Jumat, 03 Juni 2011

Outside View: U.S. economy creates only 54,000 jobs in May

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Outside View: U.S. economy creates only 54,000 jobs in May
PETER MORICI || UPI Outside View Commentator
COLLEGE PARK, Md., June 3 (UPI) -- The U.S. Labor Department reported Friday that the U.S. economy added only 54,000 jobs in May, indicating the economic recovery is faltering. [ FULL STORY ]
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 ]

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Seoul urges North Korea to keep talking
SEOUL, June 3 (UPI) -- South Korea said the door remains open for face-to face-talks with North Korea, despite Pyongyang making their recent secret talks in Beijing public. [ FULL STORY ]
Euro, Asian leaders to talk food security
BUDAPEST, Hungary, June 2 (UPI) -- Emerging security threats such as food and water shortages call for urgent and coordinated action, European and Asian leaders said this week. [ FULL STORY ]
New constitution for Egypt?
CAIRO, June 3 (UPI) -- Drafting a new constitution in Egypt must come before elections if the country is to meet the norms of a modern state, a human rights council said. [ FULL STORY ]
Al-Shabaab attacker tied to U.S.?
MINNEAPOLIS, June 3 (UPI) -- The FBI said it was looking into claims that a suicide bomber who killed two peacekeepers in Somalia was a U.S. citizen from Minneapolis. [ FULL STORY ]
France urges calm in Burkina Faso
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso, June 3 (UPI) -- Negotiations in Burkina Faso should begin immediately to restore security in the country, the French government said Friday. [ FULL STORY ]

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Gazprom anticipates increased production
MOSCOW, June 2 (UPI) -- Russian natural gas company Gazprom expects 2013 production levels to reach levels not seen since the onset of the global financial meltdown, an executive said. [ 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 ]
OPEC might raise targets next week
VIENNA, June 3 (UPI) -- Participating OPEC members could consider raising production quotas in place since 2009 during their regular meeting next week in Vienna, a delegate said. [ FULL STORY ]
Danish navy takes activists from Cairn rig
NUUK, Greenland, June 2 (UPI) -- Two climbers suspended below a Cairn Energy oil rig off the coast of Greenland were arrested by the Danish navy, Greenpeace said. [ FULL STORY ]
Gadhafi's river could be hidden weapon
CAIRO, June 2 (UPI) -- The Great Man-Made River, a $33 billion irrigation system built by Moammar Gadhafi to provide water from a vast underground aquifer in the desert for Libya's people, could become a crucial element in his fight to preserve his embattled regime. [ FULL STORY ]

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HRW takes Ivory Coast's Ouattara to mat
DAKAR, Senegal, June 3 (UPI) -- Forces loyal to the Ivorian president executed their rivals in the streets during the final stages of a lengthy political crisis, Human Rights Watch said. [ FULL STORY ]
Replica Columbus ships touring U.S.
PHILLIP SWARTS, MEDILL NEW SERVICE || Written for UPI
WASHINGTON, June 3 (UPI) -- Christopher Columbus may have sailed to the New World in 1492 but his ships -- at least their replicas -- sailed to Washington in 2011. [ 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 ]
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 ]
Deadly E. coli spreads beyond Europe, cause still unknown
BRUSSELS, June 3 (UPI) -- A deadly strain of E. coli bacterium has spread beyond European borders leaving 18 people dead and more than 1,700 spread over at least 12 countries carrying the infection, as scientific investigations remain uncertain about its origins. [ FULL STORY ]

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