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U.S. special envoy arrives in S. Korea
December 09, 2011SEOUL (UPI) -- U.S. Special Envoy for North Korea Glyn Davies met Thursday with South Korea's chief nuclear negotiator to discuss North Korean... More >>>
Putin warns protesters ahead of rally
December 09, 2011
MOSCOW (UPI) -- Police and security forces will crack down on anyone participating in illegal protests in Moscow or other cities, Russian Prime... More >>>
Turkey mulls long range missile purchase
December 09, 2011ANKARA, Turkey (UPI) -- To improve its national missile defense capabilities, Turkey is mulling the purchase of long range missiles, the Turkish... More >>>
Egyptian military: We control constitution
December 09, 2011
CAIRO (UPI) -- The military, not the new Parliament, will determine Egypt's new constitution because Islamists are taking too much power, a top... More >>>
Iran blocks U.S. 'virtual embassy'
December 09, 2011
TEHRAN (UPI) -- A day after the United States launched a "virtual embassy" Web site aimed at Iranians, would-be users said Wednesday they were... More >>>
Greek austerity budget approved
December 09, 2011ATHENS, Greece (UPI) -- Greece's Parliament early Wednesday overwhelmingly approved an austerity budget for 2012 designed to cut the country's... More >>>
EU to provide aid to Arab Spring countries
December 09, 2011BRUSSELS (UPI) -- The European Union could spend an additional $8.2 billion in coming years to help neighboring Arab countries recover from... More >>>
New judge for Mubarak trial rejected
December 09, 2011
CAIRO (UPI) -- The Cairo Appeals Court Wednesday rejected plaintiff lawyers' requests to switch judges in the trial of former Egyptian President... More >>>
Fighting breaks out in parts of Mogadishu
December 09, 2011MOGADISHU, Somalia (UPI) -- Fighting broke out in portions of the Somali capital Thursday between militants and government troops, with reports of... More >>>
Royal Navy to allow women on subs
December 09, 2011LONDON (UPI) -- Britain's Royal Navy has lifted its ban on women serving on submarines, officials said.
Female officers will begin serving on... More >>>
Assad denies ordering crackdown
December 09, 2011DAMASCUS, Syria (UPI) -- Syrian President Bashar Assad denied ordering a deadly crackdown on anti-government protesters, claiming most of the dead... More >>>
Mounties guilty of beating innocent man
December 09, 2011WINNIPEG, Manitoba (UPI) -- Two Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers have been sentenced for beating an innocent man in 2008 northeast of... More >>>
Parents take teachers hostage in school
December 09, 2011BERRE L'ETANG, France (UPI) -- A group of parents have taken a school headmistress and several teachers hostage in the town of Berre l'Etang in... More >>>
Noriega prepares for return to Panama
December 09, 2011PARIS (UPI) -- Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega will be returned home Sunday after more than 20 years in prison in the United States and... More >>>
China, U.S. hold annual defense talks
December 08, 2011
BEIJING (UPI) -- China and the United States held their annual defense talks Wednesday as Beijing officials noted a growing U.S. presence in the... More >>>
Continuing violence in Yemeni city
December 08, 2011
TAIZ, Yemen (UPI) -- U.N. agencies Wednesday demanded an immediate halt to fighting between the Yemeni army and tribal factions in the southern... More >>>
Critics say Assad hasn't fulfilled pledges
December 08, 2011DAMASCUS, Syria (UPI) -- Despite President Bashar Assad's pledges to make political changes, it's still business as usual in Syria, where dissent... More >>>
Gorbachev calls for new elections
December 08, 2011
MOSCOW (UPI) -- Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev called Wednesday for a re-do of Russia's parliamentary elections that he said were... More >>>
West Bank mosque entrance set on fire
December 08, 2011
BURKIN, West Bank (UPI) -- Vandals attempted to set fire to the entrance of a West Bank mosque early Wednesday, Israeli police and military... More >>>
Social network sites warned
December 08, 2011NEW DELHI (UPI) -- The Indian government demand social network sites screen material considered derogatory or defamatory Wednesday set off a... More >>>
Afghan explosions raise sectarian concerns
December 08, 2011
KABUL, Afghanistan (UPI) -- The deadly bombings in Afghanistan, claimed by a group in Pakistan, targeted the minority Shiites, raising concerns of... More >>>
Rebels clash with Myanmar army
December 08, 2011YANGON, Myanmar (UPI) -- Clashes in Myanmar between the army and ethnic rebels have forced more than 26,000 people into refugee camps, aid workers... More >>>
Panhandlers banned in central Paris
December 08, 2011
PARIS (UPI) -- Paris police say they have banned panhandlers from loitering in some of the city's busiest areas over the holiday season.
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Saudi sentences Aussie to 500 lashes
December 08, 2011MEDINA, Saudi Arabia (UPI) -- Australia has appealed for leniency from a Saudi Arabian court that sentenced an Australian man to 500 lashes and... More >>>
BBC Web design draws negative critiques
December 08, 2011LONDON (UPI) -- Thousands of British Internet users say the new BBC Web home page's radically different layout is unsatisfactory, with one user... More >>>
Egypt PM to name Cabinet, get new powers
December 08, 2011CAIRO (UPI) -- Egypt's military council will give Prime Minister Kamal el-Ganzouri presidential powers, el-Ganzouri said ahead of his expected... More >>>
Woman escapes after being buried alive
December 08, 2011LEEDS, England (UPI) -- A Polish immigrant whose boyfriend allegedly buried her alive described her ordeal Tuesday to an English jury.
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Spanish students to limit toilet paper use
December 08, 2011CATALONIA, Spain (UPI) -- Students must limit their use of toilet paper at schools in Spain as part of recent austerity cuts enacted by the... More >>>
Scottish nationalists look to Scandinavia
December 08, 2011EDINBURGH, Scotland (UPI) -- Scottish nationalists want close ties to Scandinavia if Scotland becomes independent, a government document says.
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Iran-held drone may yield U.S. secrets
December 07, 2011
TEHRAN (UPI) -- The drone that crash-landed recently in Iran was on a CIA mission, raising fears the aircraft's technology could be exploited by... More >>>
UAE leader says Iran will be attacked if Israel hit
December 07, 2011DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (UPI) -- If Iran attacks Israel with nuclear weapons, retaliation is inevitable, the prime minister and vice president... More >>>
Moscow sees election rally, counter-rally
December 07, 2011
MOSCOW (UPI) -- Amnesty International called on Russian officials to release hundreds of protesters held after raising accusations of fraud in... More >>>
Cameron: No need for EU referendum
December 07, 2011
LONDON (UPI) -- British Prime Minister David Cameron, in a dispute with Conservative euroskeptics, said Monday there will be no need for a... More >>>
Many in France want to dump the euro
December 07, 2011PARIS (UPI) -- More than a third of people queried in France would like to dump the euro and return to the franc, a poll revealed.
The... More >>>
Clinton backs Afghan move to democracy
December 07, 2011
BONN, Germany (UPI) -- The United States is ready to stand with Afghanistan, but the Afghans must honor the commitments they made, too, U.S.... More >>>
Turnout plunges in Egypt runoff election
December 07, 2011
CAIRO (UPI) -- Turnout plunged Monday in Egypt's runoff vote in the first round of parliamentary elections since President Hosni Mubarak's ouster,... More >>>
Syria agrees to let foreign observers in
December 07, 2011
DAMASCUS, Syria (UPI) -- Syria has agreed, with conditions, to an Arab League demand it allow observers into the country as part of a proposal to... More >>>
France: No welfare for truants' families
December 07, 2011PARIS (UPI) -- About 160 French families have lost welfare payments under a school truancy program that France's education minister said has... More >>>
Shrine in Kabul site of suicide blast
December 07, 2011
KABUL, Afghanistan (UPI) -- Dozens of people were killed and injured in Afghanistan Tuesday in explosions set off outside mosques in Kabul and... More >>>
Nasrallah makes rare public appearance
December 07, 2011
BEIRUT, Lebanon (UPI) -- In a rare public appearance Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said Israel "is the tool of the U.S. against Arabs and... More >>>
Turkey says Kurd terrorist arrested
December 07, 2011ISTANBUL, Turkey (UPI) -- A high-ranking member of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party has been captured in Istanbul, Turkish Deputy Prime... More >>>
Canada terror cases raise torture debate
December 07, 2011MONTREAL (UPI) -- Canada's spy agency believed cases against terror suspects could fall apart if it could not use information obtained by torture,... More >>>
Explosion and kidnapping in Somalia
December 07, 2011MOGADISHU, Somalia (UPI) -- A car exploded while it was being searched in Somalia's capital Tuesday, killing at least five people, including two... More >>>
Homicide in Western Isles, 1st since 1968
December 07, 2011STORNOWAY, Scotland (UPI) -- Police detectives in the remote Outer Hebrides of Scotland announced Monday they were conducting their first murder... More >>>
Report: 34 bodies dumped in Syrian square
December 07, 2011HOMS, Syria (UPI) -- The bodies of at least 34 people believed abducted by Syrian government militia were dumped in a square in the city of Homs,... More >>>
