Kamis, 02 Juni 2011

Outside View: Faltering recovery casts shadow on jobs outlook

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Outside View: Faltering recovery casts shadow on jobs outlook
PETER MORICI || UPI Outside View Commentator
COLLEGE PARK, Md., June 2 (UPI) -- U.S. job growth remains too weak and the country's economy is in danger of slipping into a second recession. [ FULL STORY ]
Outside View: The 79th day
HARLAN ULLMAN || UPI Outside View Commentator
WASHINGTON, June 1 (UPI) -- Next Tuesday marks the 79th day of NATO's military campaign to protect Libyan civilians and force Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi to abdicate power. [ FULL STORY ]

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Violence mars end of Bahrain's emergency
MANAMA, Bahrain, June 2 (UPI) -- Security forces were reported on the streets of Bahrain a day after the United Nations said the end of a state of emergency was a sign for hope. [ FULL STORY ]
London backs NATO role in Libya
LONDON, June 2 (UPI) -- London backs NATO's decision to extend operations in Libya, the foreign secretary said amid claims by a U.N. panel of war crimes on both sides of the conflict. [ FULL STORY ]
Spillover cited in Burundi travel warning
WASHINGTON, June 2 (UPI) -- U.S. citizens are advised that Burundi's role in peacekeeping operations in Somalia could pose cross-border security issues, the U.S. State Department said. [ FULL STORY ]
Beirut needs Cabinet to address security
BEIRUT, Lebanon, June 2 (UPI) -- Attacks on U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon highlight the need to form a Cabinet capable of addressing security challenges, a U.N. special envoy said. [ FULL STORY ]
More opposition arrests in Bahrain
MANAMA, Bahrain, June 1 (UPI) -- Four opposition leaders in Bahrain were summoned before military prosecutors, a move that opposition sources said could weaken the monarchy's critics. [ FULL STORY ]

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Keystone oil deliveries uncertain
CALGARY, Alberta, June 1 (UPI) -- TransCanada said it had no idea when it would start pumping oil through the Keystone crude oil pipeline after a small leak was reported in Kansas. [ FULL STORY ]
U.S. reviews electric grid security
WASHINGTON, June 2 (UPI) -- New legislation in the United States is needed to protect the nation's electrical grid from what one lawmaker said was a foreign cybersecurity threat. [ FULL STORY ]
Nabucco milestone expected
VIENNA, June 1 (UPI) -- Signing project support agreements for the Nabucco gas pipeline during an event next week in Turkey will mark a project milestone, a director said from Vienna. [ FULL STORY ]
China looks to imports for power shortfall
BEIJING, June 2 (UPI) -- China plans to increase energy imports to address the country's looming summer power shortfall, the government announced Wednesday. [ FULL STORY ]
Gazprom works on gas for China
CHEMAL, Russia, June 1 (UPI) -- Russian energy company Gazprom views its strategic partnership with a regional republic as vital to economy prosperity, the company's chairman said. [ FULL STORY ]

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Lebanese worried about national security
BEIRUT, Lebanon, June 1 (UPI) -- Security in Lebanon is under scrutiny after forces with the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon were attacked in the south of the country, citizens said. [ FULL STORY ]
Juba wants more U.N. assistance
JUBA, Sudan, June 1 (UPI) -- The United Nations should have a presence in both parts of Sudan to secure the de facto border region, an official from South Sudan said. [ FULL STORY ]
Evidence grows Iran aiding Syria's Assad
CAIRO, June 2 (UPI) -- Evidence is growing that Iran is helping the Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad, Tehran's key Arab ally, to violently suppress a 10-week-old pro-democracy insurrection in which an estimated 900 people have been killed. [ FULL STORY ]
Yemeni violence worries ICRC
SANAA, Yemen, June 2 (UPI) -- Parties to the conflict in Yemen are called on to exercise restraint as the humanitarian situation there grows more severe, the ICRC said. [ FULL STORY ]
Children targeted in Syria, UNICEF says
NEW YORK, June 1 (UPI) -- There is disturbing evidence to suggest that children in Syria are being tortured or otherwise mistreated by authorities, the U.N. Children's Fund said. [ FULL STORY ]

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