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 | Outside View: President and Tea Party win big, the national interest be damned PETER MORICI || UPI Outside View Commentator COLLEGE PARK, Md., Aug. 1 (UPI) -- In the debt ceiling melodrama, U.S. President Barack Obama and Tea Party each had political objectives and national interests to serve. Politics won out. [ FULL STORY ] |
 | Walker's World: Who just blinked? MARTIN WALKER || UPI Editor Emeritus PARIS, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- As the markets soar on the news of the debt default deal in Washington, they might want to remember that nobody ever gave Nikita Khrushchev credit for saving the planet. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Special Reports | | More Special Reports |
| UNIFIL breaks up Israeli, Lebanese clash BEIRUT, Lebanon, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- U.N. peacekeepers scrambled to Lebanon's border with Israel in response to a brief exchange of gunfire between both sides, the United Nations reported Monday. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Ankara deeply disappointed with Syria ANKARA, Turkey, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Ankara said it was deeply disappointed about the lack of peace in Syria as violence continued Monday into the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Kashgar: 15 die in weekend of violence BEIJING, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- A second explosion in two days rocked Kashgar in western China Sunday, killing three people including a policeman, China's state-run news agency Xinhua said. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Iraq to scale back Cabinet BAGHDAD, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- A Kurdish lawmaker in Iraq said he received a letter from the country's prime minister on the size of the Cabinet but lingering, and basic, concerns remain. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Repression in Belarus concerns London LONDON, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- In a human rights report, the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office said political repression was a contentious issue in Belarus in 2011. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Energy Resources | | More Energy Resources |
| Closed Alberta pipeline ready for restart CALGARY, Alberta, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- The operator of a Canadian oil pipeline closed since an April spill said it was confident it was ready to resume safe operations. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Israel says it doesn't need Egypt's gas JERUSALEM, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Israel can do without natural gas from Egypt, an energy analyst said after saboteurs attacked a pipeline for the fifth time this year. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Iran, India settle crude payment issue NEW DELHI, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Oil refiners in India will start paying for the crude they buy from Iran through a Turkish bank in Istanbul, ending a seven-month stalemate, sources said. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Oil workers return to Gulf of Mexico HOUSTON, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. oil and gas explorer Apache Corp. announced that workers evacuated from the Gulf of Mexico ahead of a tropical storm have returned. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Iran repairs gas pipeline to Turkey TEHRAN, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Natural gas exports from Iran to Turkey have resumed after workers repaired a section of a pipeline damaged by an explosion last week, a regional official said. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Special Reports | | More Special Reports |
| Kashgar: 15 die in weekend of violence BEIJING, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- A second explosion in two days rocked Kashgar in western China Sunday, killing three people including a policeman, China's state-run news agency Xinhua said. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Repression in Belarus concerns London LONDON, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- In a human rights report, the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office said political repression was a contentious issue in Belarus in 2011. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Al-Shabaab to launch Ramadan offensive? MOGADISHU, Somalia, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Somali militant group al-Shabaab has received a cache of weapons in preparation for an assault to coincide with the holy month of Ramadan, a source said. [ FULL STORY ] |
| U.S. welcomes STL release of names WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- The release of the names of members of Hezbollah allegedly tied to the killing of Rafik Hariri is a key development for the country, a U.S. official said. [ FULL STORY ] |
| U.S. soldier charged for planned attack WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- A U.S. soldier who allegedly planned a bombing and shooting attack on troops from Fort Hood, Texas, has been charged in federal court. [ FULL STORY ] |
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