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| Outside View: A disappointing jobs report PETER MORICI || UPI Outside View Commentator COLLEGE PARK, Md., July 8 (UPI) -- The U.S. economy added only 18,000 jobs in June after posting a lackluster 25,000 gain in May. Jobs creation remains moribund and inadequate to appreciably dent unemployment because the economic recovery is simply not gaining steam. [ FULL STORY ] |
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| DRC wants to avoid Ivorian election crisis STRASBOURG, France, July 7 (UPI) -- European aid to the Democratic Republic of Congo must be spent wisely to avert a crisis such as the one that struck Ivory Coast, an official said. [ FULL STORY ] |
| U.K. court ruling a blow to Argentine plan for economic recovery BUENOS AIRES, July 7 (UPI) -- A British Supreme Court ruling that rejected state immunity for Argentina in creditor claims dating back to its $96 billion sovereign debt default in 2001 exposed Buenos Aires to new financial risks as the government of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner fought for an early re-entry into global capital markets. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Manila, Beijing discuss disputed islands MANILA, Philippines, July 8 (UPI) -- Philippines Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario is in Beijing for talks concerning disputed islands that increasingly cause friction between the two countries. [ FULL STORY ] |
 | EU wants U.N. action on Syria BRUSSELS, July 7 (UPI) -- The U.N. Security Council is called on to condemn the brutality of the Syrian regime of President Bashar Assad, the European Parliament said Thursday. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Afghan transition more than security UNITED NATIONS, July 7 (UPI) -- Giving the Afghan government more responsibilities in the country is more than just an issue of national security, the U.N. special envoy to the country said. [ FULL STORY ] |
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| Egypt's gas pipeline gets scant protection CAIRO, July 7 (UPI) -- Nobody is really serious about protecting the Egyptian natural gas pipeline to Israel because of what it represents, a tribal leader said. [ FULL STORY ] |
| NATO forces hit Libyan oil depots BRUSSELS, July 8 (UPI) -- NATO forces for the first time since the conflict struck Libyan oil facilities in an effort to cut off fuel supplies to Gadhafi loyalists, a commander said. [ FULL STORY ] |
| 'Isolated' oil reported at Exxon spill BILLINGS, Mont., July 8 (UPI) -- Exxon Mobil said it discovered two "isolated spots of oil" more than 20 miles from the site of a spill on the Yellowstone River. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Gazprom, Renova eye power stake MOSCOW, July 8 (UPI) -- A merger in the electricity sector between two of Russia's biggest companies would control a quarter of the domestic market, an executive said. [ FULL STORY ] |
| South Sudan eyes alternative pipelines JUBA, Sudan, July 7 (UPI) -- South Sudan has nothing to lose by considering building an oil pipeline link to Kenya, bypassing the north, a transport minister said. [ FULL STORY ] |
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| Lawmaker wants broad action on al-Shabaab WASHINGTON, July 8 (UPI) -- Washington should launch a diplomatic attack against al-Shabaab that extends beyond Somalia's borders, a House official in charge or terrorism issues said. [ FULL STORY ] |
| U.S. raps Minsk over latest arrests WASHINGTON, July 8 (UPI) -- Belarus is called on to release all political prisoners and put an end to heavy-handed tactics against peaceful protesters, the State Department said. [ FULL STORY ] |
| U.K. court ruling a blow to Argentine plan for economic recovery BUENOS AIRES, July 7 (UPI) -- A British Supreme Court ruling that rejected state immunity for Argentina in creditor claims dating back to its $96 billion sovereign debt default in 2001 exposed Buenos Aires to new financial risks as the government of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner fought for an early re-entry into global capital markets. [ FULL STORY ] |
 | Breakaway general tells Saleh to step down SANAA, Yemen, July 7 (UPI) -- Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh should make the honorable move of stepping aside, a military leader who joined the opposition said. [ FULL STORY ] |
 | Libya stalemate is bad news for Tunisia TUNIS, Tunisia, July 8 (UPI) -- Signs of a military and political stalemate in neighboring Libya have dashed Tunisians' hope of an early economic recovery and return to employment for the country's restive youth. [ FULL STORY ] |
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