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Outside View: American dream or Americans dreaming? HARLAN ULLMAN || UPI Outside View Commentator WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- If the American Dream is to be sustained, only the American people can ensure that objective. They must demand mature, objective and competent government, absent ideological extremes and the bitter partisanship infecting the nation. [ FULL STORY ]

Walker's World: Two anniversaries MARTIN WALKER || UPI Editor Emeritus PARIS, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- The tenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on 9/11 has overshadowed that other anniversary on September 3, the outbreak of World War Two, when Britain and France declared war on Nazi Germany. [ FULL STORY ]

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Renditions roil U.K. Parliament WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- The British government is embroiled in a new renditioning controversy following the capture of the Libyan capital of Tripoli by rebel forces. [ FULL STORY ]

Rivalries still exist in Ivory Coast MONROVIA, Liberia, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Ivorian refugees at camps in Liberia are dealing with harassment and threats as tensions remain after the near civil war in Ivory Coast, authorities say. [ FULL STORY ]

Sadr calls for Iraqis to rise up against government BAGHDAD, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Moqtada Sadr, the leader of Iraq's Sadrist movement, has urged the Iraqi "resistance" to respond to the U.S. military temporarily closing Baghdad's airspace. [ FULL STORY ]

Rival groups mend differences in Somalia MOGADISHU, Somalia, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- An agreement signed between rival leaders in Somalia could pave the way to the end of transitional rule there, a U.N. special envoy said. [ FULL STORY ]

Syria delays Arab League visit DAMASCUS, Syria, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Syria announced that it asked the secretary-general of the Arab League to delay his scheduled visit to the country. [ FULL STORY ]

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Gas moving through Nord Stream ZUG, Switzerland, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- The consortium managing the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline announced Tuesday it started moving preliminary gas through the first leg to Germany. [ FULL STORY ]

Tropical Storm Lee shutters gulf oil and gas operations GRAND ISLE, La., Sept. 6 (UPI) -- The remnants of Tropical Storm Lee left oil tankers sitting unloaded at Louisiana ports and oil and gas production shuttered in the gulf, authorities say. [ FULL STORY ]

Oil, gas potential in North Sea lauded ABERDEEN, Scotland, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- The North Sea is vital to regional economic prosperity, the British energy minister said after Chevron and BP were backed for new work there. [ FULL STORY ]

Halliburton working on green fracking NEW YORK, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Oil and natural gas contractor Halliburton announced it was looking to develop a greener process to coax natural gas out of shale formations. [ FULL STORY ]

Korean gas pipeline too risky? SEOUL, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Prospects to build a pipeline carrying Russian natural gas supplies to North and South Korea come with significant economic risk, a U.S. analyst said. [ FULL STORY ]

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Filipino president: Mindanao a 'failure' MANILA, Philippines, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Filipino President Benigno Aquino has labeled the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao "a failure." [ FULL STORY ]

U.S. weighs opening embassy in Tripoli WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Washington is reviewing security in Libya to determine whether if it's safe to reopen its diplomatic mission in Tripoli, the U.S. State Department said. [ FULL STORY ]

Lebanon's PM meets STL authorities BEIRUT, Lebanon, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Lebanon's prime minister met with officials with the tribunal probing the 2005 slaying of Rafik Hariri for the first time since June, his office confirmed. [ FULL STORY ]

Somali troops kill Al Shabaab militants GAROWE, Somalia, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Somali government troops in Puntland have killed more than 20 Al Shabaab militants. [ FULL STORY ]

Case against Tymoshenko collapsing? KIEV, Ukraine, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- The case against Ukraine's former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has collapsed "completely," her lawyer claimed from Kiev. [ FULL STORY ]

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