Selasa, 19 Juli 2011

Commentary: 'Haunting Legacy'

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Commentary: 'Haunting Legacy'
ARNAUD DE BORCHGRAVE || UPI Editor at Large
WASHINGTON, July 19 (UPI) -- "Haunting Legacy" is a post-Vietnam road map for a road that is no longer on the map. But U.S. presidents are still looking for it. [ FULL STORY ]
Outside View: Funding the government after Aug. 2
PETER MORICI || UPI Outside View Commentator
COLLEGE PARK, Md., July 19 (UPI) -- If the debt ceiling talks fail, is Aug. 2 really the drop dead date for a U.S. default? [ FULL STORY ]
Walker's World: It looks like 1914 again
MARTIN WALKER || UPI Editor Emeritus
PARIS, July 18 (UPI) -- This is how it must have felt in late July, 1914, as Europe careened blindly into a war that would shatter its wealth and its culture and nobody knew how to stop it. [ FULL STORY ]

 Special Reports More Special Reports
EU wants first-hand look at Tunisia
TUNIS, Tunisia, July 19 (UPI) -- European lawmakers aim to get firsthand knowledge of the civilian impact of the war in Libya by talking with refugees in Tunisia, a visiting official said. [ FULL STORY ]
Iran takes PJAK position near Iraqi border
TEHRAN, July 18 (UPI) -- The Iranian military has occupied a camp near the Iraqi border used by Kurdish militants with the Party for Free Life in Kurdistan, an Iranian commander said. [ FULL STORY ]
U.S. sees strong security ties with India
NEW DELHI, July 19 (UPI) -- Washington and New Delhi, in the wake of last week's attacks on Mumbai, can do more to strengthen regional security, the U.S. secretary of state said Tuesday. [ FULL STORY ]
Yemenis divided over shadow government
SANAA, Yemen, July 18 (UPI) -- Activists in Yemen to express frustration with the way opposition leaders formed a shadow government, a protest leader said. [ FULL STORY ]
Court orders pullback on Thai border
BANGKOK, July 19 (UPI) -- Thailand and Cambodia must withdraw their troops from around the Preah Vihear temple to reduce military confrontation along their border, International Court of Justice said. [ FULL STORY ]

 Energy Resources More Energy Resources
Gazprom vows to work safer offshore
MOSCOW, July 18 (UPI) -- Russian energy company Gazprom said environmental safety assurances were a requirement for all of its contractors working offshore. [ FULL STORY ]
Keystone says pipeline has safe route
CALGARY, Alberta, July 19 (UPI) -- The route chosen for the controversial extension to the Keystone oil pipeline from Canada is the one that has the least environmental impact, an official said. [ FULL STORY ]
World on dangerous course, Ban says
HELSINKI, Finland, July 18 (UPI) -- Global energy and food policies should focus on sustainability because current models are reckless and unsustainable, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said. [ FULL STORY ]
RWE hails test run of Spanish solar plant
SEVILLE, Spain, July 18 (UPI) -- Parabolic mirrors deflected the sun's rays to produce energy from a solar thermal power plant in the south of Spain for the first time, an energy company said. [ FULL STORY ]
Energy company praises Texas shale rules
HOUSTON, July 18 (UPI) -- Disclosure laws on hydraulic fluid used in the extraction of natural gas from Texas shale deposits should serve as a model for others, an energy company said. [ FULL STORY ]

 Special Reports More Special Reports
Hezbollah says STL has gaps and failures
BEIRUT, Lebanon, July 18 (UPI) -- Hezbollah plans to outline alleged failures of a tribunal investigating the 2005 slaying of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, a lawmaker said. [ FULL STORY ]
Iran takes PJAK position near Iraqi border
TEHRAN, July 18 (UPI) -- The Iranian military has occupied a camp near the Iraqi border used by Kurdish militants with the Party for Free Life in Kurdistan, an Iranian commander said. [ FULL STORY ]
U.N. concerned by mass graves in Sudan
UNITED NATIONS, July 18 (UPI) -- The United Nations said it wanted access to South Kordofan in Sudan after allegations surfaced about mass graves in the area. [ FULL STORY ]
ElBaradei says prime minister needs power
CAIRO, July 19 (UPI) -- The ruling military council in Egypt lacks substantial political experience, said presidential hopeful Mohammed ElBaradei. [ FULL STORY ]
Court orders pullback on Thai border
BANGKOK, July 19 (UPI) -- Thailand and Cambodia must withdraw their troops from around the Preah Vihear temple to reduce military confrontation along their border, International Court of Justice said. [ FULL STORY ]

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