contractor who vanished in Baghdad, officials say. KIEV, Ukraine, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Final rallies in the bitterly contested election in Ukraine took place Friday amid fears the race would erupt violently onto the streets, authorities said. WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama told the Democratic National Committee at its winter meeting Saturday that change will come with or without Republican help. JERUSALEM, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- A family of five was injured Saturday when they tripped a land mine while hiking in closed military grounds in Israel's Golan Heights, authorities said. 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. NASHVILLE, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- A top organizer of the National Tea Party Convention in Nashville says he is forming a committee that will focus on six area 2010 congressional campaigns. KABUL, Afghanistan, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- The head of the border police in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, said border guards shot and killed seven civilians amid concerns the Afghans were militants. 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. LAGOS, Nigeria, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Ailing Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua will hand over power to his vice president, the BBC reported Saturday. WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- A plurality of U.S. residents have no opinion at all of the Tea Party movement, a survey indicates. |
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| Friday, February 5NASHVILLE, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- An organizer of the Tea Party Nation convention in Tennessee announced Friday he is forming a political action committee to back conservative candidates. EUREKA, Mo., Feb. 5 (UPI) -- A Missouri hotel dubbed the second-dirtiest in the United States by a travel Web site is facing further trouble from a lawsuit brought by Six Flags. 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. KABUL, Afghanistan, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- A new report recommends action against some officers in connection with a Taliban attack that killed eight soldiers at a U.S. Army outpost in Afghanistan. EDINBURGH, Scotland, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- An Scottish school boy who lied about his age to join the merchant navy has been identified as the youngest British military casualty of World War II. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- Roxanne Marshall says her younger sister, Rielle Hunter, still loves former Sen. John Edwards and thinks they will be together some day. |
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| Thursday, February 4SEDONA, Ariz., Feb. 4 (UPI) -- The motivational speaker charged in the deaths of three participants in an Arizona sweat lodge ceremony pleaded not guilty Thursday. BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- The Idaho woman who led a group of missionaries charged with child smuggling in Haiti has a history of unpaid debts and traffic violations, a newspaper reports. NW YORK, N.Y., Feb. 4 (UPI) -- As a trial date nears on lawsuits against New York City by Sept. 11 Ground Zero workers, lawyers for both sides say they are in talks aimed at settling them. BRUSSELS, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- NATO admitted Thursday it has less than half the number of trainers it had pledged to help strengthen the army and police in Afghanistan, officials say. SPRINGFIELD, 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. PHOENIX, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- For the first time since John McCain was first elected to the U.S. Senate from Arizona in 1986, he faces a serious primary challenge this year, observers say. BESSEMER, Ala., Feb. 4 (UPI) -- An Alabama court awarded $100,000 to a former stripper who sued her ex-employers for allowing her to drive home after drinking on the job. 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. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- Roxanne Marshall says her younger sister, Rielle Hunter, still loves former Sen. John Edwards and thinks they will be together some day. DENVER, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- A Denver woman whose 9-year-old son died of severe asthma alleges a state-benefits error is responsible for her son's death. ISTANBUL, Turkey, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- U.S. Gen. Stanley McChrystal predicted Thursday there will be "serious progress" in Afghanistan this year, saying leaders are more optimistic. SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Feb. 4 (UPI) -- The Illinois Supreme Court Thursday ruled caps on pain and suffering, and other non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases are unconstitutional. CHICAGO, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- A 34-year-old woman alleges in a lawsuit against Northwestern Memorial Hospital doctors at the Chicago hospital did not aggressively treat her malaria. LUCASVILLE, Ohio, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- Death row inmate Mark Brown was executed via lethal injection Thursday in Ohio for the murders of two men at a convenience store, authorities say. 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. KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- In an attempt to intimidate the Taliban, allied forces in Afghanistan have publicly announced the exact target of their next offensive, officials said. |
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| Wednesday, February 3HEIDELBERG, Germany, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- A U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter crashed in Germany Wednesday, killing three people on board, firefighters said. MIAMI -- The Swiss government rebuffed Chinese protests Wednesday and agreed to give sanctuary to two brothers of the Muslim Uighur minority who had been cleared for release from Guantanamo, but feared persecution if they went home. WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday he made the decision to prosecute a terror suspect in a civilian court and that intelligence officials agreed. SANTA ANA, Calif., Feb. 3 (UPI) -- An appeals court has ruled a family can sue the California Highway Patrol over the e-mailing of gruesome crash photos that went viral on the Internet. WASHINGTON, 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. NEW YORK, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- A New York man repeatedly mistaken by police for a fugitive with the same name said legal action against the department has not stopped the arrests. WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen.-elect Scott Brown, R-Mass., will be sworn into office Thursday, a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., told The Hill. 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. WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- Former U.S. Joint Chiefs Chairman Colin Powell said Wednesday he backs repealing the military's don't-ask-don't-tell policy on gays and lesbians. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- A retired California judge was banned from presiding over cases for issuing an order for a lawyer to be paid in gift cards to a women's clothing store. TULSA, Okla., Feb. 3 (UPI) -- A U.S. appellate court has ruled against two provisions in a strict Oklahoma law governing immigration, court observers say. 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. GAINESVILLE, Fla., Feb. 3 (UPI) -- About 25 Florida Army National Guard soldiers were injured when their bus overturned as they were returning to Camp Blanding, the Florida Highway Patrol said. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- Many are skeptical the United States, Canada and other wealthy nations will follow through on long-term aid plans for Haiti, political analysts said. MALMO, Sweden, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- A court in Sweden began hearing a libel case Wednesday brought by a man initially suspected in the 2003 fatal stabbing of Foreign Minister Anna Lindh. PHOENIX, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- A federal judge in Phoenix must decide whether noise from ringing church bells is a nuisance. LONDON, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- Prince Harry called a British soldier killed in Afghanistan a "legend" Tuesday, remembering the time they spent together on a training course in Canada. 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. 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 2FREMONT, Calif., Feb. 2 (UPI) -- A California man said he spent 20 years trying to secure a Bronze Star for his grandfather for the 90-year-old man's daring feats during World War II. NEW YORK, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- A federal judge in New York dismissed federal regulators' complaints Tuesday against a small brokerage firm co-founded by swindler Bernard Madoff. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- The $708 billion Defense Department budget for fiscal year 2011 is needed for the United States to win the battles it fights, U.S. military leaders said. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Repealing the policy barring openly gay individuals from serving in the military is "the right thing to do" and now is the time, U.S. defense officials said. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program will be restructured to increase oversight for a program U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said missed key benchmarks. DALLAS, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. retailer Neiman Marcus has agreed to pay a $25,000 fine for advertising "faux fur" on coats trimmed in Asian raccoon dog, authorities said. PITTSBURGH, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Pittsburgh's costs for hosting last September's two-day Group of 20 nations summit was $12.2 million, Mayor Luke Ravenstahl says. TEHRAN, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Nine Iranians alleged to have taken part in last year's anti-government riots are to be executed, semi-official media reported Tuesday. DEMILITARIZED ZONE, South Korea, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Members of a Korean War armistice monitoring commission say they will keep doing their jobs even if North Korea doesn't recognize the panel's existence. EDMONTON, Alberta, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- A Canadian zoo in Edmonton, Alberta, is being sued by two animal rights groups over its treatment of an aging and ailing female elephant. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin used her political action committee to buy thousands of copies of her book to mail to her donors, campaign records show. 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. 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. KABUL, Afghanistan, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- A roadside bomb and a mine blast killed three coalition soldiers, two British and a Spaniard, in separate incidents in Afghanistan, their governments said. RAWALPINDI, Pakistan, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Pakistani Army Chief Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani says his country wants a stable Afghanistan without "Talibanization." |
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| Monday, February 1RAWALPINDI, Pakistan, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Pakistan does not want to control Afghanistan but wants "a strategic depth" through peaceful and friendly relations, the Pakistani Army Chief said. WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- The $708 billion U.S. Defense Department fiscal year 2011 proposal includes $159 billion for overseas operations, mainly Afghanistan and Iraq, officials said. CHARLES TOWN, W.Va., Feb. 1 (UPI) -- The last surviving U.S. veteran of World War I, who has turned 109, is urging Congress to decide soon between two rival sites for a WWI veterans' memorial. WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Adm. Mike Mullen said he will talk with a Senate panel about how the repeal of the U.S. military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy on gays might be implemented. WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday he hopes strained relations with China can soon be smoothed in the wake of a Taiwan arms deal. WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama Monday told a YouTube audience he wants to make sure everyone understands what's at stake in the healthcare debate. DETROIT, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Frivolous lawsuits in Canada or the United States could help the owner of the Ambassador Bridge from facing competition, a law professor in Canada said. PRAGUE, Czech Republic, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Czech Defense Minister Martin Bartak said Monday the government approved sending an additional 55 troops to Afghanistan. MANILA, Philippines, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Philippine government efforts to clean up toxins at former U.S. military bases have never gained much traction, Stars and Stripes reported Monday. 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. JERUSALEM, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- A 200-foot Star of David was carved into a Palestinian field in Gaza during Operation Cast Lead, satellite images reveal. JERUSALEM, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- A report that two senior Israeli military leaders have been disciplined for using phosphorus shells in Gaza is untrue, the Army said Monday. VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Radar problems were to blame for the failure of a U.S. missile defense test, military officials say. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- An enormous effort to distribute hundreds of tons of food to people in earthquake-ravaged Haiti has begun, humanitarian aid leaders said. CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Ex-astronaut Lisa Nowak faces possible military imprisonment for attacking a former U.S. Air Force captain over a love interest, authorities said. BOSTON, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Steven Tyler's lawyer has sent a letter to his U.S. band Aerosmith warning the musicians not to replace Tyler while he is in rehab, Billboard.com reported. LONDON, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- A foreign intelligence service was likely behind the hacking operation that led to the leaking of British climate change researchers' e-mails, an expert says. LONDON, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- The British government drew up a plan to encourage an internal coup against former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, a leaked document indicates. WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- The U.S. Defense Department will rethink how it fights wars, shifting to preparation for non-traditional conflicts, a Pentagon report indicates. U.S. and Pakistani officials expressed growing certainty Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud has died of injuries from a drone attack. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- If the death of Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud is confirmed, his successor could be a military strategist or suicide bomb instructor, a report says. |
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| Sunday, January 31KABUL, Afghanistan -- The Pakistani Taliban leader tied to the Dec. 30 bombing of a CIA encampment in Afghanistan has died from injuries sustained in a U.S. missile strike in mid-January, Western military officials said Sunday. DENVER, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Colorado rafting outfitters say a dispute between a Texas developer and rafters could threaten their industry. WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Senior Democratic lawmakers have decided to turn down the heat on U.S. healthcare reform efforts in a bid to rescue them, The Los Angeles Times said Sunday. SANAA, Yemen, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Rebel Houthis in Yemen say they would accept the government's conditions for a cease-fire if military troops stop attacking them. HONOLULU, 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. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Pakistan said it was trying to confirm reports Sunday that Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud had died of wounds suffered in a U.S. drone attack. NASHVILLE, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Disagreements about a Tennessee convention of Tea Party backers center on where the movement should go and what it's about, a political analyst says. DELRAY BEACH, Fla., Jan. 31 (UPI) -- A restaurant owner in Arizona alleges the owners of an eatery in Delray Beach, Fla., stole the theme behind his Heart Attack Grill. WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- The newly elected Massachusetts Republican, U.S. Sen. Scott Brown, indicated Sunday he won't be a rubber stamp for all GOP policies. WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- The U.S. military is deploying new defense strategies in the Persian Gulf with the goal of deterring a possible Iranian attack, White House officials said. BEIJING, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- China, in a move that experts say shows a new attitude, cut off visits by U.S. military representatives Saturday to protest arms sales to Taiwan. |
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| Saturday, January 30WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- The United States has speeded movement of anti-missile defenses to the Persian Gulf to put pressure on Iran, government officials say. NEW YORK, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- Americans consider heavy male political candidates more honest and reliable than thin ones, but thin still wins for female candidates, a study shows. HONOLULU, 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. WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- Army wives whose husbands are deployed apply for mental health services more than other wives, and longer deployments have a greater impact, a study shows. LILLE, France, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- British Veterans Minister Kevan Jones said 250 fallen World War I troops began receiving a "fitting place of rest" Saturday in Fromelles, France. QUEBEC CITY, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- An industrial solvent used at Canadian Forces Base Valcartier decades ago did not sicken people living in nearby Shannon, Quebec, federal officials say. HOUSTON, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama's moves to drop a NASA program that would return astronauts to the moon will spark a political fight, space program experts predict. KABUL, Afghanistan, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- Four Afghan soldiers were killed Saturday in a friendly fire incident with NATO-led coalition troops, officials said. RALEIGH, N.C., Jan. 30 (UPI) -- An Iraqi businessman is suing the U.S. security contractor formerly known as Blackwater, claiming it is responsible for his son's shooting death in Baghdad. MOSCOW, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- Russia and Libya have signed a $1.8 billion arms deal, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced Saturday. CHARLESTON, S.C., Jan. 30 (UPI) -- Increasing the number of conservative women in office would be good for government, said Jennie Sanford, South Carolina's soon-to-be-ex-first lady. TOKYO, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos says the uncertainty of North Korea's leadership is a key reason why U.S. military troops must remain in Japan. FORT WORTH, Texas, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- The remains of a U.S. soldier killed by friendly fire in Vietnam in 1968 have been identified and returned home, military officials say. BRUSSELS, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- The resolution of the Honduras political crisis could mean the quick resumption of Central American trade talks, European Union officials say. 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. 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 29WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- A court has ordered the return of an alleged sex tape to the mother of former U.S. Sen. John Edwards' out-of-wedlock daughter, CBS News reports. NEW DELHI, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- A three-star Indian army lieutenant general was ordered to face court-martial Friday by the army's chief of staff for alleged involvement in a land scam. WHEATON, Ill., Jan. 29 (UPI) -- An Illinois Republican running for a county board spot pulled a video from his Web site that featured an expletive and a racial epithet. 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. BAKU, Azerbaijan, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry opened an investigation Friday into a shooting rampage on a military base that left six dead, officials said. WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- Changes to lobbying registration requirements could close a loophole in current lobbying disclosure laws for advocates, a fact sheet says. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- Veterans whose tax refunds and benefits were improperly withheld by the U.S. government will be repaid $7.4 million, a San Francisco judge ruled. SEOUL, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- North Korea fired artillery shells near the Yellow Sea's maritime border with South Korea for a third day, a South Korean military spokesman said Friday. WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- The Pentagon will reveal its plan to prepare for repealing the prohibition of openly gay individuals serving in the U.S. military next week, a spokesman said. 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. COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- An Ohio judge is back in court for the second time defending a courtroom poster featuring the Ten Commandments. LONDON, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner says France will not send more fighting troops to Afghanistan but could send some who can train police and army, CNN reported. |
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| Thursday, January 28WILMINGTON, 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. WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- Andrew Young, longtime aide to John Edwards, said he was given the job of trying to convince the former U.S. senator's mistress to have an abortion. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- Recording star Sly Stone filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court Thursday, claiming his former manager committed fraud and breach of contract. OTTAWA, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- A small boat suspected of carrying Somali pirates was intercepted Thursday by a Canadian military ship in a NATO project in the Gulf of Aden. WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- A visible reaction by a U.S. Supreme Court justice during the State of the Union speech prompted conflicting responses from left- and right-wing interests. PARIS, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- Former French Prime Minister Dominque de Villepin has been acquitted in a Paris court of plotting to smear President Nicolas Sarkozy in 2004, officials say. TEGUCIALPA, Honduras, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- Deposed former Honduran President Manuel Zelaya went into exile as a new president of Honduras was inaugurated, officials said. |
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| Wednesday, January 27RICHMOND, Va., Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, in the GOP response to the State of the Union address, called on Democrats Wednesday to reduce the federal deficit and create jobs. WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- The United States is focused on terrorism, investing in homeland security and disrupting activities threatening U.S. lives, President Obama said Wednesday. WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- It's time to repeal the "don't ask, don't tell" law barring openly gay people from serving in the U.S. military, President Barack Obama said Wednesday. SEOUL, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- North Korea fired artillery shells near a South Korean island close to the countries' maritime border in the Yellow Sea Thursday, a South Korean official said. DHAKA, Bangladesh, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Five ex-army officers were hanged early Thursday for their roles in the 1975 slaying of Bangladeshi President Sheik Mujibur Rahman in a coup, officials said. KETTLEMAN CITY, Calif., Jan. 27 (UPI) -- A U.S. environmental agency plans to investigate a possible link between an apparent cluster of birth defects in a poor California town and a toxic waste dump. CINCINNATI, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- An Ohio woman has filed a lawsuit against her son's former school, saying teachers mocked him for his long hair. WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., says it may be possible to separate healthcare reform into two tracks, with easier-to-pass elements tackled first. RICHMOND, Va., Jan. 27 (UPI) -- A Virginia appeals court is expected to rule this spring in the case of a former U.S. Navy SEAL trainee convicted in a 1995 murder, attorneys say. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Lawyers for a multimillionaire philanthropist can seek abortion records of women suing him for sexually molesting them, a Florida judge has ruled. KABUL, Afghanistan, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- A 29-year-old man arrested in the Jan. 18 Kabul attacks said in a video released by Afghan police the incidents were planned in neighboring Pakistan. NASHVILLE, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- A Nashville attorney must serve jail time and face disbarment over allegations of client mistreatment and ethical lapses, Tennessee's highest court ruled. SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Jan. 27 (UPI) -- An American Legion post says the city of Springfield, Ill., should uphold a long-standing deal granting cemetery plots to poor Legion members. TORONTO, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- A judge lashed out at two animal care organizations in Toronto in a years-long battle where more money is being spent on lawyers than animals. TAMPA, Fla., Jan. 27 (UPI) -- A drill bit came loose during a dental procedure, causing nosebleeds, sinus infections and other illnesses for a Florida woman, her lawsuit alleges. 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. ATLANTA, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- A federal magistrate says an upcoming deposition by cable television host Nancy Grace in a Florida civil case can be videotaped, but cannot be made public. MIAMI, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- A Florida judge allowed a lesbian to adopt a child while an appeals court decides whether the state's ban on gay adoptions is unconstitutional, records show. OTTAWA, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- The bodies of two Canadian governmental aid workers were found in Port-au-Prince rubble two week's after Haiti's deadly earthquake, officials said. COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- The Sri Lankan military says there is no move to arrest retired Gen. Sarath Fonseka, the main rival in President Mahinda Rajapaksa's re-election bid. COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, credited with guiding the military's victory over the Tamil Tiger rebels, Wednesday was re-elected, state TV reported. WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- U.S. forces have helped plan recent operations in Yemen that have killed six leaders of the local al-Qaida group, sources tell The Washington Post. SOMERVILLE, N.J., Jan. 27 (UPI) -- A man arrested in New Jersey who was allegedly traveling with two Bushmaster assault weapons had a map of Fort Drum, N.Y., federal investigators said. KABUL, Afghanistan, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Eight American soldiers in Afghanistan suffered minor wounds in a suicide bomb attack outside a U.S. base near Kabul, the military said. |
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| Tuesday, January 26NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- A conservative filmmaker and three others were charged Tuesday with a plot to tamper with the office phones of U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., authorities said. ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 26 (UPI) -- The mother of a 21-year-old monorail driver killed last summer is suing Florida's Disney World theme park, court records show. COLOMBO, 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. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- The online dating site eHarmony.com has settled a California lawsuit and agreed to make the site more user friendly for gays and lesbians, court records show. SAN ANTONIO, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- A Texas man accused of saying he legally represented alleged Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan is bipolar and was off his medication, his lawyer said. WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- The U.S. Defense Department's budget won't stay immune to the country's poor economy and budget deficits forever, experts say. LONDON, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- A former lawyer for the British Foreign Office gave testimony Tuesday contradicting Jack Straw's claim he was a reluctant backer of the Iraq invasion. WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- The number of lawsuits brought by people seeking access to U.S. records has increased slightly in President Barack Obama's first year, records show. 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. BROCKTON, Mass., Jan. 26 (UPI) -- A Massachusetts mother charged with murdering her daughter, frequently increased doses of the child's medication without approval, a psychiatrist testified. WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- U.S. Vice President Joe Biden Tuesday urged party leaders to "keep the faith" in the face a devastating Senate election loss last week. OCALA, Fla., Jan. 26 (UPI) -- Lawyers for cable television host Nancy Grace say video cameras should be banned when she is deposed in Atlanta in the case of a mother who killed herself. BOLOGNA, Italy, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- The mayor of Bologna, Italy, says he will resign amid allegations he used taxpayer funds to take his former secretary on romantic trips. BELEDWEYN, Somalia, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- At least five people were killed and seven others were hurt in fighting near Beledweyn in central Somalia, witnesses say. MOSCOW, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- Ukraine's honoring of a World War II nationalist who was briefly allied with Nazi Germany promotes distorted views, Russia's chief rabbi said Tuesday. KABUL, Afghanistan, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- The Afghan Taliban's strategy has made its insurgency increasingly effective, says CNN, citing a briefing by the top U.S. intelligence official in the country. KABUL, Afghanistan, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- The U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan has offered a grim assessment of President Hamid Karzai as a strategic partner with the United States, documents indicated. |
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| Monday, January 25SAN DIEGO, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- Settlement of a lawsuit challenging a California school's censorship of its student newspaper will have an impact across the country, free-speech advocates say. WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- Italy will be asked to provide its expert advice as Haiti continues its recovery from a devastating earthquake, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said. BALTIMORE, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- The most common reasons for medical evacuation from war zones in Iraq and Afghanistan are fractures and tendinitis, not combat injuries, U.S. researchers say. WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- The U.S. Senate election of Republican Scott Brown marks a big moment for the grassroots conservatives of the tea party movement, backers say. WILMINGTON, Del., Jan. 25 (UPI) -- Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden told supporters Monday he would not seek his father's former Senate seat. ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 25 (UPI) -- Experts have confirmed the authenticity of a letter by Thomas Jefferson found in an American Legion office in Alexandria, Va., authorities said. TAMPA, Fla., Jan. 25 (UPI) -- The U.S. troop surge in Afghanistan will take longer to produce results than the surge in Iraq, the top U.S. commander in the region says. 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. OTTAWA, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- A Canadian soldier faced a military trial Monday in Ontario on charges he shot a wounded Taliban insurgent in Afghanistan, court observers say. JERUSALEM, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- The Jewish community must continue to fight anti-Semitism, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Monday. NEWARK, N.J., Jan. 25 (UPI) -- The first of dozens of New Jersey officials caught in a corruption probe was facing trial Monday on bribery charges, court observers said. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- The Pakistani army's announcement it plans no new offensive against militants for up to a year could threaten U.S. military goals in the region, officials say. KABUL, Afghanistan, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- Afghanistan should seek removal of some Taliban leaders' names from a United Nations terror list, a U.N. official said. |
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| Sunday, January 24The Taliban says it killed seven people in Pakistan's North Waziristan, accusing them of spying for U.S.-led forces in neighboring Afghanistan. BAGHDAD, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- The last Marine command is leaving Iraq in a significant step in the withdrawal of U.S. forces from the country, military officials announced. WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- President Obama will not abandon healthcare reform despite the election of a Republican critic from Massachusetts to the U.S. Senate, a top aide said Sunday. DALLAS, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- If former U.S. President George W. Bush succeeds in rehabilitating his image, it will be because he hasn't been partisan, observers say. WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., says President Barack Obama needs to "change direction" in his State of the Union speech. NORMAN, Okla., Jan. 24 (UPI) -- A group of Oklahomans protesting a meeting of the Council on American-Islamic Relations alleges the group has ties to terrorists. WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- Congressional Democrats won't start over with healthcare reform in the wake of a political setback, a senior lawmaker said Sunday. 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. RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- The bodies of 26 Saudi soldiers killed in fighting on the Yemen border have been recovered, authorities said. 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 23DALLAS, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- The country's largest dairy products distribution company says it will contest antitrust action filed against it by the U.S. Department of Justice. RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- The bodies of 20 Saudi soldiers have been found months after they disappeared during an operation against rebels in northern Yemen, an official said Saturday. LONDON, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- Camera-equipped drones, developed by the British military for use in war, will be used in England to keep an eye on civilians from the sky, officials say. KABUL, Afghanistan, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- At least 17 people were killed Saturday in Afghanistan, including two U.S. soldiers hit by a roadside bomb and seven people who were digging up an old bomb. PARIS, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- Nicolas Sarkozy said Saturday Iran is developing atomic weapons and Israel could act to eliminate that threat, unidentified aides to the French president said. WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- The election of Massachusetts Republican Scott Brown to the U.S. Senate shows Americans' rejection of government "overreach," a GOP spokesman said Saturday. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Jan. 23 (UPI) -- Authorities say 33 injured Haitian earthquake victims arrived in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Saturday to be treated at South Florida hospitals. WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- The Army is to review whether leaders were negligent in supervising accused Fort Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the U.S. Defense Department said. BROOKLYN, N.Y., Jan. 23 (UPI) -- Two men convicted in New York of trying to buy $1 million worth of weapons for the Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms. 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. WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama said the Supreme Court ruling on campaign finance was "devastating" and gave too much political influence to "special interests." ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- The Taliban may be part of Afghanistan's "political fabric" but they must reform to attain legitimacy, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says. NEW YORK, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- Israel has paid the United Nations $10.5 million for damage to a warehouse and U.N. schools in Gaza during the invasion, officials said Friday. WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court ruling on political spending by corporations and unions raises questions about laws in two dozen states, The New York Times reports. |
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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. ALBUQUERQUE, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- A dispute over smoking has neighbors in Albuquerque involved in a lawsuit and counterclaim, authorities said. ST. PAUL, Minn., Jan. 22 (UPI) -- A "2010 Congressional District Census" form mailed in three states may look like an official U.S. Census document but was sent by Republicans, officials say. SARASOTA, Fla., Jan. 22 (UPI) -- The handler caring for a baby chimpanzee at the center of a Florida custody battle said she needs to bring the chimp with her to court. NEW YORK, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- A highly successful armed forces program to recruit skilled immigrants who live in the United States temporarily has run into a roadblock, military reports say. NEW YORK, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- Serbian President Boris Tadic says he wants the United Nations Security Council to do something about the latest threats to the safety of his people. DETROIT, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- Nearly 600 out of 3,000 U.S. auto dealers on Chrysler and General Motor's closing lists have appealed their cases, the American Arbitration Association said. HONG KONG, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- North Korea's Kim Jong Il has built a military command center in a hollowed out mountain beneath a palace near the Chinese border, military analysts say. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- The Taliban are part of Afghanistan's political scene, but they must shed their violence before reconciliation begins, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said. SANAA, Yemen, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- Saudi fighter jets made a series of bombing raids Thursday in northern Yemen aimed at positions held by Houthi rebels, the Houthis said. PONTIAC, Mich., Jan. 22 (UPI) -- A Michigan judge must decide how to deal with the marriage of a businessman who allegedly wed a woman without telling her he already had a wife and children. 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 21NEW YORK, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- New York City must offer firefighter jobs to almost 300 black and Hispanic applicants, a federal judge said Thursday. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- The United States plans to give Pakistan unarmed spy drones to encourage its efforts against the Taliban, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday. WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- Michigan defense contractor Trijicon Inc. said Thursday it will no longer stamp Bible verse references on gun sights it supplies the U.S. military. KODIAK, Alaska, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- A World War II-era bomb sat in Kodiak, Alaska, for six decades before anyone realized it contained 600 pounds of explosive, authorities said. WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court decision easing political campaign spending means a "new stampede of special interest money" in politics, President Barack Obama said. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- U.S. officials said Guantanamo Bay may be used in humanitarian efforts focused in Haiti in the wake of a devastating earthquake. WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- The editor of the National Enquirer says he intends to submit his tabloid's coverage of former U.S. Sen. John Edwards' sex scandal for a Pulitzer Prize. 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. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- A former Amtrak police officer claims in his Pennsylvania lawsuit the passenger rail corporation is liable for a woman taking his gun and shooting his foot. BELGRADE, Serbia, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- Serbian Labor Minister Rasim Ljajic said investigators have presumptions on the whereabouts of wanted genocide suspect Ratko Mladic. ALBANY, N.Y., Jan. 21 (UPI) -- New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo alleges in a lawsuit that telemarketing companies did not provide potential donors with mandatory information. NEW YORK, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- Federal prosecutors allege a New York man accused of terror charges intended to attack U.S. soldiers after being trained by al-Qaida in Pakistan. 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. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- The Pentagon says a unit of U.S. Marines initially scheduled for deployment in Afghanistan will instead be sent to Haiti to take part in relief efforts. INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- The widow of shopping mall mogul Melvin Simon denies coercing her late husband to change his will to reduce his children's inheritance, a court document shows. 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. OTTAWA, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- Most of the 100 Haitian orphans scheduled for adoption by Canadians will arrive within days, a government minister said in Ottawa Thursday. MEXICO CITY, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was assured safe passage to the Dominican Republic as part of a deal intended to end a political crisis, officials said. |
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| Wednesday, January 20PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- The hospital vessel USNS Comfort arrived off the coast of Haiti, tripling the number of U.S. medical workers in that country, officials say. WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- President Barack Obama Wednesday urged Democrats not to try to "jam" healthcare reform through Congress before Sen.-elect Scott Brown, R-Mass., takes office. WARSAW, Poland, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- U.S. Patriot missiles to be deployed in northern Poland will be only about 60 miles from the Russian border, closer than originally planned, authorities said. PHOENIX, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- Sarah Palin will help former running mate John McCain campaign for a fifth term in the U.S. Senate from Arizona, the former Alaska governor said Wednesday. WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- Newly elected U.S. presidents usually see their approval ratings fall by 5 percentage points in their second years, Gallup analysts say. MEXICO CITY, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- Twenty-three inmates were killed Wednesday in a drug gang-related prison riot in northern Mexico, authorities said. NASHVILLE, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- A man executed for a triple murder in Tennessee has been granted his last wish -- to go to his grave without an autopsy. DENVER, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- A Colorado man being prosecuted for lying about being a decorated Iraq war veteran is protected by the First Amendment, civil libertarians says. OTTAWA, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- Pending adoptions of about 100 Haitian children by Canadians will be expedited, Canadian federal officials said Wednesday. WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- The military report on the Fort Hood, Texas, shootings omits the suspect's name and his religious views, showing the depth of being PC, observers said. ATLANTA, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- A member of a hunting party organized by Georgia Republican gubernatorial hopeful John Oxendine was injured by buckshot spray, a spokesman says. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 20 (UPI) -- The shell of a tiny marine snail could be a model for better armor for soldiers and military vehicles, scientists in Massachusetts said. 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. HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- Vietnam's noted human rights lawyer Le Cong Dinh and three others went on trial Wednesday in Ho Chi Minh City on subversion charges. |
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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. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- A suspected U.S. drone strike Tuesday killed militants in Pakistan, authorities said WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- President Barack Obama Tuesday congratulated Massachusetts state Sen. Scott Brown on his victory in the state's U.S. Senate election, the White House said. WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- A second, working Haiti airfield could be open within a day to handle earthquake relief efforts, U.S. military officials said Tuesday. WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- Prosecutors announced charges Tuesday against 22 employees of U.S. military and law enforcement contractors for allegedly trying to bribe foreign officials. UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- The United Nations Security Council Tuesday backed a call for more Haiti peacekeepers, voting to send an additional 3,500 troops to the devastated island. HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- Two Canadian warships arrived off the north and south coasts of Haiti early Tuesday and began sending crews of 100 ashore to collect bodies and clear roads. WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- A Michigan company has been inscribing references to biblical passages on sights for high-powered rifles used by the U.S. military, an investigation revealed. DETROIT, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- A Michigan company says it is seeking class-action status for lawsuits aimed at stopping "junk faxes." WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- A large majority of Americans said they don't want former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to make a run for U.S. president, a CBS News poll released Tuesday indicated. Jan. 19--A school bus, donated to a Haitian orphanage through a Berks County church, ended up being more than a convenience for the orphans -- it's been their shelter since last Tuesday's earthquake. TORONTO, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- A class-action lawsuit against Canada's Suncor Energy Inc. was filed in Toronto Tuesday on behalf of 300 gas retailers slated to be shut down later in the year. |
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| Monday, January 18SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- Former child star Gary Coleman has reached a settlement with the Utah man who sued him regarding an alleged 2008 incident in a bowling alley parking lot. SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- Veterans of the Army's Deseret Test Center in Utah say they've been denied health claims after being used as unwitting guinea pigs for Cold War toxin tests. NEW YORK, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- Residents of a New York apartment building said their neighbors erected a four-story privacy wall that building tenants can touch from their windows. ALBUQUERQUE, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- Pete Domenici Jr., son of former U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., says he will seek the New Mexico governor's job. German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Israeli leaders in DETROIT, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- A federal judge said the city of Detroit and its former mayor have until this week to turn over records in a lawsuit filed by the family of an exotic dancer. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- A non-profit agency serving autistic children in Los Angeles illegally halted a therapy know as Floortime, said families suing for the program's return. FAYETTEVILLE, N.C., Jan. 17 (UPI) -- A U.S. soldier who opposed the Iraq War and was jailed for desertion says he stands by his decision. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- More Canadian troops are being sent to Haiti to deal with a deteriorating security situation in the earthquake-ravaged Caribbean island nation, officials said. SEOUL, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- The South Korean Truth and Reconciliation Commission's window of opportunity to investigate government crimes is running out, observers say. ST. PAUL, Minn., Jan. 18 (UPI) -- Former U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn., says he is not going to mount a run for the Minnesota governor's office. |
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| Sunday, January 17BOSTON, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- President Obama urged Massachusetts voters to elect state Attorney General Martha Coakley to Ted Kennedy's U.S. Senate seat "so we can finish what we started." TOKYO, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- A majority of Japan's eligible voters polled called for the resignation of ruling party Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa over a land-purchase scandal. SANTIAGO, 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. KIEV, Ukraine, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Ukraine President Viktor Yushchenko lost a re-election bid Sunday in the first presidential race since the 2004 Orange Revolution overturned the government. WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- The U.S. public is becoming increasingly polarized and is souring on President Barack Obama's performance, a poll released Sunday indicates. 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) -- A New York woman alleges in a lawsuit that a couple living next door to her play their opera music so loud she and her son cannot sleep through the night. Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak arrived in Turkey without incident Sunday despite calls for his arrest, observers said. WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- The U.S. military has gotten off to a good start in Haiti, the commander of the military's earthquake relief efforts said Sunday. WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Former U.S. President George Bush said Sunday the humanitarian response to the Haiti earthquake should not be politicized. WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- The leader of the U.S. earthquake relief effort in Haiti said Sunday military personnel will be there "as long as we are needed." BERKELEY, Calif., Jan. 17 (UPI) -- A man in Berkeley, Calif., says he intends to file suit against 35 fraternities at the University of California, Berkeley, for alleged unruly behavior. WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Former U.S. President George W. Bush says that during his time in the White House he called and "chatted" with his predecessor, Bill Clinton. WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Sunday the closeness of a special Massachusetts election indicates dissatisfaction with healthcare reform. 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. NABLUS, West Bank, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Israeli intelligence operatives have arrested four members of the Fatah Palestinian faction suspected of plotting a terror attack, officials said Sunday. MIRANSHAH, Pakistan, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- A missile attack from an unmanned U.S. plane Sunday killed at least 15 militants in Pakistan's North Waziristan, military officials said. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Haitian relief efforts were being hobbled by the U.S. military trying to land equipment while aid agencies wait with supplies, a United Nations official said. KABUL, Afghanistan, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- The names of 645 Afghan detainees held by the American military at Bagram Air Base have been released, officials said. |
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| Saturday, January 16MEMPHIS, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- A Tennessee company that processes nuclear waste has agreed to settle federal claims black employees were subjected to higher levels of radiation than others. The bodies of United Nations Haiti Mission Chief Hedi Annabi and his top deputy have been found in the collapsed ruins of the mission, the U.N. said Saturday. WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- At least 301 active-duty members of the U.S. military took their own lives in 2009, more than in any year since the Pentagon began keeping track in 1980. HAGATNA, Guam, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- Guam's governor says while he supports a U.S. military buildup on the island, needed infrastructure improvements have been slow coming. KABUL, Afghanistan, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- For the second time, the Afghani Parliament has refused to approve the majority of President Hamid Karzai's Cabinet nominees, officials said Saturday. TOKYO, 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. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- A suicide bomber killed one soldier and wounded several others Saturday in an attack on the army in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, authorities said. 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. WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- Some 4,200 U.S. military personnel have arrived in Haiti for earthquake relief efforts with 6,300 more scheduled to arrive this weekend, officials said. WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court says it will consider a case challenging the confidentiality of ballot initiative petition signers. JERUSALEM, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- Two Israeli soldiers and a police officer were injured Friday in clashes with protesters in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. DENVER, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- A federal appeals court held arguments this week on whether Utah can ban foreign nuclear waste from a disposal site in the state. SANAA, Yemen, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- An airstrike aimed at two vehicles near the Saudi border killed six suspected al-Qaida fighters Friday, Yemeni officials said. |
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| Friday, January 15SHAWBURY, England, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- Prince William graduated from helicopter training Friday, receiving his wings from the BOSTON, 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. ISTANBUL, Turkey, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- A retired Turkish general tied to an ultra-nationalist group is being investigated for allegedly paying four companies from a secret fund, authorities say. WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- The House Ethics Committee said Friday it needs more time to decide whether to formally investigate ties between two congressmen and a defunct lobbying firm. WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. Vic Snyder, D-Ark., said Friday said he will not seek an eighth term in Congress. WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- By the end of the weekend, between 9,000 to 10,000 U.S. troops will be in Haiti or afloat offshore, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday. BURLINGTON, Conn., Jan. 15 (UPI) -- A former high school student alleges in a case before the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals her free speech rights were violated. SAN DIEGO, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- A U.S. appeals court has resurrected a lawsuit against five police officers by a California family whose teenage son falsely confessed to killing his sister. MYRTLE BEACH, S.C., Jan. 15 (UPI) -- The German automaker BMW is suing a South Carolina theme park, alleging the Mini-lookalike cars on one ride infringe on a BMW copyright. MOSCOW, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- The Russian Defense Ministry Friday dismissed reports the wreckage of a Russian fighter jet had been found. ROCKVILLE, Md., Jan. 15 (UPI) -- The collapse of a law firm in Rockville, Md., has left tens of thousands of lawsuits in limbo, giving a temporary reprieve to debtors facing court action. 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. WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. Army officers did not act on information the accused Fort Hood, Texas, gunman had behavioral issues in prior years, a Pentagon report said. BRUSSELS, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- The European Union is being sued by Canadian Inuit over last year's ban on seal products. CHICAGO, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- A U.S. federal grand jury indicted three Pakistani natives in two terror-related incidents in Denmark and India. KIEV, Ukraine, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- The three candidates seeking to run Ukraine have failed to engender enthusiasm and trust among the voters, polling results indicate. NEW YORK, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- New York City and its Fire Department discriminated against black firefighters, a federal judge found. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- U.S. Special Envoy Richard Holbrooke, who was visiting Pakistan during the latest drone strike, praised the strategic relationship between the two countries. |
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| Thursday, January 14WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- A senior White House adviser has rejected suggestions by former Bush aide Karl Rove on the U.S. economy, saying he isn't sure Rove is "all that eager to help." WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- A U.S. aircraft carrier and a hospital ship are en route to Haiti with 5,500 soldiers and Marines from Fort Bragg and Camp Lejeune, N.C., officials said. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Two expert witnesses testified Thursday in support of same-sex marriage in California, one on economic and the other psychological impacts. WASHINGTON, 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. SAN DIEGO, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- A Southern California man charged with impersonating a U.S. Marine general pleaded guilty Thursday to wearing unearned medals. Conditions in earthquake-ravaged Haiti could slow efforts to get rescue personnel and humanitarian and medical aid into the county, relief officials said. WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has no authority to regulate electronic cigarettes, a federal trial court ruled Thursday. 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. OTTAWA, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- A specialized Canadian military team arrived in earthquake-ravaged Haiti Thursday aboard a C-17 aircraft containing a portable hospital. OREGON, Ohio, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Twelve students in Oregon, Ohio, are suing their school district, alleging their class on alternative energy technology was ill-equipped. ELLICOTT CITY, Md., Jan. 14 (UPI) -- A lawsuit brought by the family of a Baltimore boy arrested at the age of 7 is being tried this week. NEW YORK, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Accused terrorist Aafia Siddiqui said the jury in her New York trial should not contain anyone with a "Zionist or Israeli background." 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. DEDHAM, Mass., Jan. 14 (UPI) -- The mother of a Massachusetts teen who drowned while drunk alleges in a lawsuit other individuals should be held accountable for her daughter's death. HINESVILLE, Ga., Jan. 14 (UPI) -- An official at the U.S. Army Fort Stewart in Georgia said a female soldier is facing charges for delaying her deployment because of her infant son. WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama said $100 million would be available immediately to provide equipment, food, water and medicine to earthquake-ravaged Haiti. 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. LAS VEGAS, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat, has grown increasingly vulnerable to losing his seat to a Republican, political analysts say. KABUL, Afghanistan, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Two U.S. soldiers were killed Wednesday by an improvised explosive device in eastern Afghanistan, NATO said. WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- About 3,100 U.S. troops, mostly based at Fort Hood, Texas, will make up the next deployment in Afghanistan, the U.S. Defense Department said. |
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| Wednesday, January 13SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday blocked remote broadcasts of a federal court trial in San Francisco on California's gay-marriage ban. RIVERSIDE, Calif., Jan. 13 (UPI) -- Two U.S. Marine veterans who had not seen each other since a brief meeting in Vietnam have been reunited by Facebook after 42 years. LAS VEGAS, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- Roman Catholics and Mormons are providing legal support to a Nevada synagogue sued by a woman who says she was molested by a cantor. WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- Assertions that U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman, Ind-Conn., blindsided Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., on a healthcare compromise aren't true, an adviser says. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- A California appeals court has reinstated a racial discrimination lawsuit filed over a series of prison lockdowns that involved only African-American inmates. WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- The top U.S. priority in earthquake-ravaged Haiti is to save lives, the leader of the American relief effort said Wednesday. PHOENIX, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- A retired Phoenix detective says he is still convinced Debra Milke was aware of what was going on as he questioned her in 1989 about the death of her young son. HONOLULU, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton vowed a strong response to the Haiti earthquake Wednesday, saying a military team had arrived to assess the damage. SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 13 (UPI) -- Former California Republican congressman Tom Campbell is set to drop his state gubernatorial candidacy for a U.S. Senate bid, sources say. WOLVERHAMPTON, England, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- A 106-year-old woman was one of the elderly residents forced out of a British nursing home Wednesday during a period of bitter cold and snow. KINGMAN, Ariz., Jan. 13 (UPI) -- Denison Mines President Ron Hochstein said uranium mining has returned to northern Arizona for the first time in nearly 20 years. Afghanistan's civilian casualties in 2009 rose 14 percent from the previous year, with the Taliban responsible for most of the deaths, a U.N. report said. WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- U.S. soldiers since 2001 have served in combat longer than almost any of their counterparts throughout American history, military experts say. KABUL, Afghanistan, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- Afghanistan's civilian casualties in 2009 rose 14 percent from the previous year, with the Taliban responsible for most of the deaths, a U.N. report said. NEW YORK, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, in her first paid TV appearance, admitted she had questions about the origins of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attackers. BEIJING, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- China, already incensed over U.S. arms sales to Taiwan, Wednesday expressed opposition to Washington having any official exchanges with the island. NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev., Jan. 13 (UPI) -- A spokesman for the U.S. Air Force's demonstration team, the Thunderbirds, said the late Thunderbirds pilot Maj. Russell C. Goodman will be honored in Nevada. 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. PITTSBURGH, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- A toxicologist testified that an expectant Pennsylvania woman appeared to have been drugged shortly before she was killed and her baby removed from her body. WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- Nearly a year after Barack Obama was inaugurated as U.S. president on a platform of change, his Organizing for America has been criticized as more of the same. CONAKRY, Guinea, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- If Guinea's military leader, Capt. Moussa Dadis Camara, stays in power, efforts to return the country to democracy could be stifled, a U.S. official said. Afghanistan's civilian casualties in 2009 rose 14 percent from the previous year, with the Taliban responsible for most of the deaths, a U.N. report said. LONDON, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- The British Home Secretary has banned a Muslim organization whose leader threatened to march through a town that honors British soldiers killed in Afghanistan. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- The Pakistani military closed all routes to Orakzai Agency, apparently in preparation for an offensive in the tribal region, sources told Dawn newspaper. |
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| Tuesday, January 12WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- Steep ticket prices for Sarah Palin's appearance at an upcoming tea party movement convention in Nashville are causing controversy, Politico reported Tuesday. SEATTLE, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- The federal investigation into rape allegations against U.S. illusionist David Copperfield has ended and no charges will be filed, court documents show. WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- An Irish bookmaker offering odds on how long former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will last at Fox News says about half of betters believe she will be gone in a year. CHICAGO, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- Asian carp DNA has been found near a pumping station that moves water from Lake Michigan into the Chicago River, federal officials said Tuesday. KABUL, Afghanistan, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, disputing an assessment from his American counterpart, says he never had a "blank check" from the United States. WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., declined Tuesday to call for Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., to step down over racial comments. KABUL, Afghanistan, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- At least eight Afghans were killed Tuesday during a protest in southern Afghanistan, after a weekend raid during which insurgents said women were assaulted MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- Former U.S. Sen. Rudy Boschwitz, R-Minn., soon will be a former business owner after the family's home improvement business closes, the family said. NORFOLK, Va., Jan. 12 (UPI) -- The courts-martial of two U.S. Navy commandoes on charges they failed to safeguard a suspected Iraqi terrorist will held in Iraq, a military judge says. TEL AVIV, Israel, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- Israel is moving quickly into an era of military robotics, military officials and contractors say. BRUSSELS, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- Any allegations voiced about a Bulgarian European Commission nominee during hearings must be backed up by proof, EC President Jose Manuel Barroso says. WASHINGTON, 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. KABUL, Afghanistan, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- U.S. forces have defeated the Taliban in Afghanistan's Helmand province and reinforcements will be tasked with holding the region, a military official says. JAKARTA, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- The Indonesian Army is still operating a "damaging and dangerous" business empire despite attempted reforms, human rights advocates say. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- A court in Los Angeles has tossed out a $20 million judgment against a now-defunct charter airline in a case involving the late pop star Michael Jackson. COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- An award-winning Sri Lankan Tamil journalist, sentenced to 20 years for allegedly inciting violence, has won release on bail, his lawyer said. |
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| Monday, January 11ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- Insurgency and sectarian violence killed a record 3,021 people in Pakistan last year, up 48 percent from 2008, a Pakistani think tank study found. EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill., Jan. 11 (UPI) -- The federal courthouse in East St. Louis, Ill., will hold pretrial proceedings for as many as 25,000 lawsuits involving a popular contraceptive, officials say. NEW YORK, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- Spy drones over Afghanistan are producing so much raw data analysts are having trouble keeping up with it, authorities say. BRISBANE, Australia, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- An Australian team placed a commemorative plaque at the bottom of the sea close to a hospital ship torpedoed by the Japanese in World War II, officials say. NORTH HAMPTON, N.H., Jan. 11 (UPI) -- A New Hampshire woman is being taken to court by neighbors who want her to get rid of her noisy roosters. JERUSALEM, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- Israel reported no casualties or damages after Palestinian militants fired a retaliatory rocket strike from the Gaza Strip into the Western Negev Monday. WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- The Congressional Black Caucus chairwoman said she accepts U.S. Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid's apology for a remark made in 2008 the presidential campaign. APEX, Nev., Jan. 11 (UPI) -- U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he's finished making statements on a remark he made about Barack Obama during the 2008 presidential campaign. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- While most in the United States, Britain and Canada believe Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons, country residents differ on how to respond, a poll indicates. KABUL, Afghanistan, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- U.S. Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, said Taliban forces in Afghanistan are struggling following a U.S. troop surge. WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- Her campaign camp says former Hewlett-Packard chief executive Carly Fiorina raised nearly $1.1 million for her U.S. Senate bid. 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. KABUL, Afghanistan, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- Four U.S. soldiers were killed Monday in clashes with Afghanistan insurgents, military officials said. NEW DELHI, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- India has successfully test-fired two Astra air-to-air missiles, defense sources said Monday. 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 10WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- As her vice presidential debate with Sen. Joe Biden neared, Sarah Palin became "the other Sarah," says the co-author of a book on the 2008 presidential race. ALGIERS, Algeria, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- Algerian troops killed at least 10 Islamic militants and seized a large cache of weapons about 155 miles southeast of the nation's capital, officials said. CHICAGO, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- Odds are that Rahm Emanuel won't keep the White House chief of staff job over the long haul, U.S. experts say. MANGILAO, Guam, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- Guam residents say they're concerned about the U.S. military's proposal to house 9,000 more troops on the island. WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., should not resign his post over racially charged comments, a top Democrat said Sunday. KABUL, Afghanistan, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- Three people, including a British journalist and a U.S. Marine, were killed by a bomb blast in Afghanistan's Helmand Province, authorities said Sunday. WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., should step down because of racial comments about U.S. President Barack Obama, a Republican leader said Sunday. WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- The United States is to send more money, but not troops, to fight al-Qaida in Yemen, U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus said. Israel would forego U.S. economic aid rather than be pressured into prematurely advancing Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, its finance minister said Sunday. ZAGREB, Croatia, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- High unemployment and a stalled economy were key concerns Sunday as Croatians went to the polls in a runoff to elect a new president, authorities said. |
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| Saturday, January 9WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., apologized Saturday for comments he made about Barack Obama's race during the U.S. president's electoral campaign. 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. BEIJING, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Chinese officials urged the United States Saturday to cancel a planned arms sale to Taiwan. HAMBURG, Germany, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- A German court has ruled a Polish father has no inherent right to speak his native language during supervised visits with his daughters. |
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| Friday, January 8CHICAGO, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- A man barred by the SEC from functioning as an investment adviser has been charged in Illinois with cheating a widow he met online out of more than $225,000. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- Supporters of Proposition 8 have asked a federal court to block online video of the trial of a lawsuit challenging the ban on same-sex marriage in California. BATHHURST, New Brunswick, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- A Canadian firm says it is dropping a lawsuit over damage its truck sustained in a crash that killed a high school basketball coach's wife and seven players. NEW YORK, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani said Friday suspected terrorist Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab should be tried in a military court. SANTA FE, N.M., Jan. 8 (UPI) -- A New Mexico man's lawsuit against his neighbor claims her refusal to switch off her cellphone makes him ill due to electromagnetic sensitivity. SAN DIEGO, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- The U.S. Navy says ferry service from San Diego to the North Island Naval Air Station will end because it poses a security threat to the military base. LONDON, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- British troops were sent to an area near the Iraq-Iran border to try to intercept five British hostages, an investigation by the Guardian newspaper revealed. TORRE DEL GRECO, Italy, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- A group of Italian street cleaners are suing local officials for forcing them to use their own money and resources to wash their work clothes. RANGOON, Myanmar, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- Two Burmese whistle-blowers have been sentenced to death for leaking secret information about the Myanmar government, officials say. GAZA, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- The death toll rose from Israeli airstrikes in Gaza rose to three Friday, officials said. |
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| Thursday, January 7GOLDEN, Colo., Jan. 7 (UPI) -- A Colorado county has agreed to pay $4,000 to a student arrested for wearing a "Nobama" sticker on his shirt during a visit to his school by Michelle Obama. SEATTLE, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Washington state will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that the state's ban on voting by prison inmates is unconstitutional, officials said. COLUMBUS, Ga., Jan. 7 (UPI) -- A federal judge in Georgia Thursday sentenced a former U.S. military official to three years in prison for his role in a bribery conspiracy. KABUL, Afghanistan, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- The U.S. military is looking into accusations two Afghan teenagers were beaten and humiliated by guards while in U.S. custody last year, officials say. NORFOLK, Va., Jan. 7 (UPI) -- A U.S. naval officer who said he took decommissioned fighter jet parts as souvenirs pleaded guilty to stealing government property, court records show. TRENTON, N.J., Jan. 7 (UPI) -- A bill that would have legalized marriage for gay couples in New Jersey failed Thursday in the state Senate. ESPANOLA, N.M., Jan. 7 (UPI) -- A family suing a funeral home in Espanola, N.M., alleges a relative's brain was included in a bag of personal effects given to the family. NEW YORK, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Verizon said it would defend itself after New York City filed a lawsuit over the size of the company's building in Manhattan. ARLINGTON, Va., Jan. 7 (UPI) -- A U.S. Army Iraq war veteran has been accused of threatening fellow soldiers in a rap song that boasts of shooting others, a military newspaper says. GAZA, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Palestinian militants in Gaza fired at least 10 mortar shells at Israel Thursday while Israelis dropped fliers warning all to avoid the border, officials say. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Jan. 7 (UPI) -- A grand jury in Little Rock, Ark., has indicted an Arkansas doctor for allegedly bombing the state medical board chairman, court records show. |
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| Wednesday, January 6NEW YORK, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Kai Eide, the United Nations envoy to Afghanistan, says Western allies need to invest more in that country's economy and rely less on military force. SACRAMENTO, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- A federal judge ruled Wednesday the Proposition 8 trial in San Francisco will be videotaped for delayed Internet release on YouTube. ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Animal rights activists say they disagree with the dismissal of a lawsuit against a Florida-based circus by a federal judge this week. GRAFENWOHR, Germany, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- U.S. Army troops training in Germany say they have to share their facilities with an army of invaders once near extinction -- dam-building beavers. SEATTLE, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- State laws barring imprisoned felons from voting has been challenged by a U.S. appellate court ruling, legal observers say. BAGHDAD, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Five Iraqis were killed and three U.S. soldiers were injured Wednesday when a military vehicle collided with a minibus outside Baghdad, officials said. NASHVILLE, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- A Colombian cigarette company owes the state of Tennessee $300,000, state officials claim. KEENE, N.H., Jan. 6 (UPI) -- A man who was kicked out of a New Hampshire state park for filming a video while in a Bigfoot costume filed a complaint alleging a First Amendment violation. WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- The Obama administration has come out against a proposal to close down the locks connecting the Mississippi River and Lake Michigan. WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Emily's List founder Ellen Malcolm is stepping down as president and will be succeeded by Stephanie Schriock, the women's political support group's said. SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Utah has ended a 17-year court battle by agreeing to pay $33 million to settle litigation over the state's management of a Navajo trust. PHOENIX, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Conservative critics of U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., say they will hammer him on his support of immigration reform when he runs for re-election this year. WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- The Republican Party will "embrace" the grassroots conservative activists of the tea party movement, the Republican National Committee chairman says. MIAMI, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Accused Florida Ponzi scheme attorney Scott Rothstein will plead guilty to racketeering and conspiracy charges, his attorney said Wednesday. 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. HAMILTON, N.Y., Jan. 6 (UPI) -- If gestures and speech convey the same information, they are easier to understand than when they convey different information, Dutch and U.S. researchers say. PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Pakistani intelligence sources said at least 13 suspected militants were killed Wednesday in Pakistan in apparent missile attacks by U.S. drones. JERUSALEM, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Israel's armed forces must now consult with military attorneys while operations are under way, the country's chief of staff says. WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Iran's efforts to shield its uranium enrichment activities in a maze of underground tunnels have complicated the West's strategy, analysts say. WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- A rash of Democrats choosing to exit the political arena has muddied the party's chances of retaining healthy majorities in Congress, political pundits say. WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- A federal appeals court ruling determined the rights of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detainees challenging their detentions are limited. DARWIN, Australia, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- A U.S. Marine has told Australian women they should dress up a bit more, or at least cover up more, when they go out at night. TOKYO, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama says he hopes Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii will reconsider his decision to resign due to health reasons. |
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| Tuesday, January 5WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- Three-term U.S. Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., announced Tuesday he won't seek another term this year. MANILA, Philippines, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- Local Philippine politico Andal Ampatuan Jr. pleaded not guilty Tuesday to 41 counts of murder in the massacre of a political rival's family and followers. LAS VEGAS, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- A Las Vegas hospital broke the law by denying emergency care to an uninsured pregnant woman, whose child later died, health inspectors say. KHAN YUNIS, Gaza, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- Israeli military jets struck the southern Gaza Strip Tuesday night, with Palestinian sources saying one person was killed and three others wounded. RICE, Texas, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- The owners of a Texas bar said their ongoing feud with residents of a neighboring high-rise condo has spilled into the courts. ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich., Jan. 5 (UPI) -- A Detroit-area woman says she knew when she got married that her husband had a previous wife but only discovered recently he had never gotten a divorce. GISBORNE, New Zealand, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- A New Zealand man said an army expert visited his home to collect an unexploded grenade his dog found buried in the yard. BOISE, Idaho, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- A lawsuit filed in Idaho alleges Credit Suisse engaged in predatory lending so loans would fail, so it could take over the properties, court papers show. HARRISBURG, Pa., Jan. 5 (UPI) -- A curator at the National Civil War Museum says he intends to spend two chilly weeks of the Pennsylvania winter living the life of a Civil War soldier. TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Jan. 5 (UPI) -- Florida undermined a lawsuit filed against U.S. Sugar Corp. by offering $1.75 billion to buy 180,000 acres from the company, an attorney in the case said. JERUSALEM, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- Britain's tolerance of arrest warrants issued against Israeli officials is undermining bilateral relations, Israel warned Tuesday. BELGRADE, Serbia, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- Serbian Defense Minister Dragan Sutanovac said Tuesday he will investigate reports of gunfire coming from Kosovo. WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- Trips to the United States by controversial Indonesian business tycoon James Riady has caused consternation in the State Department, sources say. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- Pakistani officials say they are concerned about the arrival of more U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan as the surge could drive more militants on to its soil. KABUL, Afghanistan, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai ordered parliament, which rejected 17 of his 24 Cabinet nominees, to delay its winter recess so he can present a new nominee list. |
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| Monday, January 4LONDON, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- An Islamic cleric, founder of two organizations banned in Britain as terrorist, compared English soldiers fighting in Afghanistan to Nazis, authorities say. LONDON, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- The British navy is shrinking and faces further funding cutbacks as its responsibilities remain, a military analyst says. WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. Henry Brown, R-S.C., announced Monday he would not seek re-election in 2010, saying he thought it was the right time to step down. WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- The entire staff of U.S. Rep. Parker Griffith resigned after his decision to switch from the Democratic Party to become a Republican, a former staffer said. PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 4 (UPI) -- Attorneys allege in a lawsuit against Union Pacific that a 9-year-old Oregon boy lost four of his toes due to a railway accident caused by negligence. 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. LONDON, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- The British Conservative Party has made $55 billion in unfunded promises, Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling said Monday. 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. KABUL, Afghanistan, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- Four U.S. soldiers died in a roadside explosion in Afghanistan, making them the first U.S. casualties of the war in the New Year, military officials said. 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. ST. LOUIS, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- Missouri World War II mariners are backing a bill that would give them $1,000 a month that they say would be a belated "thank you" from Congress. |
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| Sunday, January 3PHOENIX, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- A civil rights activist says she is fighting back against controversial crime sweeps aimed at illegal immigrants in Arizona, using text messaging as a weapon. PALM BEACH, Fla., Jan. 3 (UPI) -- Former U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler, D-Fla., says he'll be making the case for the Obama administration in Israel in his new job. 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. Jan. 3--Burj Dubai, the world's tallest building, will open Monday (January 4, 2010) in a carefully orchestrated ceremony before a crowd of thousands. Developed by Emaar Properties, Burj Dubai is the focal point of the 500-acre master planned community Downtown Burj Dubai. LONDON, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- A Muslim group plans a march in an English town that has become known for honoring the bodies of slain British soldiers. |
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| Saturday, January 2Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki gave those countries pressing Iran to give up its nuclear program an "ultimatum" Saturday on its own proposal. GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- The Nyamulagira volcano in the North Kivu province of Democratic Republic of Congo erupted with lava flowing toward Virunga National Park, authorities say. HOBYO, Somalia, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- The Somali pirates who captured a British-flagged ship with a Bulgarian captain had yet to make a ransom demand, Bulgarian officials said Saturday. BOGOTA, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Colombian military aircraft struck two rebel encampments, killing 18 fighters, a government official said. KABUL, Afghanistan, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Afghanistan lawmakers Saturday rejected 17 of President Hamid Karzai's 24 Cabinet choices in a clear rebuke to the leader. LAS VEGAS, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- A Las Vegas woman says she needs more than an apology and $5,000 from a real estate company that carted away all her belongings in a mistaken foreclosure. KIEV, Ukraine, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Pro-Russia Party of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych is ahead in Ukraine's presidential election campaign, opinion polls indicate. WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- The United States will overcome difficult days with renewed optimism this year, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., predicted Saturday. TORONTO, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Air France and others will pay $11.5 million to settle a lawsuit from a 2005 incident in which a passenger jet overshot a Toronto runway, reports say. Israeli jets have bombed suspected Palestinian smuggling GAZA, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Israeli jets have bombed suspected Palestinian smuggling tunnels in the northern Gaza Strip, military officials said. BAGHDAD, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Military officials say no U.S. soldiers died in combat in Iraq during the month of December. KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Four Canadian soldiers and the reporter who died with them were honored Friday as their bodies were flown out of an air base in Afghanistan. BEIJING, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- The Chinese government says its Navy does not need a supply base in the Gulf of Aden to support ships operating against Somali pirates. DETROIT, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- A lawyer representing the family of a slain stripper has asked a judge to order former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to turn over e-mails. |
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| Friday, January 1WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- A Democratic Party commission advises shorting the primary elections season and reducing the influence of so-called superdelegates, party officials said. LONDON, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- The British Defense Ministry said it is investigating a secret military unit accused of abusing Iraqi prisoners, The Independent reported Friday. NAURAK, Pakistan, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Two people were killed Friday in northwest Pakistan in the latest suspected U.S. drone attacks on the region, a Pakistani intelligence official said. North Korea, in a New Year's message Friday, expressed hope for an end to animosity with the United States and a negotiated nuclear-free Korean Peninsula. |
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| Thursday, December 31SACRAMENTO, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A California judge has ruled the state improperly furloughed tens of thousands of state workers and ordered the practice halted. Obama gets prelim post-attack assessments HONOLULU, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama said Thursday he received a preliminary assessment of the reviews he ordered following a failed terror attack on Christmas Day. BAGHDAD, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A married couple in the Texas Army National Guard say they synchronized their deployment schedules for what they jokingly call "a nine-month honeymoon" in Iraq. FRANKFORT, Ky., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Rand Paul, son of 2008 Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, jumped into the GOP primary race in Kentucky to succeed retiring U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning. KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The CIA confirmed Thursday that seven agency employees died in a suicide bombing at a post in Khost province in eastern Afghanistan. NAPLES, Fla., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman said a civilian aircraft was forced to land in Florida because the pilot was flying without clearance. SAN ANTONIO, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A man brought three grenades, one live, to a San Antonio police station and asked officers to dispose of them, authorities say. 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. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Two Pakistani intelligence officials said Thursday five people were killed in Wana, Pakistan, when security forces raided a hospital in search of militants. AURORA, Ill., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The wife of a man killed in a March car crash says authorities in Kane County, Ill., should have detained the other driver in the crash prior to the incident. CAMP DWYER, Afghanistan, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A petty officer attached to the 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion in Afghanistan helped make the holidays more personal for troops and their loved ones back home. WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Federal transportation officials said they'll add 150 full-body scanners to the 40 already operating in U.S. airports. |
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| Wednesday, December 30OTTAWA, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced Wednesday plans to suspend the Canadian Parliament for two months, a move the opposition called "almost despotic." ST. PAUL, Minn., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, who is said to be planning to run for president, Wednesday came out on the short end of a court ruling on unilateral budget cuts. KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- A powerful roadside bomb killed four Canadian soldiers and a reporter Wednesday in Kandahar in southern Afghanistan, military officials said. LAS VEGAS, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons, who settled his divorce this week, fired his neophyte campaign manager Wednesday for saying the first lady post is "window dressing." KHOST, Afghanistan, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- A suicide bomber blew himself up Wednesday in an Afghan military base used by the CIA, killing at least eight U.S. civilians, U.S. officials said. SANDUSKY, Ohio, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Investors in Ohio's Cedar Fair, an amusement park company, filed six lawsuits to stop sale of the company to Apollo Global Management, court papers say. WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- An official U.S. Army history says there were a number of missteps in the early part of the Afghan war that cost the United States the initiative. SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- A Utah lawmaker plans to introduce a law that would require abortion clinics to display ultrasound images so pregnant women can see them. NEW YORK, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- A New York woman's lawsuit against a bar claims she suffered injuries and "embarrassment" when a stuffed moose head fell from a wall and struck her on the head. CHICAGO, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- A Chicago-area woman is suing the Chicago Transit Authority, alleging she was beaten because the "panic button" in a train car was disabled. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- The first lawsuit stemming from an alleged massive Ponzi scheme by a Florida attorney has been filed, court observers say. TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Florida Republican Party Chairman Jim Greer was facing pressure from party donors Wednesday to resign, analysts said. WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- The drawn-out U.S. Senate race in Minnesota also was a costly one, the Federal Elections Commission reported. SEBORGA, Italy, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- A self-proclaimed Italian "principality" of Seborga has been dealt a blow by a court, observers say. BAGHDAD, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- U.S. astronauts wished Army troops in Baghdad a happy new year while flying over Iraq aboard the International Space Station, NASA said. SEOUL, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- North Korea isn't cooperating with calls to give back equipment it used in the aborted construction of light-water reactors, South Korean officials say. NEW YORK, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- A New York City judge has approved a $1.25 million settlement for a man who was wrongly jailed in a notorious murder case. MEXICO CITY, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Four Mexican state employees have been suspended in connection with controversial photos taken of a slain reputed drug lord, an official source says. NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Northrop Grumman this week announced the delivery of the attack submarine USS New Mexico to the U.S. Navy. IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- U.S. technology giant Broadcom Corp. said it had agreed to pay $160.5 million to settle a shareholder lawsuit over backdated stock options. TINTON FALLS, N.J., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- A U.S. judge says he doubts any future legal action will result in the return of 9-year-old Sean Goldman to his relatives in Brazil. KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- The Afghans killed in a military operation in eastern Kunar province were insurgents involved in making improvised explosive devices, a source said. 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. CINCINNATI, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- A Cincinnati police officer has been fired for stunning a city councilman's daughter after a friend drove her car into a garbage truck, officials said. SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- The Arizona Attorney General's Office says liquidating a property trust set up by a polygamous community may be the best way to save it. |
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| Tuesday, December 29RUTLAND, Vt., Dec. 29 (UPI) -- A judge in Vermont has given a woman custody of her former lesbian partner's 7-year-old daughter. MIAMI, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- U.S. physician, author and weight-loss expert Sanford Siegal says he is suing TV's Kim Kardashian for remarks she made about his Cookie Diet. WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Candidates running for U.S. Congress in 2007-2008 reported more than $1.42 billion in receipts, reports filed with the Federal Election Commission indicated. WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. George Radanovich, R-Calif., said he won't seek re-election, state Sen. Jeff Denham, the man Radanovich asked to run as his successor, confirmed. 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. BALTIMORE, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- A Maryland judge celebrated his 70th birthday Tuesday while challenging a law that forces him to retire. DAMASCUS, Syria, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- A spokesman for Hamas in Syria said Tuesday leaders were still discussing an Israeli offer to release hundreds of prisoners for captured soldier Gilad Shalit. RENO, Nev., Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons has agreed to a divorce from his wife Dawn, averting a much-anticipated trial, attorneys say. CHICAGO, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Ohio, Michigan and Minnesota have joined forces to seal Illinois waterways from the Great Lakes in a fight against an invasive carp, officials said. BOSTON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- A man wrongfully imprisoned for 18 years for raping three women has won a $3.25 million settlement against the city of Boston, attorneys say. OTTAWA, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- The Canadian military's fleet of battered tanks in Afghanistan will be bolstered by 20 new ones by fall, the Department of Defense said. CHICAGO, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- The U.S. Senate campaign of Rep. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., responding to an ad by a GOP rival, says the veteran congressman is not gay. BROOKLYN, N.Y., Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Russian Olympic figure skating champion Alexei Yagudin alleges his former "asset manager" embezzled $1.1 million from him, New York court documents reveal. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Dec. 29 (UPI) -- A U.S. Navy chief petty officer stationed in Jacksonville, Fla., has for years used the identity of a dead Oregon child, U.S. officials allege. Civic groups in South Korea denounced the presidential pardon of former Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee for embezzlement and tax evasion convictions. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Dec. 29 (UPI) -- South Florida political players and analysts say they disagree over how the burgeoning Tea Party movement will affect the Republican party. HUNSTVILLE, Ala., Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Laser weapons are getting closer to being deployed in the battlefield, U.S. Army officials say. North Korea Tuesday confirmed holding a Korean-American accused of illegally entering the country, the official Korean Central News Agency said. |
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| Monday, December 28Yemen is focus of attack investigation WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- U.S. officials say they are exploring Yemeni Islamist threats that preceded the terrorist attack on a Northwest airlines flight by a man claiming al-Qaida ties. ST. GEORGE, Utah, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- A vice principal and teacher at a school in St. George, Utah, say legal claims against them stemming from the prop gun death of a student should be dismissed. LEGAZPI CITY, Philippines, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Philippines authorities, dismayed by tourists venturing into dangerous areas near the restive Mayon Volcano, are cracking down, reports indicate. GRAFENWOHR, Germany, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- U.S. Army officials in Germany say they are testing a new type of camouflage pattern for soldiers serving in Afghanistan. BEIJING, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Chinese rescuers said Monday they have freed a bulk cargo carrier that had been hijacked by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean. 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. TORONTO, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- A big majority of Canadians doubt the surge of 30,000 U.S. troops into Afghanistan will result in a victory, a poll indicates. OTTAWA, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Canadian armed forces are planning cuts of $182 million to meet a strategy set by the government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper, military officials say. GAZA, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- The Palestinian militant group Hamas marked the one-year anniversary of the Israeli military incursion into Gaza by blasting air raid sirens, observers said. WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama scored well in the ethics department although watchdog groups said they'd like to see more done in ethics reform. WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Most Americans have a dim view of the first decade of the 21st century, a survey suggests. |
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| Sunday, December 27WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Possible ties between a banker accused of stealing billions and U.S. politicians he contributed money to are under investigation, federal officials say. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- An attorney for Nicolas Cage says the U.S. actor is not guilty of fraud in connection with a lawsuit accusing Cage of not paying back $3 million in loans. WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- The Obama administration has underestimated the threat posed by homegrown terrorism, a Republican lawmaker said Sunday. AL HIAM, Lebanon, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Explosives were found inside crates located near the Lebanese-Israeli border and five suspects were seen fleeing the scene, the Lebanese army said Sunday. 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. KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Secretive units from U.S. military Special Operations forces are expanding throughout Afghanistan to kill some of the toughest militants, authorities said. |
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| Saturday, December 26ANKARA, Turkey, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Eight Turkish soldiers have been arrested in connection with an alleged assassination plot against Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc, the army said. TEHRAN, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Hundreds of riot police on motorcycle and on foot charged outnumbered Iranian protesters chanting anti-government slogans in Tehran Saturday, authorities say. NABLUS, West Bank, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- The Israeli military said Saturday it killed three Palestinians planning an attack and three others blamed for the death of a Jewish settler. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Authorities say they have yet to determine the cause of a Christmas Day fire that killed two grandchildren of a prominent Kentucky couple, authorities say. LONDON, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- The British government is urging citizens to support its fox hunting ban by signing an online petition. SEOUL, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- A Korean-American human rights activist purposely crossed into North Korea to raise awareness of Pyongyang's purported abuses, his colleagues say. HONOLULU, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michele Obama have visited a Hawaii Marine Corps base for the second straight Christmas, officials say. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- At least 10 people were killed Saturday when Pakistani jets struck militant strongholds in a tribal area, officials said. A Taliban commander allegedly responsible for planning attacks against NATO forces was killed by security forces in Afghanistan Saturday, officials said. PIRDAD, Afghanistan, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- A Taliban commander allegedly responsible for planning attacks against NATO forces was killed by security forces in Afghanistan Saturday, officials said. LEXINGTON, Ky., Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Deployed U.S. soldiers may soon be chewing gum that fights cavities, University of Kentucky researchers say. |
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| Friday, December 25BELGRADE, Serbia, Dec. 25 (UPI) -- Serbian President Boris Tadic said he hopes Croatia will withdraw a genocide lawsuit filed 10 years ago in the International Court of Criminal Justice. KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 25 (UPI) -- The Taliban in Afghanistan Friday released a video of a U.S. soldier captured in June, and NATO officials called the release of the video "a horrible act." LOS ANGELES, Dec. 25 (UPI) -- A couple allege in a lawsuit against KISS bassist Gene Simmons the rock star assaulted them at a Los Angeles shopping mall. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 25 (UPI) -- A real estate company alleges in a $36.7 million lawsuit against Nicolas Cage the U.S. actor failed to pay back more than $5 million in loans. |
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| Thursday, December 24BEIJING, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- The 11-year prison sentence given Friday in a Beijing court to Liu Xiaobo shows China's Communist regime will not tolerate dissidence, critics said. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- A senior Catholic official in Los Angeles has testified under immunity before a grand jury investigating sex abuse, the Los Angeles Times reported Thursday. REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Dec. 24 (UPI) -- A judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a woman who says a California medical examiner kept her son's heart because he died of a rare condition. ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 24 (UPI) -- An anonymous Vietnam veteran donated a Disney honeymoon to a stranded serviceman who missed his Orlando, Fla., wedding, the bride said. DETROIT, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- A judge in Wayne County, Mich., said Detroit must repay The Detroit Free Press for legal fees the newspaper paid in a legal fight involving a mayoral scandal. KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- A roadside bomb killed a Canadian officer and an Afghan soldier on foot patrol near Kandahar City, Canadian defense officials said Thursday. |
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| Wednesday, December 23WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Chevron Corp. agreed to pay $45.5 million to settle a lawsuit that claimed it underpaid royalties on natural gas leases, the U.S. Justice Department said. LAS VEGAS, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Who can use the term "Best of Las Vegas" has become a legal issue as a publisher has filed lawsuits to maintain a hold on the phrase, court papers show. UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Israel's allies should threaten economic sanctions to persuade it to lift its blockade of Gaza, a U.N. official says. NORFOLK, Va., Dec. 23 (UPI) -- A petty officer took her own life because she was under stress from feeling like a scapegoat in a probe into hazing allegations, a U.S. Navy report says. WARRENTON, Va., Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Tareq and Michaele Salahi, the couple who crashed a state dinner at the White House, are involved in more than 30 lawsuits as defendants, court papers show. PAWTUCKET, R.I., Dec. 23 (UPI) -- An Iraq war veteran says he lost all the Christmas presents he purchased when a thief broke into his house in Rhode Island and took them from under the tree. Officials in a Swedish city said arsonists carried on an illegal tradition by setting the city's straw Christmas goat on fire. BRUSSELS, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- The nomination of a glamorous and controversial minister to lead Romania's regional development efforts has alarmed European officials, observers say. SAN ANTONIO, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- The Texas Civil Rights Project said the state of Texas agreed to destroy millions of blood samples from newborns to settle a lawsuit. BATON ROUGE, La., Dec. 23 (UPI) -- A Louisiana judge set a January hearing date on a challenge by a death row inmate to the planned execution of another condemned man. FORT HOOD, Texas, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Counseling practitioners at Fort Hood, Texas, say they're concerned about the psychological aftermath from last month's massacre as the holiday season nears. Iranian police and anti-government protesters clashed at a memorial service for cleric-turned-critic Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, witnesses said. CHICAGO, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- The brother of impeached Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich asked a federal judge to keep taped phone calls with his wife and son out of court. SEOUL, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- The stalled six-nation talks on North Korea's denuclearization must resume by the end of February or the process may end, South Korea's foreign minister said. |
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| Tuesday, December 22MEXICO CITY, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- The mother of a Mexican marine killed in a shootout with drug dealers was gunned down early Tuesday, hours after his funeral. SAN ANTONIO, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- The Army major charged with fatally shooting 13 people at Fort Hood in Texas has been barred from praying in Arabic on the telephone, his lawyer says. BOGOTA, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- A kidnapped Colombian state governor found dead Tuesday was probably killed soon after the abduction, officials said. MIAMI, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Republican U.S. Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart said Tuesday he and his brother U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart no longer back Florida Gov. Charlie Crist for U.S. Senate. NEW YORK, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani said Tuesday he won't be running for the U.S. Senate from New York state. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Microsoft lost a legal round Tuesday when a U.S. appeals court upheld a jury verdict that said it infringed on a Toronto company's patent. WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- U.S. troops and their families received thanks and holiday wishes Tuesday from Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. BAGHDAD, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- A U.S. Army general in Iraq who called for court-martialing female soldiers who got pregnant said he would not jail a soldier for pregnancy, ABC News reported. NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- A former New Orleans water board official says he's not guilty of steering millions of dollars to himself and his brother. WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- The five U.S. senators managing floor debate on the massive healthcare reform bill list health interests among their biggest contributors, records indicate. MOSCOW, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Russia's new strategic bomber will use stealth technology, a senior military official said Tuesday. WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- A retired U.S. general who once led U.S. forces in Iraq was fired as a "military mentor" after criticizing war policy in 2007, USA Today reported Tuesday. SEOUL, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- The two Koreas have completed the modernization of their military hot lines, a South Korean defense official said Tuesday. |
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| Monday, December 21COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- Sri Lanka says it is studying a U.N. request to explain the alleged shootings of surrendering Tamil rebel leaders in the final days of the civil war. NEW YORK, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- U.N. investigators Monday recommended that top officials in Guinea be referred to the International Criminal Court for the massacre of protesters in September. LUTON, England, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- A British TV presenter turned political candidate failed in her bid to break the world record for eating Brussels sprouts after finishing only five in a minute. FORT 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. NEW YORK, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- A man alleges in a lawsuit a New York funeral home mistakenly sent a different body to the Dominican Republic instead of his mother's remains. CHICAGO, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- Illinois' ousted governor researched if he could keep the White House chief of staff's former U.S. House seat warm for him, The Chicago Sun-Times said Monday. DETROIT, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- Defeated Detroit mayoral candidate Tom Barrow says election canvassers should resign because of their decisions about his demand for a recount. DANVILLE, Ill., Dec. 21 (UPI) -- A prison in Danville, Ill., is endangering inmates' health by serving meals made with soy, nine plaintiffs allege in a federal lawsuit. STUTTGART, Germany, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- Training for Polish soldiers on the U.S. Army Patriot Missile will get under way soon, military officials in Germany say. CARACAS, Venezuela, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he gave the military orders to shoot down any U.S. unmanned aircraft in his country's airspace. BUTLERVILLE, Ind., Dec. 21 (UPI) -- U.S. civilians heading to Afghanistan are being trained at an Indiana facility made to resemble a war-torn Afghan city, officials say. KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 20 (UPI) -- A battle next year for control of Congress will be fought in a few key races, and some in Tennessee will be among the most important, political analysts say. |
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| Sunday, December 20WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- Signs were emerging this weekend that abortion politics could become a key obstacle to a final deal to reform the U.S. health system, analysts say. FORT WORTH, Texas, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- Some Texas anti-war activists say they're disappointed in U.S. President Barack Obama and are losing patience with him. DUBLIN, Ireland, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- Adam Clayton, bassist for the Irish rock group U2, alleges in a lawsuit his former personal assistant stole nearly $2.6 million from him. 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. MEMPHIS, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- A man alleges in a lawsuit that a Memphis attorney bit off a portion of his nose during a fight at a local restaurant. BELGRADE, Serbia, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- Serbia, in a historic move, has decided to submit an application for European Union candidacy, President Boris Tadic says. SEOUL, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- North Korea eventually will be able to arm a missile with a small nuclear warhead, a South Korean think tank said. YITZHAR, West Bank, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- Israel's military is prepared to use "paralyzing power" to demolish illegal construction in Yitzhar and other parts of the West Bank, authorities said. WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- The Office of Congressional Ethics has recommended dropping the investigation of three U.S. House Democrats, the lawmakers' aides report. TEHRAN, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- A young Iranian doctor, allegedly killed because he refused to sign death certificates for detainees in prison, has become a hero to the opposition. |
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| Saturday, December 19MITZPE ASAEL, West Bank, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- A tractor driver was detained Saturday in a West Bank outpost as Israeli settlers and Palestinian farmers clashed over rights to the land, authorities said. MOGADISHU, Somalia, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- The European Union Naval Force said the MV Delvina, a Greek-owned bulk carrier, was released by pirates off the east coast of Somalia. FLORENCE, Italy, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- Italy's Tuscany region is suing Germany for the 1944 slayings of more than 350 people by soldiers from a Nazi Panzer division, Tuscan Gov. Claudio Martini said. BAGHDAD, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- The Multi-National Force in Iraq said two suspected terrorist leaders were apprehended Saturday during operations in Baghdad. 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. WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- The U.S. Senate passed a $636 billion defense appropriations bill Saturday, paving the way for a long-sought vote on healthcare insurance reform. WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- A District of Columbia woman who kept the decomposing bodies of her four daughters in her home has been sentenced to 120 years in prison, officials said. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- A challenge to California's same-sex marriage ban could be filmed next month under a plan to allow TV cameras in more federal courtrooms, U.S. officials said. WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- Angry U.S. lawmakers say the White House needs to quickly fill a vacant cybersecurity post after reports surfaced of hackers tapping drone military aircraft. WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- Most U.S. residents hold a deep-seated distrust of politicians when it comes to promoting the public good, a poll indicates. GALVESTON, Texas, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- A Texas jury has awarded $100 million in punitive damages to workers at a BP refinery near Galveston after they were exposed to toxins, attorneys said. Thousands of rail passengers were freed Saturday after being stranded inside the Channel Tunnel between Britain and France, officials say. 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 18LAS VEGAS, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Lawsuits against HMOs and insurance companies in Nevada charge they neglected to adequately inspect several Las Vegas clinics suspected in a hepatitis outbreak. KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- The time for talk is over in Afghanistan and now's the time to show some results, Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff said Friday. WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- A doctor with the U.S. Defense Department has acknowledged burning trash in pits could cause long-term health problems for some soldiers. COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Israeli President Shimon Peres and Turkish President Abdullah Gul say their countries will resume normal diplomatic relations. MEXICO CITY, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- The death of wanted drug kingpin Arturo Beltran Leyva may prompt a war between drug traffickers along the border of Sonora, Mexico, and Arizona, experts say. KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- The European Parliament said in an approved resolution it deplores crimes against humanity occurring in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- The Pentagon didn't begin securing communications from unmanned U.S. aircraft until 2009, despite knowing about the vulnerability in 2004, officers said. CHICAGO, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- U.S. military and chemical companies failed to warn of the danger of Agent Orange, the chemical used as a defoliant in Vietnam, the Chicago Tribune reports. PARIS, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Killings and rapes at an opposition rally in Guinea in September were carried out by the country's elite Presidential Guard, Human Rights Watch said Thursday. 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. NEWARK, N.J., Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Court documents indicate Rielle Hunter is seeking hefty support for the child former U.S. Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., has yet to acknowledge fathering. |
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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. WARREN, Ohio, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Convicted ex-congressman James A. Traficant Jr. says he may run for Congress again, possibly in Ohio or Pennsylvania. PITTSBURGH, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- The Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership has begun sending cease-and-desist letters to other communities that have copied its popular Light Up Night. LOCKLAND, Ohio, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Officials in an Ohio village have decided to remove a Ten Commandments sign that has stood outside the village hall for several years. NASHVILLE, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- A Tennessee judge has granted an executed inmate's request to go to his grave without an autopsy. OSLO, Norway, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Raising a German submarine that sank during World War II off the west coast of Norway could cost up to $375 million, a new report says. NAPERVILLE,, Ill., Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Real lawsuits were filed against Naperville, Ill., officials, after plaintiffs said they didn't OK their appearances on a police reality show the city hosted. MILAN, Italy, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said Thursday he felt loved by Italy during four days in a hospital after being struck in the face by an attacker. STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Swedish serial killer Sture Bergwall was granted a retrial in the murder of an Israeli tourist Thursday after recanting his confessions to eight killings. SANA'A, Yemen, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- The Yemeni Defense Ministry said Thursday 51 al-Qaida members were captured or killed in land and air attacks on two training camps. SAN ANTONIO, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- U.S. Army psychologist Nidal Hasan, accused in the deadly Fort Hood shootings, is out of intensive care in San Antonio, his defense lawyer says. NEW YORK, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Family members of victims from the Sept. 11 terror attacks said the city of New York should relocate Ground Zero debris to a proper burial site. WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Aides for U.S. Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., say they asked the party's re-election arm for a memo on how a congressman could use campaign funds upon retirement. MIRAN SHAH, Pakistan, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- U.S. drones struck a mountainous region in northwest Pakistan Thursday, killing at least 16 people, including Arab al-Qaida members, Pakistani officials said. PARIS, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy played an integral role in the corruption that may have prompted a deadly bombing in Pakistan in May 2002, a lawyer alleges. WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- A U.S. House of Representatives oversight committee said it is investigating allegations private companies made payments to the Taliban in Afghanistan. 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. WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Documents released as part of a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit indicate intelligence was collected improperly on U.S. citizens. WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- President Barack Obama will have to plead his own case to House Democrats on the need to send more U.S. troops to Afghanistan, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said. 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. WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- The United States will test its missile defense system next month, trying to intercept fake missiles on a trajectory from Iran, officials said. MOSCOW, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- NATO isn't willing to compromise with Russia on admitting Georgia to the western military alliance, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Thursday. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- U.S. officials in Pakistan say the country's military and intelligence services are harassing Washington's diplomatic corps, making a tense situation tenser. 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 16HARRISBURG, Pa., Dec. 16 (UPI) -- A Democratic state legislator from southwestern Pennsylvania was arraigned Wednesday on charges of using state employees for campaign work. SDEROT, Israel, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- Militants in Gaza fired two Qassam rockets into Israel Wednesday, military officials say. MANSFIELD, Ohio, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- An Ohio man has been jailed for allegedly firebombing a municipal courtroom where he was to stand trial on other charges, authorities say. WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- South Florida bumped West Virginia as the worst judicial system in the United States, the American Tort Reform Association's annual report indicated. COLUMBIA, S.C., Dec. 16 (UPI) -- A South Carolina legislative panel Wednesday rejected an impeachment resolution against Gov. Mark Sanford. WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- The U.S. House passed a $636 billion defense spending bill that also would extend jobless benefits and healthcare for out-of-work Americans another few months. SANDY SPRINGS, Ga., Dec. 16 (UPI) -- The Church of Scientology promises a lawsuit against Sandy Springs, Ga., where the city council voted to allow a church but without the space it sought. WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman, Ind-Conn., a former Democrat, says he hasn't ruled out running as a Republican in 2012. DETROIT, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- The family of an exotic dancer shot dead in 2003 is seeking medical records from a Detroit hospital regarding treatment the woman received, court filings show. LAS CRUCES, N.M., Dec. 16 (UPI) -- New Mexico state police allege a former police officer falsely identified himself as a brigadier general with the Army Reserves. MIAMI, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- A U.S. medical team said cells removed from a patient's damaged pancreas are now producing insulin in the man's liver thanks to a groundbreaking transplant. OTTAWA, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- The Canadian military is on order to trim spending by $80 million before its new fiscal year begins in April 2010, officials told the Ottawa Citizen newspaper. STUTTGART, Germany, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- U.S. military officials are considering adding 1,000 Marines to U.S. Africa Command, giving it a rapid deployment force, Stars and Stripes reports. CHICAGO, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- A federal judge in Chicago ordered a suspect in an international terror plot to remain jailed pending trial, saying he posed a flight risk if released MOSCOW, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- Visiting Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said in Moscow his country will buy submarines and aircraft from Russia. DETROIT, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick broke state law if he used campaign money to pay defense lawyers, the state attorney general says. KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- U.S. special operations in Afghanistan have been strengthened as part of a strategy to get faster results in fighting the Taliban insurgency, officials said. SACRAMENTO, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- The University of Phoenix has agreed to pay $67.5 million to settle a suit by two whistle-blowers over its recruitment policy, federal officials said Tuesday. |
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| Tuesday, December 15MIAMI, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- An insurance company has been ordered to pay damages to the families of a jazz musician and the woman he tried to save from drowning in Miami Beach. AMHERST, Mass., Dec. 15 (UPI) -- John Demjanjuk, an elderly Cleveland-area man accused of Nazi war crimes, is healthier than he appears, a law professor who observed his trial in Germany says. NEW YORK, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- A state judge Tuesday ordered a homeless group to remove sidewalk donation tables in New York pending the outcome of a state suit that calls the group a sham. WASHINGTON, 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. WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Watchdog groups say a deal reached with the Obama administration will allow the restoration of e-mail from former President George W. Bush's administration. CHRISTIANSBURG, Va., Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Lawyers for the state of Virginia say a suit by the families of two students killed at Virginia Tech should be dismissed. WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- A U.S. military official has acknowledged there might be a link between open-air burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan and soldiers' chronic ill health. ST. LOUIS, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Apparel maker The North Face filed a lawsuit in Missouri against The South Butt, a company started by a teen to mock the high-end clothing manufacturer. WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Two Pennsylvania men and four police officers were indicted for a hate crime and corruption in the fatal beating a Latino man, the Justice Department said. LAS VEGAS, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- A U.S. soldier on leave from Iraq will likely face a manslaughter charge in the death of a Las Vegas man during a road rage incident, a prosecutor said. KABUL -- A suicide bomber killed eight Afghans on Tuesday blocks from the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, in an attack that targeted a neighborhood in which many former and current Afghan officials live. JERUSALEM, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- The Israeli army assured Christian pilgrims they will have free access to Jesus' birthplace in Bethlehem during the Christmas holidays. 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. KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- The top U.S. military official says he's concerned about the growing Afghan Taliban and al-Qaida collusion and other extremist groups taking refuge in Pakistan. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- The Pakistani military is not ready to meet a U.S. demand that it go after Afghan Taliban leader Siraj Haqqani, officials said. |
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| Monday, December 14TEL AVIV, Israel, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- A Tel Aviv District Court Monday convicted four people of assaulting two entertainment industry executives on behalf of the late entertainer Dudu Topaz. MEXICO CITY, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Red tape has delayed delivery of aircraft the United States has pledged to Mexico in the fight against drug traffickers, a government report indicates. WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- U.S. Senate leaders will drop expansion of Medicare from healthcare reform legislation in return for getting a bill passed by Christmas, senators said Monday. 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. DALLAS, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- An $8 million U.S.-made Bell helicopter illegally bound for Iran has been grounded in Texas for more than a year, federal agents confirmed. PALM BEACH, Fla., Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Jeffrey Epstein's penis cannot be examined by lawyers for women who say the billionaire sex offender abused them, a Palm Beach, Fla., judge ruled Monday. KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- The United States must take action quickly to stem the momentum of Afghan insurgents, the Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, Adm. Mike Mullen, said Monday. ATLANTA, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- A federal judge in Atlanta sentenced a former Georgia man to 17 years in prison Monday on terrorism-related charges. PYONGYANG, North Korea, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- North Korea may want normal relations with other countries, but South Korea's top military official says it also wants recognition as a nuclear weapons state. WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Debate on Capitol Hill over health coverage for mammograms has started shaping the 2010 U.S. election as a battle for the crucial women's vote. LAS VEGAS, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Attorneys for a Las Vegas casino said a lawsuit against the site for allegedly putting employees at risk due to second-hand smoke is politically motivated. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Dec. 14 (UPI) -- A group of ultra-conservative Christian demonstrators have indicated they will target Jewish organizations on a South Florida protest tour. WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Legislation focused on U.S. jobs creation and healthcare reform is costing lots of money and creating political conflict, officials from both parties said. GAZA, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- A massive celebration in Gaza marking the 22nd anniversary of the Palestinian group Hamas Monday shows it still has broad support, observers say. WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court Monday refused to hear a case in which four Britons, who have since been released from Guantanamo, wanted to sue U.S. officials. LAHORE, Pakistan, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- A court in Lahore, Pakistan, Monday barred the government from deporting five Americans arrested on suspicion of planning terrorist attacks. YASUF, West Bank, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- A senior Jewish rabbi on a peace mission to an occupied West Bank village was pelted by rocks Monday, witnesses said. CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C., Dec. 14 (UPI) -- A bipartisan group of U.S. senators says the Navy should carry out a $1.8 million study of tainted drinking water at Camp Lejeune, N.C. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi spent a peaceful night in a hospital recuperating from facial injuries from an assault, an official said Monday 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. COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Sri Lanka Monday accused former army chief, Gen. Sarath Fonseka, of betrayal for his claims against government in the final battle against Tamil Tiger rebels. KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- A big part of the intensified U.S. war effort in Afghanistan is beefed-up investments in jobs programs to lure away Taliban fighters, officials say. WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama said deploying an additional 30,000 troops to Afghanistan was the toughest decision of his presidency. NEW YORK, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- The European allies' decision to send an additional 7,000 troops to Afghanistan is welcome but falls short of the needs there, The New York Times says. |
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| Sunday, December 13BAGHDAD, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- U.S. National Guard soldiers in Baghdad celebrated the Guard's 373rd birthday Sunday, officials said. FORT HOOD, Texas, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- A lawyer says he has agreed to defend the Army major charged in the Nov. 5 massacre at Fort Hood, Texas, because all soldiers deserve a fair trial. WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. David Obey, D-Wis., is leading the Democratic Party skepticism of the Afghanistan troop buildup, The New York Times reported Sunday. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- A Philadelphia woman, jailed for a highly publicized kidnapping hoax, seeks house arrest even as accusations of fraud and theft mount against her, lawyers said. CHICAGO, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- Attorneys for indicted former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich say they want the FBI to turn over notes of interviews with President Barack Obama. BANGOR, Maine, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- Author Stephen King donated $12,999 to bring 150 troops training in Camp Atterbury, Ind., back to their Maine homes for the holidays, an assistant said. BARCELONA, Spain, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- Residents of the Spanish region of Catalonia voted Sunday on an unofficial referendum seeking independence from Madrid, observers said. 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. TEHRAN, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- Iran's supreme leader Sunday blamed reformists and anti-government forces for defiling a picture of his predecessor, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. ARLINGTON, Va., Dec. 13 (UPI) -- Some 6,000 volunteers came to Arlington National Cemetery to place wreaths on the U.S. military graves there, event organizers said. JAFFA, Israel, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- An Israeli military court has found a company commander guilty of beating Palestinian detainees during interrogation, officials said Sunday. HANGU, Pakistan, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- Five soldiers and at least 26 militants have died during weekend fighting in Pakistan, military officials said Sunday. MOGADISHU, Somalia, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- At least three people were killed and seven others hurt in fighting between government soldiers and rebels in Mogadishu, Somalian authorities said. WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- Gen. Stanley McChrystal, commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, said setting a withdrawal date forces Afghan leaders to take their own security seriously. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- Hustler publisher Larry Flynt won a legal battle with his nephews when a court in Los Angeles ruled they cannot use the Flynt name for their own line of porn. PASADENA, Calif., Dec. 12 (UPI) -- An appeals court in California has ruled forcing an anti-gay marriage group to turn over internal e-mails would violate the right to freedom of association. |
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| Saturday, December 12HOUSTON, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- Houston City Controller Annise Parker became the first openly gay person elected mayor of a major U.S. city in Saturday's runoff race. MANILA, Philippines, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- Philippine President Gloria Arroyo ended martial law Saturday in Maguindanao, the province where 57 people were killed in an ambush in November. BANGKOK, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- Thai authorities said they seized 35 tons of weapons Saturday from a plane believed bound from North Korea to South Asia. HAIFA, Israel, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- Six sailors were rescued after a freighter headed for the Israeli port of Haifa sank off Cyprus, and six others were missing, Israeli authorities said. 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. JUBA, Sudan, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- Northern Sudanese politicians may be playing a role in the deadly ethnic conflicts plaguing most of southern Sudan this year, some officials say. LONDON, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- It would have been right to "remove" Saddam Hussein even without evidence he had weapons of mass destruction, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair says. NEW YORK, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- A federal judge in New York has ordered a law blocking funding for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now to be rolled back. TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernandez says he has offered to broker a meeting between ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya and his successor. DALLAS, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- A lawsuit charges that a lawyer with the Innocence Project of Texas is getting a cut from compensation paid to the wrongly convicted after their release. COVENTRY, England, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- The family of a British soldier has learned 65 years after his death in World War II that he sacrificed himself to save 20 French children. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- An Asian legal group said it plans to file a civil rights complaint against the Philadelphia School District over attacks on Asian-American students. |
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| Friday, December 11NEW YORK, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- A federal judge in New York reportedly issued a sealed order 18 months ago freezing $2 billion in alleged Iranian assets in Citibank. WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army is reporting the fifth straight year of increased suicides among active duty and reserve components of the service branch. HARTFORD, Conn., Dec. 11 (UPI) -- A Catholic diocese in Connecticut paid $40,000 to two men who say they were abused by priests in return for agreeing not to sue the diocese, records reveal. WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. Neil Abercrombie, D-Hawaii, an announced candidate for governor of his state, said Friday he is resigning his seat in Congress. KIRKUK, Iraq, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- The U.S. Air Force is likely to remain in Iraq after 2011, when its forces are scheduled to pull out, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday. WILMINGTON, Del., Dec. 11 (UPI) -- Apple Inc. alleged Friday in a U.S. District Court of Delaware filing that Finland's Nokia communications corporation infringed on 13 Apple patents. The Iraqi Ministry of Oil awarded Royal Dutch Shell and Petronas Carigali a contract to develop one of the world's largest oil fields, the company said. WARSAW, Poland, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- U.S. and Polish officials Friday signed a new Status of Forces Agreement in Warsaw, officials said. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- A Maryland judge has ordered former reality television star Jon Gosselin to refrain from granting interviews or making appearances without TLC's permission. WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- A federal judge held the U.S. Defense Department in contempt for not taping a Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, military prison detainee's testimony as ordered. |
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| Thursday, December 10WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- More than 2,000 General Motors Co. and Chrysler Group dealerships could fight forced closings in arbitration under a bill passed Thursday by the U.S. House. TAMPA, Fla., Dec. 10 (UPI) -- A Florida widow has sued a mortgage company, charging that harassment by debt collectors caused her husband's death from heart failure. ALBANY, N.Y., Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Disgraced former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer is considering another run for statewide office, this time for comptroller, the New York Post reported Thursday. WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- The watch Tareq Salahi, the Virginia man who crashed a dinner at the White House, was forced to turn over as security for a debt is a fake, a jeweler says. BAGHDAD, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates visited Baghdad Thursday to get Iraqi leaders to settle differences over the status of the Kurdish region, officials said. MANILA, Philippines, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Gunmen in the troubled southern Philippines Thursday kidnapped dozens of people, including children, before releasing them, authorities said. 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. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- U.S. actor Ron Livingston is suing over a Wikipedia posting, saying the online encyclopedia's page about him incorrectly identifies him as gay. 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. COLUMBIA, S.C., Dec. 10 (UPI) -- A House panel voted to censure, not impeach, embattled South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, making it unlikely he would be removed from office. WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Pakistan's anti-insurgency campaign has helped the U.S. effort to "degrade the extremist groups" along the Afghan-Pakistan border, a top U.S. commander said. |
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| Wednesday, December 9LONDON, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- A group of at least 15 British families says their children suffered severed fingertips in foldable baby strollers. WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- There will be an increase in violence in Afghanistan early next year as additional U.S. troops arrive to battle Taliban insurgents, a top U.S. commander says. WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- U.S. military planners will know by mid-2011 if their new strategy for Afghanistan is going to succeed, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says. CHICAGO, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- Indicted former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich signed a copy of the U.S. Constitution with a near-profanity that has become his catchphrase, witnesses said. AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- The rise of China is the top news story of the decade, a study performed by a U.S. language analysis group indicated. BROWNSVILLE, Pa., Dec. 9 (UPI) -- A Pennsylvania woman who had both her legs partially amputated alleges her condition was misdiagnosed because she had been drinking. KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- Afghan army units are corrupt and lack sufficient training and discipline to take over from their American counterparts anytime soon, some U.S. trainers say. TEL AVIV, Israel, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- Calls for East Jerusalem to be established as the capital of a new Palestinian state don't carry much weight, an Israeli political scientist says. BELGRADE, Serbia, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- No decision has been made on if Serbia will submit its European Union candidacy application before the end of the year, Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic says. OLYMPIA, Wash., Dec. 9 (UPI) -- Two U.S. Army Rangers accused in a bar burglary that left a man with a stab wound will be allowed to deploy overseas under a judge's ruling. FARMINGTON, Utah, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- A Vietnam War veteran in Utah says he got his Purple Heart 42 years after being wounded, thanks to his son's efforts in pursuing the award. KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- Britain has lost its 100th soldier in the Afghan war this year, but its army chief, Gen. David Richards, urged against judging the campaign by casualties alone. WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- Al-Qaida won't be vanquished until after Osama bin Laden is captured or killed U.S. Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal told lawmakers in Washington Tuesday. ANKARA, Turkey, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- An opposition leader in Turkey said Tuesday the government is mishandling the threat of Kurdish nationalists, citing the attack that killed seven soldiers. BOSTON, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- A federal judge has refused to order a Boston University graduate student to stop promoting file-sharing. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- A Lebanese man who allegedly told U.S. agents he is a member of Hezbollah has been ordered held without bail by a federal judge in Philadelphia. |
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| Tuesday, December 8WASHINGTON -- Afghanistan's security forces will need U.S. support for another 15 years to 20 years, President Hamid Karzai said Tuesday, the latest in a series of indications that U.S. involvement there is likely to last far into the future. BOSTON, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley won the Democratic primary Tuesday in the race to fill the late U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy's seat, results showed. TEL AVIV, Israel, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- A gay Israeli teenager is seeking $4 million from the organization that runs the Tel Aviv gay community center where he was shot, his lawyer says. KATHMANDU, Nepal, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- Nepal's government must arrest an army major expelled from a U.N. peacekeeping force and accused of torturing a girl to death, Amnesty International said. WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- A settlement has been reached in a long-running suit involving U.S. government management of Indian trust accounts, federal officials said Tuesday. WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- The top U.S. military and diplomatic officials in Afghanistan spoke before two congressional committees Tuesday, saying they both support the surge in forces. DETROIT, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- Two leaders of a Detroit homeless shelter will plead guilty to charges they diverted taxpayer funds to political causes, The Detroit Free Press said Tuesday. PALM BEACH, Fla., Dec. 8 (UPI) -- A Palm Beach, Fla., billionaire says he's launching a legal campaign to stamp out counterfeit wine collectibles. WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- Former FBI director William Webster has been tapped to review the agency's performance in the run-up to last month's Fort Hood, Texas, shootings, sources say. SAADA, Yemen, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- The Yemeni army was close to retaking parts of Saada from al-Houthi rebels, military officials said Tuesday. KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- The pledge of 7,000 more NATO troops in Afghanistan is a sign of the military alliance's commitment to the country, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said. NEW DELHI, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- An Indian naval ship prevented pirates in the Gulf of Aden from hijacking a tanker owned by Nordik Shipping, authorities said. TEHRAN, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- Terrorists connected with a suicide attack in the southeastern Iranian city of Sarbaz have been arrested, Iran's chief prosecutor says. CAREY, N.C., Dec. 8 (UPI) -- A North Carolina man is suing over his town's insistence that he remove the message "Screwed by the town of Cary" from the side of his house, officials said. LONDON, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- The former British Chief of the General Staff says Prime Minister Gordon Brown didn't understand the Afghanistan War until recently. TEHRAN, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- Iran's chief prosecutor says he may arrest Mir Hossein Mousavi, whose disputed June presidential election loss is still sparking civil unrest in Iran. WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- White House Office of Health Reform chief Nancy-Ann DeParle earned more than $6.6 million as a paid director for U.S. healthcare firms, records indicate. WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army took advantage of a loophole to award profitable contracts to retired generals for a mentoring program, a USA Today study shows. Students fell after one tripped on the steps at a middle school in China's central Hunan province, resulting in the deaths of eight children, authorities said. NORFOLK, Va., Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Two U.S. Navy SEALs accused in the alleged abuse of an Iraqi detainee were arraigned in Virginia Monday, with one not entering a plea and one pleading innocent. KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- The deployment of 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan emphasizes the U.S commitment to the country, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday in Kabul. MULTAN, Pakistan, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- A bomb Tuesday in Multan, Pakistan, killed at least 12 people a day after similar blasts killed dozens more in other Pakistani cities, authorities said. LAHORE, Pakistan, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- Major Pakistani cities have been hammered by militant attacks, with the death toll since Friday topping 100, authorities said. |
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| Monday, December 7MOSCOW, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Russia and India further strengthened their historic ties by concluding civilian nuclear deals Monday under which Moscow will provide firm fuel supplies. WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- About 16,000 U.S. Marines and soldiers were notified Monday they will be deployed to Afghanistan as part of President Obama's strategy, the Pentagon said. 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. BOCA RATON, Fla., Dec. 7 (UPI) -- The lawyer for a former teacher accused of starving her cats says the search of her Boca Raton, Fla., apartment was conducted illegally. BEDWORTH, England, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- A medals expert says he doubts a man who wore 17 military medals during a parade in Bedworth, England, actually earned them. WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court Monday refused to take charge of the case of a Guantanamo prisoner still held after apparently being cleared for release. 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. JERUSALEM, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Israel is ready and willing to conduct direct negotiations with Syria without preconditions, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said. CEE, Spain, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- A Spanish taxi driver who claims to be the son of a deceased millionaire is accusing the man's family of hiding the body to prevent DNA tests. 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. SACRAMENTO, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- An online game developer is using deceptive offers to illegally soak Facebook users for millions of dollars, a California class-action lawsuit alleges. TOKYO, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Four teenage children of U.S. military personnel stationed in Tokyo were arrested during the weekend on suspicion of attempted murder, officials said. PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Pakistan's violence-torn Peshawar was struck again Monday when a suicide bomber detonated outside a court, killing at least five people, authorities said. WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- The U.S. war strategy in Afghanistan is essentially unchanged with the influx of 30,000 new troops, The Washington Post reported Monday. BAGHDAD, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- The U.S. military is leaving millions of dollars of gear behind in Iraq as some in the Pentagon are urging it be used in Afghanistan, Pentagon memos indicate. Dec. 7--Acting Justice Secretary Agnes Devanadera on Sunday said that there is an airtight case against the patriarch of the Ampatuan clan and other members of the family to warrant the filing of rebellion charges against them. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- At least five people have been arrested in the attack that killed 40 people at a mosque in Pakistan's garrison city of Rawalpindi, police said. SIOUX CITY, Iowa, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- Hundreds of Iowans turned out Sunday at a Sioux City bookstore where Sara Palin signed copies of her book, "Going Rogue." |
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| Sunday, December 6NORFOLK, Va., Dec. 6 (UPI) -- Two Navy SEALs accused in the mistreatment of a suspect in the ambush slayings of four Blackwater contractors in Iraq face arraignment Monday in Virginia. LANSING, Mich., Dec. 6 (UPI) -- Michigan's attorney general said he plans to file a lawsuit to try to shut canal locks leading to Lake Michigan to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes. Both candidates in Romania's presidential election runoff claimed victory Sunday night but an official tally won't be released before Monday, officials say. BUCHAREST, Romania, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- Both candidates in Romania's presidential election runoff claimed victory Sunday night but an official tally won't be released before Monday, officials say. BALTIMORE, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- A lawsuit over food stamps in Maryland goes to court Monday, as figures show only about half of eligible state residents are receiving benefits, officials said. NORFOLK, Va., Dec. 6 (UPI) -- The commanding officer and command master chief of a U.S. Navy destroyer were relieved or their duties Sunday for allowing fraternization, officials said. LAREDO, Texas, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- The notorious Mexican drug cartel enforcers known as the Zetas are branching out into legitimate businesses, law enforcement officials say. WASHINGTON, 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. HARTFORD, Conn., Dec. 6 (UPI) -- An adviser to Connecticut U.S. Senate candidate Linda McMahon has been subpoenaed in connection with a probe of Sen. John Ensign, campaign officials say. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Dec. 6 (UPI) -- U.S. military officials say they have successfully deployed a next generation battlefield communications satellite. WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama's July 2011 Afghanistan withdrawal date is a "ramp," not a "cliff," national security adviser James Jones says. OCEANSIDE, Calif., Dec. 6 (UPI) -- The U.S. Marines Corps said a 23-year-old Marine from California's Camp Pendleton died during a parachute training exercise. BOSTON, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- Four Democrats vying to succeed the late U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., have shown differing styles and personalities, The Boston Globe reported Sunday. 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) -- U.S. President Barack Obama's July 2011 date for transferring troops out of Afghanistan isn't a deadline for ending U.S. involvement, the Pentagon chief says. WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama is trying to create a sense of urgency on Afghanistan with the sending of more troops, a top military official says. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 6 (UPI) -- A team of college students from Massachusetts won $40,000 for finding 10 military weather balloons scattered across the United States, officials said. MANILA, Philippines, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- Six members of a powerful Filipino family were among 47 people arrested in a martial law crackdown in the province of Maguindanao, authorities said Sunday. 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. |
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| Saturday, December 5WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- President Obama plans to attend a Democratic Senate caucus meeting as leaders struggle to win support for the healthcare bill, the White House said Saturday. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- U.S. actor Ron Livingston is suing Wikipedia, saying the online encyclopedia's page about him incorrectly identifies him as gay. WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- A controversial recommendation on breast cancer testing by a U.S. medical panel shows why healthcare reform is flawed, a Republican Party spokeswoman says. SEOUL, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- The South Korean military is keeping a close eye on reports of unrest in neighboring North Korea, sources say. TOKYO, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama says he has not told his government to consider relocating a U.S. air base from Okinawa to Guam. TOKYO, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- Four teenagers -- all children of U.S. military personnel in Japan -- have been arrested on charges of attempted murder, authorities say. LONDON, 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. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- A three-year investigation has produced voter fraud convictions for two members of a longtime California political family, observers say. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- A weakening of Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari's political position has caused little alarm in Washington, diplomatic sources say. FORT HOOD, Texas, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- A U.S. Army Reserve medical unit that lost three members in last month's Fort Hood, Texas, base shootings has left for Afghanistan, officials say. RABAT, Morocco, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- The military leader who last year seized control of Guinea in a coup has been flown to Morocco after being wounded in an attack, officials said. MANILA, Philippines, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- Martial law in the Philippines province of Maguindanao was in force Saturday after last month's massacre of 57 people there, officials said. |
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| Friday, December 4RAWALPINDI, Pakistan, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- At least 40 people, including four attackers, died Friday when militants struck a military mosque in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, Pakistani officials said. PRINCETON, N.J., Dec. 4 (UPI) -- U.S. residents are split over whether the country can achieve its goals in Afghanistan, a Gallup poll reported Friday. SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- A bill banning the importation of foreign nuclear waste into America is being blocked by a senator from Utah with ties to the importer, bill supporters say. BRUSSELS, Montenegro, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- NATO offered the former Yugoslav republic of Montenegro a formal plan to join the organization as a step toward full membership. LAS VEGAS, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- An early advertising blitz by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., has done little to make more Nevada voters like him, a poll released Friday indicated. WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has used her Facebook page to call on President Obama to boycott the upcoming climate conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 4 (UPI) -- The father of a Harvard student who took his own life in 2007 is suing the Massachusetts Ivy League college and the nurse and doctor who treated his son. CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- U.S. Marines said they were on the move Friday against insurgent forces in Afghanistan's Helmand province. MANILA, Philippines, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Philippine authorities, investigating the Nov. 23 massacre, report finding a huge cache of high-powered firearms near the Ampatuan family home. MOSCOW, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Russia is planning to move all of its military arms depots and other hazardous installations away from population centers, the Defense Ministry said Friday. BRUSSELS, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- NATO members will send at least 7,000 more troops to Afghanistan to support the U.S. surge, NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said in Brussels. 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. TOKYO, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- The Obama administration wants Japan to move quickly to resolve a dispute over the location of a Marine base, U.S. Ambassador John Roos said Friday. SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- A polygamist breakaway Mormon group has asked a judge in Utah to remove a Salt Lake City accountant from oversight of the United Effort Plan Trust. 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. WATERTOWN, N.Y., Dec. 4 (UPI) -- A soldier stationed at Fort Drum in New York who returned from Iraq earlier this year has been charged with killing two comrades. |
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| Thursday, December 3WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- The CIA's use of drones to fire missiles at suspected al-Qaida and Taliban militants in Pakistan has been expanded, The New York Times reported. WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- The United States has spent only $24 million of the $1.3 billion appropriated to help Mexico stem the flow of drugs, a government report said Thursday. BOSTON, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- Retail giant Wall-Mart Stores Inc. settled a class-action lawsuit in Massachusetts by agreeing to pay $40 million to 87,500 employees for wages owed. RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 3 (UPI) -- A Medal of Honor winner in Virginia said his community's homeowner association is threatening him with legal action if he does not remove his flagpole. NASHVILLE, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- The body of a man executed this week in Tennessee waits in limbo while a judge decides whether an autopsy must be performed against his wishes. The Italian student charged with killing a young British woman in Perugia in 2007 denied Thursday that he was present when Meredith Kercher died. BOSTON, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- Retail giant Wall-Mart Stores Inc. settled a class-action lawsuit in Massachusetts by agreeing to pay $40 million to 87,500 employees for wages owed. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Dec. 3 (UPI) -- The Florida lawyer arrested on racketeering and fraud charges donated to political campaigns with funds from a $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme, prosecutors alleged. NEW YORK, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- A New York man dubbed the Cat Man over an attempted cat rescue alleges in a lawsuit he received unnecessarily heavy medication while institutionalized. PENN TOWNSHIP, Pa., Dec. 3 (UPI) -- A Pennsylvania woman's forearm tattoo will not keep her from shipping out for basic training with the U.S. Air Force, military officials said. GREENWOOD, Ind., Dec. 3 (UPI) -- A man in Greenwood, Ind., alleges a shuttle operator would not hire him because his Sikh faith requires him to wear a beard and turban. COLUMBIA, S.C., Dec. 3 (UPI) -- South Carolina's top court ruled the state's ethics panel must release documents on its probe of Gov. Mark Sanford that were turned over to the governor. WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- A report on civil rights during the George W. Bush administration indicates the U.S. Justice Department sometimes rejected complaints without taking action. WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- Some Democrats, noting the declining U.S. public support for the Afghan war, are not happy with President Barack Obama's troop surge decision. MANILA, Philippines, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- U.N. human rights experts are urging the Philippines government to investigate the massacre of 57 people and take measures to prevent a recurrence. BRUSSELS, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- NATO allies pledged Wednesday to send thousands more troops to Afghanistan. |
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| Wednesday, December 2KABUL -- Afghans and Pakistanis on Wednesday greeted President Barack Obama's plan to send 30,000 to 35,000 troops to Afghanistan with limited enthusiasm, skepticism that the U.S. has enough staying power to defeat the Taliban-led insurgency, and even suspicion that the rapid surge will be followed by a speedy exit. WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- A secret U.S. operation revealed Wednesday involved two years of undercover work and last year netted an Iranian in an illegal arms deal, authorities say. SCRANTON, Pa., Dec. 2 (UPI) -- A state judge in northeastern Pennsylvania has been charged with taking a payoff from a lawyer who appeared before him, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- An Iranian arms procurement agent who pleaded guilty to selling U.S. military components will be sentenced in mid-December, the U.S. Justice Department said. KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama's move to send 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan is doomed to fail, Taliban militants say. FORT HOOD, Texas, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- The Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, was charged with 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder Wednesday, officials said. THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Former Liberian President Charles Taylor, facing a Sierra Leone war crimes tribunal, says Taiwan and Libya contributed to his 1997 presidential campaign. SEOUL, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- An official in Seoul said a North Korean soldier returned home Wednesday, days after being rescued at sea by the South Korean navy. KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- The United States must ensure procedures are in place to investigate civilian deaths since more troops are heading to Afghanistan, Amnesty International said. BRISBANE, Australia, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- A 46-year-old woman in Queensland, Australia, alleges in a lawsuit the flesh-eating infection she suffered from was misdiagnosed by hospital staff. JERUSALEM, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Israeli military sources said a soldier received 20 days of detention after he cooked himself a meal on the holy day of Shabbat in violation of orders. WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- More troops mean a faster transfer of security responsibilities to Afghan forces, said Gen. Stan McChrystal, commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan. KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Russia's ambassador to Afghanistan says the United States is making some of the same mistakes the Soviet Union did during its military campaign. WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Top military and diplomatic officials Wednesday warned a U.S. Senate panel that failure in Afghanistan would mean a Taliban takeover and a renewed civil war. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Dec. 2 (UPI) -- The investigation of a Ponzi scheme allegedly run by a Florida attorney now seems to be centering on possible accomplices, court documents indicate. BAGHDAD, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Recent operations in Iraq have resulted in the arrest of 15 suspected al-Qaida members, U.S. military officials report Wednesday. FRANKFURT, Germany, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Pakistan wants the United States to better coordinate with its armies in implementing its new Afghan strategy, Pakistan's foreign minister said. WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Silence by Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., is being seen as part of a partisan effort to paint Republicans as being sympathetic to rapists, some GOP lawmakers say. PROVIDENCE, R.I., Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Actor James Woods has settled his lawsuit against the Rhode Island hospital where his brother died after having a heart attack in 2006, officials said. WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. troops stationed in Afghanistan say they are cautiously optimistic about President Barack Obama deploying an additional 30,000 troops to the country. WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama's decision to send more troops to Afghanistan should encourage other NATO allies to do the same, the head of the alliance said. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, having ceded many of his powers under political pressure, may be able to keep his job at least for now, analysts said. ATLANTA, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- A recount in the Atlanta mayoral race is likely, as Kasim Reed won the runoff by a narrow margin and opponent Mary Norwood refused to concede. KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- The new U.S. strategy in Afghanistan will rely on that country's government but the question is will the Afghans come through, The New York Times says. BRIDGEPORT, Conn., Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Documents released Tuesday by the Catholic diocese in Bridgeport, Conn., show church leaders were more intent on protecting priests than children, critics say. WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf says any exit strategy from Afghanistan must come after eliminating al-Qaida and defeating the Taliban. ATLANTA, D.C., Dec. 1 (UPI) -- The race for mayor of Atlanta was too close to call Tuesday night with just several hundred votes separating Mary Norwood and Kasim Reed. |
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| Tuesday, December 1KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama's decision to send more troops to Afghanistan will enhance British troops' security there, British military sources said. WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Military leaders fully back U.S. President Obama's strategy for Afghanistan, Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Tuesday. LONDON, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- A British Royal Army sergeant killed in Afghanistan was remembered at a funeral Tuesday in the same chapel where he married four months ago. WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. John Tanner, D-Tenn., has decided not to seek a 12th term in 2010, sources told the National Journal Tuesday. WASHINGTON, 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. PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 1 (UPI) -- An Oregon anti-tax activist and Republican candidate for governor has been charged with failing to file state tax returns for three years. WEST POINT, N.Y., Dec. 1 (UPI) -- The days of giving a blank check to Afghanistan are over, U.S. President Barack Obama said Tuesday night in outlining his strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan. WEST POINT, N.Y., Dec. 1 (UPI) -- President Barack Obama said Tuesday night he hopes the surge of 30,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan will be complemented by more troops from U.S. allies. WEST POINT, N.Y., Dec. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama said his new approach in Afghanistan would cost $30 billion for the military this year, but did not say how it would be funded. WEST POINT, N.Y., Dec. 1 (UPI) -- A strategy in Afghanistan also must work in Pakistan to address a "cancer" that has taken root in the border region, U.S. President Barack Obama said Tuesday. WEST POINT, N.Y., Dec. 1 (UPI) -- The 68,000 U.S. troops already in Afghanistan will be joined by 30,000 more U.S. forces by next summer, President Barack Obama said Tuesday. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Bits of military hardware dating back to the American Revolution have been dredged from the bottom of the Delaware River near Philadelphia. BOSTON, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- The family of Cardinal William O'Connell says it wants the Boston archbishop's body to remain in the hilltop mausoleum where he was entombed in 1944. CLIVE, Iowa, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- A 77-year-old Iowa woman said in her lawsuit against a car dealership she was pressured into buying a new car when she only wanted an oil change. DULUTH, Minn., Dec. 1 (UPI) -- A Minnesota woman is suing the federal government after a letter to her son serving in Iraq came back mistakenly stamped "deceased." SACRAMENTO, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Five days before a California man was scheduled to ship off to a Texas U.S. Air Force boot camp, the military changed its policy on tattoos, his father said. CLEVELAND, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- The use of an "Aunt Jemima" image to depict a black Cleveland politician has sparked a racially charged debate in the city, observers say. FORT MYERS, Fla., Dec. 1 (UPI) -- A dispute concerning how many homes were built with defective drywall may be resolved in a Florida federal court, attorneys said. WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled post-traumatic stress disorder must be considered when applying the death sentence. NEW YORK, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- The New York City Police Department has a "widespread" problem with officers who falsify evidence, a U.S. District judge said. INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- A retired Indiana National Guard commander whose lung cancer triggered a federal suit against a defense contractor has died, Guard officials said. MESA, Ariz., Dec. 1 (UPI) -- An Arizona salon owner whose flesh-eating fish foot treatments were banned by the Arizona Board of Cosmetology is fighting the decision. WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- A proposal to impose an ideological "purity test" on Republican Party candidates is splitting the GOP, members say. MOGADISHU, Somalia, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- A Somali commander aligned with the country's transitional government says a death sentence against one of his men may help end violence against civilians. WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- A 2005 report to the Pentagon dealt with spotting U.S. service members who may have been "radicalized" by outside influences, USA Today reported Tuesday. MIAMI, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Florida businessman Scott Rothstein has surrendered to FBI agents to face charges he ran a $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme, authorities said. ATLANTA, D.C., Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Atlanta-area voters went to the polls Tuesday to elect new mayors and choose four new members of the Georgia Legislature. 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. WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- The trial of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detainee Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri will be a key test of the new U.S. military tribunal system, analysts say. LONDON, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says by next year the Afghan army will have about 134,000 troops, up from the current 90,000. WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- The United States will deploy 34,000 more troops in Afghanistan, sources told The Washington Post ahead of President Barack Obama's announcement. BERLIN, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Neither America nor Britain has provided any intelligence about the presence of al-Qaida leaders in Pakistan, Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani said. |
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| Monday, November 30KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- British military commanders in Afghanistan say pessimism permeating the British public about the war effort is not helping their troops. An independent U.N. expert on religious freedoms Monday said the Swiss vote to ban construction of new minarets discriminates against Muslims. WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama gave the green light to military commanders to implement his strategy in Afghanistan, the White House said Monday. WASHINGTON, Calif., Nov. 30 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court Monday threw out a lower-court ruling that would have forced the release of photos of alleged detainee abuse by the U.S. military. KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- An Afghan police officer fatally shot six other officers and wounded two more at a checkpoint in the province of Nimroz, authorities said Monday. PRAGUE, Czech Republic, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- The late Iraqi President Saddam Hussein planned a 1999 terrorist attack on Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's offices in Prague, Czech officials say. NEW DELHI, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- Authorities in the east Indian state of Jharkhand Monday arrested the state's former chief minister in a billion dollar scam. WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- U.S. President Obama welcomes Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to Washington Monday for talks on Afghanistan and climate change, the White House said. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- Pakistan, reacting to Britain's call that it do more to eliminate al-Qaida leaders, said |
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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. LONDON, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Pakistan must do more to break up al-Qaida and make "more progress in taking out" Osama bin Laden. MOUNT VERNON, Wash., Nov. 29 (UPI) -- An illegal immigrant who says he was assaulted and illegally arrested by federal agents has won a $48,000 settlement from the U.S. government. ATLANTA, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- The Tuesday runoff election for Atlanta mayor is creating a blitz of newspaper, television and Web ads to bring voters out for two candidates, officials say. OTTOWA, Ontario, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- As the United States escalates troop numbers in Afghanistan, Canada will end its combat mission there in 2011, Canadian officials say. WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- Pastor Rick Warren, who delivered the invocation at U.S. President Barack Obama's inauguration, says he disagrees with him on abortion. LONDON, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- A British company alleges in a High Court claim that Charles, Prince of Wales, was responsible for blocking a nearly $5 billion housing plan. WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- Greater acceptance of gays and lesbians is blunting opposition to President Barack Obama's efforts to reform U.S. military policy, analysts say. DALLAS, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- Former U.S. President George W. Bush disagrees with plenty that his successor is doing, but refuses to openly criticize him, friends say. LONDON, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- A 2002 memo written to then-British Prime Minister Tony Blair warned him that plans to depose Iraq's Saddam Hussein were illegal, sources say. 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. 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. KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- As many as 9,000 additional U.S. Marines shortly are expected to renew an assault on Taliban strongholds in southern Afghanistan, authorities said. WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- Osama bin Laden was cornered in the Afghan mountains in 2001 but the United States did not deploy massive force to capture or kill him, a Senate report says. |
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| Saturday, November 28WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- The couple who crashed U.S. President Barack Obama's first state dinner are trying to sell their story for hundreds of thousands of dollars, sources said. DETROIT, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Two Canadian men are entitled to $350,000 each from a Detroit suburb for being wrongfully arrested for assault and jailed several days, a federal judge says. TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Amnesty International wants an investigation of a shooting by military personnel in the Honduran capitol of Tegucigalpa, and protection of witnesses, it says. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- President Asif Ali Zardari announced Saturday he is no longer part of the group deciding when Pakistan can use its nuclear weapons. WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- The only two Democratic U.S. senators to sign anti-tax pledges will be publicly reminded of their commitments, a Washington group says. WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- The tea-party movement, drawing in conservative activists across the United States, has also lured fundraisers, some of them for-profit companies. TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Political divisions in Honduras will remain after a presidential election to replace ousted President Manuel Zelaya, analysts say. JALALABAD, Afghanistan, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- New U.S. efforts to persuade rank-and-file Taliban fighters to switch sides have begun in Afghanistan with a meeting of tribal leaders, observers say. WEST HARTFORD, Conn., Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Connecticut Green Party members say they're urging Ralph Nader to run against Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., in next year's election. WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama is to ask Kevin Rudd to send more troops to Afghanistan when the Australian prime minister visits Washington, authorities said. 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. KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Abuse of prisoners held by the U.S. military in Afghanistan has continued under the Obama administration, two former teenage detainees allege. LONDON, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- A 5-foot-tall medical assistant became the second woman in Britain to be awarded the Military Cross in a ceremony Friday at Buckingham Palace. |
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| Friday, November 27CHONBURI, Thailand, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- Cambodian coastal waters remain open to Thai fishing vessels, Cambodian Defense Minister Tea Banh said Friday. WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- U. S. Sen. John McCain, criticized for missing votes regularly while campaigning for president, has greatly improved his record in 2009, an analysis shows. SEOUL, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- The South Korean government is considering sending troops to Afghanistan to serve as a security force for reconstruction workers. NEW YORK, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- Michael Bloomberg spent a record $102 million in his successful quest for a third term as mayor of New York, figures showed Friday. WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- Advocates on both sides of abortion rights are abandoning traditional methods of contacting supporters in favor of social networking sites, authorities say. MANILA, Philippines, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- More than 300 police and paramilitary personnel have been arrested on suspicion of involvement in the Mindanao massacre, Philippine officials said Friday. MOSCOW, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- A former commander of Russia's Northern Fleet says warship decommissioning could cause the Russian navy to shrink significantly by 2015. LONDON, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- The United States and Britain failed to convince other countries the Iraq invasion was necessary, a British diplomat said Friday. CAIRO, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- Negotiations for the release of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit are close to fruition and a deal could be in place next week, Fox News reported Friday. 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. Authorities in Pakistan said Friday two anti-Taliban leaders BOSTON, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- The only one of the four Democratic candidates to succeed Sen. Edward M. Kennedy not trying to be an ideological image is the big favorite, observers say. JERUSALEM, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- Israel pardoned members of the Fatah military wing in the West Bank for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, Maan news agency said. JERUSALEM, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- A Palestinian attempting to fire Qassam rockets at southern Israel was killed in an Israel airstrike in northern Gaza early Friday, the army said. BERLIN, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- NATO allies need to "follow suit" once the United States announces its troop surge in Afghanistan, the alliance's secretary-general said. BRUSSELS, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- U.S. expectation of an additional 10,000 NATO troops in Afghanistan under its new strategy is unrealistic, a senior diplomatic source told The Times of London. |
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| Thursday, November 26KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- The Taliban have resurfaced in the once calm northern Kunduz province of Afghanistan, becoming a major concern to the military, security officials say. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Taliban militants have set up new strongholds despite Pakistan's offensive and will likely remain a potent threat to the U.S.-backed government, analysts say. SEOUL, 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. WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- President Barack Obama called 10 U.S. service members Thursday to spread Thanksgiving wishes and thank them for their service. JERUSALEM, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Israel's army said Thursday it thwarted a major bomb attack on the Egyptian-Israeli border, near the southern city of Eilat. 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. BERLIN, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- German Gen. Wolfgang Schneiderhan resigned amid allegations he did not provide enough information regarding a deadly attack in Afghanistan, an official 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. JERUSALEM, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- A Palestinian stabbed two Israeli adults Thursday at a gas station at the entrance to Kiryat Arba near the West Bank city of Hebron, the army said. QUEBEC CITY, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- A memorabilia collector in Quebec City is suing Michael Jackson's estate and Julien's Auction House for canceling an auction while the pop star was still alive. KARACHI, Pakistan, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Pakistani investigators say a jailed militant claiming to be India's foreign minister made threatening calls to leaders in Pakistan last year. KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- A helicopter belonging to a Dutch military contractor in Afghanistan was reported missing, NATO officials said Thursday. KARACHI, Pakistan, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, fighting for political survival amid calls for his exit, hit out against critics, calling them "pranksters." MANILA, Philippines, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Philippines' ruling coalition expelled members of a political clan allegedly linked to the election-related massacre as arrests began Thursday of suspects. |
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| Wednesday, November 25WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama's Afghanistan strategy would require NATO allies to provide an additional 10,000 troops, U.S. and allied officials said. NEW YORK, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's memoir, "Going Rogue: An American Life," sold 469,000 copies in its first week in stores, Nielsen BookScan said Wednesday. TOKYO, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's mother may have surreptitiously given him millions of yen for his political campaigns, sources say. PUNE, India, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Indian President Pratibha Patil said Wednesday her nation may soon train women as fighter pilots. MOSCOW, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Russia is waiting to hear back from NATO on a proposal requiring both parties to avoid "dangerous" military activities, an envoy said Wednesday. JERUSALEM, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Israel's chief Ashkenazi rabbi criticized religious leaders Wednesday who oppose exchanging captured Palestinians for kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. WARSAW, Poland, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Lech Walesa, who led the movement against Poland's Communist government, has sued President Lech Kaczynski for libel for saying he was a spy in the 1970s. WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- The Obama White House's use of the word "unprecedented" may itself be unprecedented, the Washington publication Politico reported Wednesday. BERLIN, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- A former paratrooper in the German Army says discrimination against gays continues almost two decades after it was officially abolished. LONDON, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair was told 10 days before the 2003 Iraq invasion that Iraq's chemical weapons had been "dismantled," an ex-official says. Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar says in a message delivered on the eve of a Muslim holiday that the United States will be defeated in Afghanistan. KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar says in a message delivered on the eve of a Muslim holiday that the United States will be defeated in Afghanistan. WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., says he's "never seen anything like" the attacks on his former vice presidential running mate, Sarah Palin. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Florida hedge fund manager George Levin had extensive dealings with attorney Scott Rothstein's alleged massive Ponzi scheme, court documents indicate. FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- The diocese of Fairbanks, Alaska, reached a $9.8 million settlement regarding allegations of sexual abuse by priests, lawyers involved in the matter said. SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Nov. 25 (UPI) -- The city of Scottsdale agreed to pay $350,000 to a woman who contended she was illegally strip searched by a police officer who responded to a call at her home. WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- President Obama will meet with U.S. congressional leaders of both parties next week before he announces his Afghanistan policy, lawmakers' aides confirmed. OAKLAND, Calif., Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Two defendants have pleaded guilty to shooting at cars with a pellet gun in the San Francisco Bay Area. DETROIT, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- The owner of the Ambassador Bridge over the Detroit River is suing Michigan to try to force it to open ramps connecting the bridge to freeways. WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- President Obama will address the nation from the U.S. Military Academy Tuesday, when he is expected to reveal his decision about Afghanistan, officials said. NEW HAVEN, Conn., Nov. 25 (UPI) -- The City of New Haven, Conn., says it will promote 14 firefighters who were plaintiffs in a high-profile lawsuit over racial preferences. LONDON, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- U.S. President Obama's delay in sending more U.S. troops in Afghanistan has contributed to flagging support in Britain for the mission, an official said. Officials said they expect a lower turnout at the annual Muslim hajj in Saudi Arabia because of concerns about the H1N1 virus. WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- The Pentagon official charged with closing the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, military prison has resigned, the U.S. Defense Department said. LONDON, Ontario, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- A $2.2 billion U.S. military contract for manufacturing light armored vehicles has been awarded to General Dynamics Canada in London, Ontario. KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- United Nations-backed efforts in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have failed to disrupt supply lines to rebel forces, a report said. WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- American reaction will be divided if U.S. President Barack Obama decides to deploy an additional 34,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan, a national poll indicates. |
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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. MATAMOROS, Mexico, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Investigators were trying to determine who fired the stray bullet that killed a young Brownsville, Texas, woman visiting a friend in Mexico. BOSTON, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Two candidates for a U.S. Senate seat from Massachusetts defended Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I., in his very public dispute with a Catholic bishop in Providence. RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Al-Houthi rebels killed three Saudi soldiers and wounded an unidentified number of soldiers and civilians in a surprise border attack, military sources said. MUSKO, Sweden, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Swedish authorities said the agency responsible for military maintenance could face charges related to 28 tons of dead fish found in a dock. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Thirteen men were charged Tuesday with participating in a fencing ring that shipped stolen goods to Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon, U.S. officials said. MOBILE, Ala., Nov. 24 (UPI) -- A Belgian arms dealer known as the "Field Marshall" has admitted he's guilty of breaking U.S. conspiracy laws. NEW YORK, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Merck & Co. is disputing it knew Vioxx significantly increased the risk of heart attacks at least three years before it was pulled off the market. WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama said he believes the American people will be supportive of his decision on U.S. strategy and troop presence in Afghanistan. JERUSALEM, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak Tuesday said Israel has a moral responsibility to free kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit from Palestinian militants. 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. MOSCOW, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Eight Russian military personnel have been killed after ammunition they were disposing of exploded, officials say. |
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| Monday, November 23The only thing holding up a deal to swap abducted Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit is the status of one Palestinian prisoner, a Hamas publication says. LONDON, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- The family of a man killed by British police who mistook him for a suicide bomb suspect has agreed to settle their suit against Scotland Yard, officials say. COLUMBIA, S.C., Nov. 23 (UPI) -- South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford faces ethics charges on 37 counts of using his office for personal financial gain, the state ethics commission said Monday. WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army and the National Institute of Mental Health are working on the largest-ever study of suicide and mental health among the military, officials say. PISA, Italy, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- Five people aboard an Italian C-130 military transport plane died after it crashed Monday in Pisa, military sources said. WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- The White House and the U.S. military are using different methods to estimate the cost for the anticipated build-up of Afghanistan troops, analysts say. BERKELEY, Calif., Nov. 23 (UPI) -- A blind law school graduate in Berkeley, Calif., said she is suing the National Conference of Bar Examiners in order to take the bar exam using adaptive tools. 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. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Nov. 23 (UPI) -- Documents filed in a lawsuit against a high-flying Florida attorney reveal some of the details of the $1 billion fraud allegations he faces, court watchers say. LILLE, France, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- A French official said the remains of 15 British soldiers killed during a 1914 battle with German soldiers were found near Beaucamps-Ligny, France. FORT HOOD, Texas, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- U.S. Army Maj. Nidal Hasan, accused of killing 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, is paralyzed from the chest down, doctors said. BUCHAREST, Romania, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- Presidential hopefuls in Romania are gearing up for a runoff election after no candidate garnered the required 50 percent to win outright in Sunday's polling. COCKERMOUTH, England, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- Floodwaters in northwestern England's devastated Cumbria receded enough to allow residents back into the area Monday, officials said. NEW YORK, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- The New York trial of a former Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detainee holds lessons for the planned trial of the self-avowed Sept. 11, 2001, mastermind, analysts say. KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- Roadside-bomb and insurgent attacks killed four U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan, the military said Monday. SEOUL, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- South Korean troop deployment in Afghanistan would range in the hundreds, Deputy Defense Minister Chang Soo-man told parliament Monday. |
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| Sunday, November 22TOKYO, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Japanese officials have decided to admit the country has had a secret nuclear weapons pact with the United States since 1960, sources say. LONDON, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- The British government misled the public and its forces were unprepared and poorly equipped for the 2003 invasion of Iraq, secret documents indicate. LONDON, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Ten British soldiers stationed in Afghanistan have been sent back to England during the past six months after becoming pregnant, authorities say. TALLINN, Estonia, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Estonian officials said that if Russia buys a French amphibious assault ship, Estonia should consider taking security measures. DETROIT, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- General Motors Corp.'s bankruptcy estate would get $1.875 million in a pending lawsuit settlement, documents indicate. ZURICH, Switzerland, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Pages from the text "Letter to my father" by the late author Franz Kafka are being stored in a safe in Zurich, Switzerland, unidentified sources claim. LONDON, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- An Asian news presenter alleges in an $8.25 million lawsuit against ITV that one of the British broadcaster's anchors is guilty of racism and ageism. NEW YORK, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- A New York teacher alleges in a lawsuit she slipped on garbage, including condoms, and hurt herself due to negligence on the part of school officials. READING, Pa., Nov. 22 (UPI) -- The attorney for Jon Gosselin said divorce proceedings between the U.S. reality TV star and his wife, Kate, could be completed by the end of the year. BOSTON, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Although the Massachusetts attorney general has a big lead, state residents remain unsettled about an upcoming U.S. Senate primary election, a poll indicates. MINGORA, Pakistan, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- The campaign to rid Pakistan's Swat Valley of Taliban militants has cost the lives of 550 soldiers, the Army chief of staff says. MEXICO CITY, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- The United States and Mexico are putting aside longstanding mistrust of each other and working together against narcotics cartels, officials say. Romanian voters went to the polls Sunday to choose the TEHRAN, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Iran's military Sunday organized for a nearly week-long exercise to defend its territory and its nuclear sites from air attack, authorities said. LAS VEGAS, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- At least one employee of a Las Vegas hospital appears to have sold confidential information about patients to lawyers, the Las Vegas Sun reports. LONDON, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- The British Conservative Party's lead over Labor has dwindled to 6 percentage points, a poll released Sunday said. NASHVILLE, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- A new Tennessee law allowing licensed handgun owners to bring their weapons to restaurants that serve alcohol was overturned by a state judge. |
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| Saturday, November 21FORT BENNING, Ga., Nov. 21 (UPI) -- A box of hollow-point bullets and a note threatening a Fort Hood-style massacre were found at Fort Benning, Ga., a source told the Army Times. SAN ANTONIO, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people at Fort Hood became a pretrial detainee Saturday after a hospital bedside hearing, his lawyer said. GAZA, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Israeli military aircraft struck targets in the Gaza Strip overnight Saturday after a rocket was fired from Palestinian territory into Israel, officials said. SAN ANTONIO, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- A U.S. Air Force nurse was acquitted Saturday in a court martial of killing three elderly patients by injecting them with overdoses of painkillers. BUCHAREST, 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. PATTERSON, N.Y., Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Greg Ball, a Republican state assemblyman, said Saturday he has ended his quest to unseat U.S. Rep. John Hall, D-N.Y. STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Two sisters said they want a district court Stockholm, Sweden, to force a group of undertakers to pay them damages for dropping their father's coffin. KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Afghan and Canadian forces captured a Taliban-controlled village Saturday in Afghanistan's Panjwaii district, the Canadian military said. MUMBAI, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- A mob angry over criticism of their right-wing leader by a Mumbai television station ransacked the broadcaster's offices, 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. UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- A U.N. committee says Iran should release political prisoners arrested during protests over the country's disputed presidential election in June. BAGHDAD, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Iraqi security forces arrested five suspected members of the al-Qaida in Iraq and the Islamic State of Iraq terrorist groups Saturday, military officials said. HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Canada's contributions to the war against Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan are a key to success, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says. WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama's administration is talking with NATO officials about staging a coordinated rollout of a new Afghanistan war strategy, sources say. BAGHDAD, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Iraq may be unable to maintain many of the electricity generating plants and other reconstruction projects built by the U.S. government, authorities say. LONDON, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Britain's Ministry of Defense says it is launching an independent inquiry into allegations that soldiers tortured and killed Iraqi prisoners. WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- The suspect in the Fort Hood, Texas, shootings allegedly traded coded e-mails regarding money transfers with a radical Muslim cleric, authorities said. WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- The commander of the U.S. Army in Europe is to investigate the accused Fort Hood shooter's years at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, the Pentagon said Friday. SAN ANTONIO, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army psychiatrist charged with killing 13 people at Fort Hood is to make his initial court appearance at a hearing in the hospital Saturday. |
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| Friday, November 20CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 20 (UPI) -- A Massachusetts veterinarian's family has asked a court to delay her burial because they doubt her husband's story that she killed herself in a Caribbean hotel. SOUTHFIELD, Mich., Nov. 20 (UPI) -- A Michigan law firm will pay the U.S. government $131,000 to settle claims it illegally sent money to John Edwards' 2004 presidential campaign, papers show. NEW YORK, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- A renowned hand and foot model claims employees of her New York apartment building have been abusive since she married a former doorman. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Nov. 20 (UPI) -- An attorney who was a major fundraiser for Florida Gov. Charlie Crist allegedly conducted an investment scam that cost investors millions, a lawsuit alleges. WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- The Federal Election Commission Friday approved revised rules for regulating U.S. campaign travel on non-commercial flights. WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army's body armor will undergo independent assessment, based on a government recommendation for such a review, Army Secretary John McHugh said. OTTAWA, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Canada's federal court in Ottawa stayed a deportation order Friday for a lesbian U.S. Army deserter and ordered the refugee board to re-hear her case. 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. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Phillip Morris says it will appeal the $300 million awarded a Florida woman who claimed the tobacco company hid the addictive and harmful nature of cigarettes. WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- The Senate ethics committee Friday admonished Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., for his comments about his appointment to the Senate last December. OTTAWA, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Canada's Conservative government has come out swinging at a diplomat who alleges the military fed into a torture campaign in Afghanistan. SEOUL, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Some U.S. troops stationed in South Korea likely will be re-deployed to Afghanistan, U.S. President Barack Obama said while in the Asian country. NOBLESVILLE, Ind., Nov. 20 (UPI) -- More than 1,000 people braved rain in Indiana's die-hard Republican Hamilton County to catch up with former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin at a book-signing event. MEXICO CITY, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Tension remained high Friday as the unusual presidential election drew near in Honduras. BANGOR, Wash., Nov. 19 (UPI) -- The U.S. Navy said it will soon use specially trained dolphins and sea lions to protect a Trident submarine base in Kitsap County, Wash. WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- A House committee has approved a bill that would ban the importation of low-level nuclear waste to the United States. WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- A review of joint U.S.-Canadian air defenses will determine whether measures put in place after the 2001 attacks are still needed, officials said Thursday. |
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| Thursday, November 19WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army psychiatrist charged with killing 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, received a damning professional evaluation two years ago, a memo indicates. STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Swedish female soldiers say Sweden's Armed Forces' failure to deliver on a promise of flame-retardant underwear is a form of discrimination. WASHINGTON -- A high-octane effort to let U.S. tourists visit Cuba got a major endorsement Thursday from one of the island's leading dissidents, who suggested that "along with suitcases, Bermuda shorts and sun block, support, solidarity and freedom could come, too." MANCHESTER, Conn., Nov. 19 (UPI) -- The Journal Inquirer in Manchester is suing The Hartford Courant, alleging the competing Connecticut newspaper repeatedly plagiarized its stories. WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- The U.S. Defense Department probe of the Fort Hood massacre will include looking for ways to avoid future disasters, Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday. WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army psychiatrist charged with killing 13 people at Fort Hood donated $20,000 to $30,000 annually to foreign Islamic charities, investigators say. WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Fraud recovery by the U.S. government netted $2.4 billion in settlements and judgments for fiscal year 2009, the Justice Department said Thursday. AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Gov. Haley Barbour of Mississippi says his fellow governors are "leading the comeback" of the Republican Party. BRUSSELS, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy was chosen Thursday to be the first president of the European Council. WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- An agency of the Energy Department says a review of the U.S. nuclear arsenal, which could have a big effect on future arms-control deals, is done. NEW YORK, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has decided not to run for governor of New York in 2010, sources informed of the decision said. 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. NABLUS, Israel, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- An Israeli group said it will garner public support and organize a march to a West Bank town to re-establish a Jewish presence at the Joseph's Tomb compound. KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Ten civilians were killed and 13 wounded when a suicide bomber targeted a police vehicle in southern Afghanistan Thursday, the Afghan Interior Ministry said. OTTAWA, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- The Canadian military was complicit in allowing Afghan prisoners to be tortured by their own government, a diplomat told a Parliamentary committee in Ottawa. WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama won't announce his decision about sending more troops to Afghanistan before Thanksgiving, senior aides said Thursday. |
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| Wednesday, November 18NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- A U.S. judge has ruled the federal government's failure to maintain adequately a navigation channel caused some of the flood damage from Hurricane Katrina. SEATTLE, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- Mobile lasers mounted on trailers shot down several small unmanned aerial vehicles, U.S. aerospace company Boeing says. HAMDEN, Conn., Nov. 18 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama's job approval rating has dipped below 50 percent for the first time, a poll released Wednesday indicates. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, in Afghanistan to attend President Hamid Karzai's inauguration, said her visit is a chance to look at next steps. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- A Philadelphia-area swim club that allegedly canceled a contract with an inner-city group for racial reasons filed for bankruptcy this week. WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- The U.S government must resolve the fate of detainees still at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, military prison, Amnesty International said Wednesday. KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, in Afghanistan to attend President Hamid Karzai's inauguration, said her visit is a chance to look at next steps. SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 18 (UPI) -- A conservative opponent of Republican California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman says her past support of environmental causes damages her credibility. Nov. 18--The Seekonk mariner who was second-in-command when the Maersk Alabama was overtaken by Somali pirates in April was not aboard the U.S.-flagged cargo ship when it repelled a takeover attempt early this morning, his father said. WASHINGTON, 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. MOGADISHU, Somalia, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- Pirates off the Somali coast tried Wednesday to hijack the U.S.-flagged Maersk Alabama for a second time, but were rebuffed, U.S. Navy officials said. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Nov. 18 (UPI) -- Sarah Palin fans lined up just after dawn in chilly western Michigan Wednesday for the rising Republican star's first book signing event. AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers have linked moderate sleep deprivation to potentially devastating errors. BRUSSELS, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- The nomination process for filling the top two European Union posts created by the Lisbon Treaty appears to be in disarray, observers say. LONDON, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- Queen Elizabeth addressed the opening of Parliament Wednesday with promises to aid Britain's poor and reform the financial services industry. LONDON, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- Prisoners held in secret British army centers in Iraq said their captors used harsh interrogation techniques similar to methods used by U.S. interrogators. ST. LOUIS, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- A former Missouri state senator was sentenced to a year and a day in jail Tuesday for lying to federal investigators looking into a campaign mailing. |
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| Tuesday, November 17ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- Maulana Fazlullah, a notorious Taliban leader in Pakistan's Swat Valley, claims he is in Afghanistan and vows new attacks on Pakistani forces. DUISBURG, Germany, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- A World War II veteran of the Waffen SS, identified by a student researcher as a participant in a mass killing of Jews, was charged Tuesday in Germany. FORT STEWART, Ga., Nov. 17 (UPI) -- A soldier in Georgia may face a court-martial on desertion charges for refusing to honor her deployment orders to Afghanistan, army officials said. LOS ANGELES, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- Levi Johnston, the father of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's grandson, says he looks at the Republican leader "with disgust." EDINBURGH, Scotland, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- The head of NATO says he expects substantially more troops to be sent into the fray against the Afghan insurgency. LOS ANGELES, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- Levi Johnston, the father of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's grandson, says he looks at the Republican leader "with disgust." FORT HOOD, Texas, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- A teen-age friend of the accused Fort Hood, Texas, gunman shown the signs of being a so-called jihadist hobbyist, a terrorism expert says. MADISON, Wis., Nov. 17 (UPI) -- Christmas tree growers in Wisconsin are urging people to give up their artificial trees in exchange for donations toward buying real trees for U.S. troops. WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- The U.S. military career of accused Fort Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Hasan will be examined by an Army panel, a military source says. TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Nov. 17 (UPI) -- Republican Florida Gov. Charlie Crist's hug with Democratic President Barack Obama early this year may harm Crist's re-election chances, a GOP strategist says. LOS ANGELES, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- The late U.S. actress and model Farrah Fawcett bequeathed most of her estate to her son Redmond, but nothing to her long-time boyfriend, actor Ryan O'Neal. ATHENS, Greece, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- The entrance to a college in Athens, Greece, was closed Tuesday in memory of 24 people killed in a 1973 uprising against a military junta, officials said. WARSAW, Poland, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- A dramatic drop in male enrollment means some Polish universities could face bankruptcy, authorities in Warsaw said. SEOUL, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- South Korea made no promises to stay out of Afghanistan when it withdrew its troops in 2007, a government source said Tuesday. ANTRIM, Northern Ireland, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- A woman jailed 36 years ago for an IRA bombing was in custody Tuesday for the deaths of two soldiers in Northern Ireland this year, officials said. Somalia is the world's most corrupt country, while New Zealand is the least corrupt, Transparency International's annual Corruption Perception Index has found. BERLIN, 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. SANTIAGO, Chile, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- The Chilean government, after talking with its ambassador to Peru, has reiterated its denial of spying on its South American neighbor. LONDON, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- A Singapore-operated chemical tanker with 28 North Korean crew members has been hijacked by Somali pirates off the Seychelles Islands, military officials say. |
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| Monday, November 16ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- Pakistan's fight against militants will be decided based on its own priorities and resources and not at the urging of others, its foreign minister said. NEGOHOT, Israel, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- Members of the Israel army refused to take part in evacuating Israelis from West Bank settlements and two soldiers were disciplined, officials said. BRUSSELS, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- Comments by Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy may have set back his campaign to become the first permanent European Union president, officials said. FORT HOOD, Texas, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- The psychiatrist suspect in the Fort Hood, Texas, shootings urged superiors to investigate "war crimes" confessed to by clients during counseling, ABC reports. PHOENIX, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- U.S. Vice President Joe Biden praised the results of the economic stimulus package in Arizona during a fundraising speech in Phoenix Monday. SINGAPORE, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told sailors in Singapore Monday that perceived attempts to rewrite the history of World War II should be rejected. CARACAS, Venezuela, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez criticized Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe over a new agreement that will give the U.S. military access to Colombian bases. FORT WORTH, Texas, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- Lockheed Martin Corp. and other U.S. contractors are far behind schedule on the F-35 joint strike fighter jet program, government reports indicate. BOSTON, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- The founder of the Massachusetts Soldiers Legacy Fund said the intent of his endowment is to help the children of U.S. soldiers killed in the Middle East. NEW YORK, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- Too little of Leona Helmsley's multi-billion-dollar trust fund for dogs is being dispersed for canine care, more than 30 U.S. animal rights groups say. NEW YORK, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- A 12-year-old New York boy has been left permanently scarred by a razor-sharp kite string that slashed his throat from ear to ear, his family said. 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. FORT HOOD, Texas, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- Weeks before the Fort Hood, Texas, shootings, accused gunman Maj. Nidal Hasan frequented a strip club and shooting range in addition to his office and mosque. PHILADELPHIA, D.C., Nov. 16 (UPI) -- The heirs of the original U.S. Black Panther Party say a new group going by the name are "exploiting" the group's name and history. WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- Those who support continuing an economic embargo against Cuba have heavily shifted their campaign contributions to Democrats, a U.S. watchdog group says. WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- U.S. President Obama's national security adviser was sent to Pakistan to urge a wider Pakistani military effort against Islamic militants, U.S. officials say. WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- A radical Muslim cleric said he exchanged e-mails with the accused Fort Hood, Texas, gunman, not to incite violence but in the role of a confidant. ZAUBA, Iraq, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- Thirteen Iraqi civilians were slain by gunmen wearing Iraqi Army uniforms, police sources said Monday. GAZA, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- Seeking international recognition for a de facto Palestinian state is a waste of time, a Hamas leader said Monday. SACRAMENTO, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- State-ordered furloughs ordered at the California state medical board have resulted in a logjam of physician license applications, physicians say. |
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| Sunday, November 15RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- Two Saudi soldiers were killed and five were wounded in a rebel attack at the Saudi-Yemen border, the Pan-Arab daily Asharq Al Awsat reported. Palestinians say they will ask for unilateral statehood in a U.N. Security Council vote but while Israel cautions that would destroy the Mideast peace process. GAZA, Israel, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- Palestinians say they will ask for unilateral statehood in a U.N. Security Council vote but while Israel cautions that would destroy the Mideast peace process. SEOUL, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- North Korea's brief activation Sunday of its fire-control radar system forced South Korea to quickly move its patrol boats, military sources said. WEST JORDAN, Utah, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- Six victims of the Fort Hood, Texas, mass shootings were laid to rest around the United States Sunday, mourners said. WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama remains opposed to prohibiting abortion coverage in plans offered through a new health insurance exchange, an adviser says. WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- This month's mass shootings at Fort Hood, Texas, were "clearly a terrorist act," former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani said Sunday. 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. COLUMBIA, S.C., Nov. 15 (UPI) -- Nearly 65 percent of U.S. Southerners say they oppose an outburst by Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., during an address to Congress by President Barack Obama. WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says she would "look forward" to having coffee with former Republican U.S. vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin. WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- Grassroots conservative opposition to Republican-endorsed candidates doesn't pose any threat to the party, the U.S. Senate minority leader says. NEW YORK, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- A lawyer for a New York family said his clients should receive a portion of Disney's royalties from the fictional character Winnie the Pooh. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- At least 17 Taliban militants were slain Sunday in a series of clashes with Pakistani government troops in South Waziristan and Swat, officials said. SINGAPORE, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- The White House Sunday touted accomplishments achieved by U.S. President Barack Obama at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders' meeting in Singapore. ULYANOVSK, Russia, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- A fatal fire at a weapons depot in Ulyanovsk, Russia, was caused by the improper disposal of ammunition, authorities said Sunday. WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- The man accused of killing 13 at Fort Hood, Texas, may have become a self-radicalized terrorist with the aid of the Internet, a terror expert alleged. WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama is insisting that military options for the costly war in Afghanistan include the quickest possible exit strategy, officials said. WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates has moved to block the release of photos of foreign detainees allegedly being abused in Iraq and Afghanistan by U.S. captors. |
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| Saturday, November 14Improvised explosive devices have killed two U.S. soldiers and a U.S. civilian contractor in Afghanistan, the NATO-led force said Saturday. KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Improvised explosive devices have killed two U.S. soldiers and a U.S. civilian contractor in Afghanistan, the NATO-led force said Saturday. LOS ANGELES, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- The mother of DJ AM alleges in a Los Angeles lawsuit against Learjet that her disc jockey son's overdose death was directly linked to a 2008 crash he survived. |
