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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 ]

Outside View: What Obama needs to say PETER MORICI || UPI Outside View Commentator COLLEGE PARK, Md., Sept. 8 (UPI) -- The time is long past due for U.S. President Barack Obama to demonstrate he has what it takes to do the job. [ FULL STORY ]

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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 ]

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 ]

Witness arrested in Mubarak trial CAIRO, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- A judge overseeing the trial of Hosni Mubarak in Cairo ordered the arrest of a police captain after he was charged with perjury for changing his testimony. [ FULL STORY ]

New weapons raise concerns for ICRC SAN REMO, Italy, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- The International Red Cross said from Italy that it had legal concerns about the use of new weapons technology like robotic and cybersystems. [ FULL STORY ]

DRC election violence troubles U.N. KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- The United Nations called for calm in the Democratic Republic of the Congo after presidential supporters attacked the opposition's headquarters. [ FULL STORY ]

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South Stream on schedule, partners say MOSCOW, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- The planned South Stream natural gas pipeline for Europe is moving ahead as planned, executives from Russia's Gazprom and Italy's ENI announced. [ FULL STORY ]

BP announces major find in U.S. gulf HOUSTON, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- BP in its renewed exploration in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico doubled the estimated reserve volume in its Mad Dog field, a drilling company said. [ FULL STORY ]

Scotland digs deeper for green goals EDINBURGH, Scotland, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Scotland needs to find new ways to cut greenhouse gas emissions as it looks to its goals for the next decade, the country's environment minister said. [ 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 ]

Chevron makes oil find in Gulf of Mexico SAN RAMON, Calif., Sept. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. supermajor Chevron announced a discovery at a deep-water prospect in the Gulf of Mexico left idled after last year's disastrous oil spill. [ FULL STORY ]

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Nigeria Boko Haram's main target? BRUSSELS, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Despite apparent connections between Nigerian militant group Boko Haram and al-Qaida, the main threat is to the Nigerian state, an expert said. [ 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 ]

Iraqis might not want U.S. forces to stay BAGHDAD, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- It will be difficult to convince the Iraqi people that U.S. forces need to stay in the country beyond the Dec. 31 deadline, an Iraqi lawmaker said. [ FULL STORY ]

EU leaders meet with Kosovo's president BRUSSELS, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Serbia and Kosovo must collectively shape their futures in line with the European Union, the president of Kosovo told European officials in Brussels. [ FULL STORY ]

Somalia looks to end of transition MOGADISHU, Somalia, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- The transition period for the government in Somali will come to an end in August 2012, delegates at a U.N.-backed meeting in Mogadishu declared. [ FULL STORY ]

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