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| Outside View: The most dangerous quadrant HARLAN ULLMAN || UPI Outside View Commentator WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- The global economy is adrift in what could be a perfect storm fueled by a drought of growth and consumer demand, tidal waves of debt and deficit and a European banking system that is sinking. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Outside View: Tehran's 'Butler' in Iraq DAVID AMESS || UPI Outside View Commentator LONDON, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Unimaginable to say the least; recent remarks made by Ambassador Lawrence E. Butler, a top U.S. State Department official, about the status of 3,400 members of an Iranian opposition group taking refuge in Iraq has left him being labeled mockingly as "Tehran's Butler." [ FULL STORY ] |
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| Active U.S. envoy to Damascus is 'vital' WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- Having an ambassador on the ground in Syria helps Washington get a better understanding of the situation as it unfolds, the U.S. State Department said. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Tribunal publishes warrants in Hariri case LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- The Special Tribunal for Lebanon made public Wednesday the arrest warrants of four suspects accused of ties to the 2005 assassination of Rafik Hariri. [ FULL STORY ] |
| HRW asks what's different post-Mubarak NEW YORK, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- Prosecutors operating in Egypt under military authority aren't much better at permitting dissenting voices than the previous regime, Human Rights Watch said. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Iran, Kurds to work to combat PJAK TEHRAN, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Iran and Kurdish officials in Iraq have plans to set up a joint committee to fight Kurdish rebels along their border, an Iranian official said. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Bahrain rights investigation not completed MANAMA, Bahrain, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- There were no conclusions made about the human rights record in Bahrain, a commission said after mobs forced its offices to close their doors to the public. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Energy Resources | | More Energy Resources |
| U.S. launches biofuels initiative WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- National and energy security depend on access to commercially available biofuels, Washington said in unveiling a $510 million private-sector initiative. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Keystone XL safest in U.S., planners say BILLINGS, Mont., Aug. 17 (UPI) -- The proposed Keystone XL pipeline meant to carry heavy crude from Alberta tar sands will be the safest in the United States, company officials said in Montana. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Belarus may get gas discount from Russia MOSCOW, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Belarus could get a discount on natural gas prices for 2012, though Gazprom stressed market conditions were tough. [ FULL STORY ] |
 | Outlook grim for Libyan oil production EDINBURGH, Scotland, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- It's unlikely that Libyan oil production will return to pre-war levels until at least three years after the fighting ends, a Scottish energy consultant said. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Shell: Notices sent promptly on North Sea oil spill LONDON, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Government authorities were notified Wednesday of an oil spill in the North Sea, a technical director at Royal Dutch Shell declared. [ FULL STORY ] |
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| Sadrists condemn U.S. military action KARBALA, Iraq, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- Alleged movement of U.S. forces into Karbala last week was an act of terrorism that violates bilateral security arrangements, an Iraqi official said. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Human rights lacking in Britain, Iran says TEHRAN, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Iran kept up its criticism of Britain's handling of the last week's rioting during the weekend, saying London had "no respect" for human rights. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Bahrain rights investigation not completed MANAMA, Bahrain, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- There were no conclusions made about the human rights record in Bahrain, a commission said after mobs forced its offices to close their doors to the public. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Britain: The struggle begins LONDON, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Britain is sweeping up the physical debris from days of rioting that rocked the country earlier this month but the new Battle of Britain has just begun. [ FULL STORY ] |
| HRW asks what's different post-Mubarak NEW YORK, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- Prosecutors operating in Egypt under military authority aren't much better at permitting dissenting voices than the previous regime, Human Rights Watch said. [ FULL STORY ] |
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