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Commentary: Bibi: Et Tu Brutus?

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Commentary: Bibi: Et Tu Brutus?
ARNAUD DE BORCHGRAVE || UPI Editor at Large
WASHINGTON, June 6 (UPI) -- Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is facing criticism from retiring intelligence chiefs. They accuse him of planning to bomb Iran's nuclear facilities to head off a unanimous U.N. vote that would recognize a Palestinian state [ FULL STORY ]
Walker's World: China's currency options
MARTIN WALKER || UPI Editor Emeritus
PARIS, June 6 (UPI) -- The world's currency markets, which have been bouncing around like a kid on a pogo-stick since the financial crisis began, think they know that salvation is coming. They know in their bones that the dollar will sooner or later be joined by China's RMB; they just don't know when. [ FULL STORY ]

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Healthcare workers charged in Bahrain
MANAMA, Bahrain, June 6 (UPI) -- Nearly 50 healthcare workers in Bahrain were charged in connection to treating anti-government protesters, a special court ruled Monday. [ FULL STORY ]
London wants resolution to Abyei crisis
LONDON, June 6 (UPI) -- Sudanese leaders are called on to find a peaceful solution to the crisis over the de facto border region of Abyei, the British foreign secretary said. [ FULL STORY ]
Bodies still unknown from Kyrgyz violence
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, June 6 (UPI) -- Seven more victims of ethnic clashes in southern Kyrgyzstan were identified roughly one year after the conflict began, health officials said. [ FULL STORY ]
Dair Alzour was nuclear, IAEA says
VIENNA, June 6 (UPI) -- It's likely that a Syrian facility destroyed in 2007 by an Israeli attack was the site of a nuclear reactor that should've been declared, the IAEA said Monday. [ FULL STORY ]
Gates blames Taliban for Afghan casualties
KABUL, Afghanistan, June 6 (UPI) -- Many civilian casualties in Afghanistan have come at the hands of the Taliban, who are intentionally targeting innocent people, the U.S. defense secretary said. [ FULL STORY ]

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Small investments, big payoff for forests
NAIROBI, Kenya, June 6 (UPI) -- Investing less than 1 percent of the global gross domestic product on better forestry practices could cut deforestation, a U.N. report from Kenya concludes. [ FULL STORY ]
Saudis holding OPEC cards?
NEW YORK, June 6 (UPI) -- With OPEC members acting unilaterally in response to Libyan declines, the cartel's decision on production quotas might not bear much weight, an analysis finds. [ FULL STORY ]
DNO gets payment for Iraqi oil exports
OSLO, Norway, June 6 (UPI) -- Norwegian energy company DNO International said Monday it received its first payment for crude oil exported from the Kurdish government in Iraq. [ FULL STORY ]
Climate change warnings for Australia
CANBERRA, Australia, June 6 (UPI) -- Rising sea levels due to climate change could claim thousands of buildings and vital infrastructure in Australia by the end of the century, a new report claims. [ FULL STORY ]
Chiquita case moves forward
MIAMI, June 6 (UPI) -- EarthRights International praised a decision by a Florida judge to allow a lawsuit charging banana company Chiquita with funding terrorists to move forward. [ FULL STORY ]

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Healthcare workers charged in Bahrain
MANAMA, Bahrain, June 6 (UPI) -- Nearly 50 healthcare workers in Bahrain were charged in connection to treating anti-government protesters, a special court ruled Monday. [ FULL STORY ]
Yemeni crisis not over yet
WASHINGTON, June 6 (UPI) -- The treatment of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Saudi Arabia opens the door to political transition or even more crises, a Yemeni expert claims. [ FULL STORY ]
Mystery shrouds 'death' of al-Qaida head
BEIRUT, Lebanon, June 6 (UPI) -- The reported assassination of Mohammed Ilyas Kashmiri, considered one of the most dangerous of al-Qaida's commanders and strategists, in a missile attack in Pakistan remains shrouded in mystery. [ FULL STORY ]
Cambodian Parliament curbed, U.N. says
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, June 6 (UPI) -- Some members of the Cambodian Parliament are prohibited in certain circumstances from checking the power of the executive, a U.N. special envoy complained. [ FULL STORY ]
Gates: U.S. Asia-Pacific presence to grow
SINGAPORE, June 6 (UPI) -- While the number of U.S. service personnel stationed in Asia may drop, the United States will increase its military activity in the area, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said in Singapore. [ FULL STORY ]

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