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 | Outside View: Cognitive dissonance and the debt-ceiling morass PETER MORICI || UPI Outside View Commentator COLLEGE PARK, Md., July 28 (UPI) -- Cognitive dissonance -- a refusal to accept objective facts that define rational behavior -- is at the root of impending disaster in Washington. [ FULL STORY ] |
| An effective, affordable uncommon defense, Part 2 HARLAN ULLMAN || UPI Outside View Commentator WASHINGTON, July 27 (UPI) -- U.S. and allied defense and security forces must assimilate and respond to profound shifts in threats to their security. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Special Reports | | More Special Reports |
| HRW wants monitors for South Kordofan JUBA, South Sudan, July 27 (UPI) -- International monitors are needed in Sudan's state of South Kordofan to investigate allegations of human rights abuses there, Human Rights Watch said. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Pinera under fire over Chilean coal mine project SANTIAGO, Chile, July 27 (UPI) -- Chilean President Sebastian Pinera has been spared a politically damaging campaign to discredit him, at least for now, because he owns shares in a Patagonian coal mine in southern Chile. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Iran resolved to keep up PJAK attacks TEHRAN, July 28 (UPI) -- Iranian border guards will continue their assault on Kurdish militants until Iraqi officials deploy troops to secure the border, an Iranian commander said. [ FULL STORY ] |
 | London asks Yemen's Saleh to step down LONDON, July 27 (UPI) -- It's a critical time for Yemen, the British foreign secretary said Wednesday, and London supports a GCC deal calling for the country's president to step down. [ FULL STORY ] |
| U.S. targets Central European cybergangs WASHINGTON, July 28 (UPI) -- Organized Central European cybercrime gangs are a security threat to the United States and have been targeted in a new U.S. strategy released this week. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Energy Resources | | More Energy Resources |
| Arctic vulnerable to worst-case oil spills ALEXANDRA ARKIN, MEDILL NEWS SERVICE || Written for UPI WASHINGTON, July 27 (UPI) -- As more of the Arctic Ocean becomes open for shipping, the United States isn't prepared for potential disasters such as the Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico, top U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. State Department officials told a Senate subcommittee Wednesday. [ FULL STORY ] |
 | U.S. to tighten fuel efficiency, CO2 standards WASHINGTON, July 28 (UPI) -- Washington is to announce new fuel efficiency measures for cars and light-duty trucks starting with model years 2017, a White House spokesman said. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Land grabs threaten African food security, says World Watch NAIROBI, Kenya, July 27 (UPI) -- Large land grabs by foreign countries and corporate entities are endangering food security in sub-Saharan Africa, an area already under pressure from famines, drought and endemic conflict, a report said. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Iran, Pakistan close to natural gas link TEHRAN, July 27 (UPI) -- Pakistan could connect its transit networks to Iranian gas supplies as early as next year if it wants to, the Iranian envoy to Islamabad said. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Seoul allows flour aid to North Korea SEOUL, July 27 (UPI) -- Seoul has allowed the delivery of flour to North Korea, the first food deliveries since the North's deadly shelling of South Korea's Yeonpeong island last year. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Special Reports | | More Special Reports |
| Iran resolved to keep up PJAK attacks TEHRAN, July 28 (UPI) -- Iranian border guards will continue their assault on Kurdish militants until Iraqi officials deploy troops to secure the border, an Iranian commander said. [ FULL STORY ] |
 | London recognizes TNC as Libyan government LONDON, July 27 (UPI) -- A decision by London to recognize Libya's Transitional National Council as the sole authority means there is no future for Moammar Gadhafi, an official said. [ FULL STORY ] |
| HRW wants monitors for South Kordofan JUBA, South Sudan, July 27 (UPI) -- International monitors are needed in Sudan's state of South Kordofan to investigate allegations of human rights abuses there, Human Rights Watch said. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Pinera under fire over Chilean coal mine project SANTIAGO, Chile, July 27 (UPI) -- Chilean President Sebastian Pinera has been spared a politically damaging campaign to discredit him, at least for now, because he owns shares in a Patagonian coal mine in southern Chile. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Indo-Pak talks positive, U.S. says WASHINGTON, July 28 (UPI) -- Regardless of the outcome, any dialogue between India and Pakistan is viewed as constructive by Washington, a U.S. State Department official said. [ FULL STORY ] |
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