Outside View: Jobs, deficits and the re-election of Barack Obama

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Outside View: Jobs, deficits and the re-election of Barack Obama PETER MORICI || UPI Outside View Commentator WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama faces three daunting challenges -- jobs, deficits and re-election. His actions reveal he places a second term ahead of fixing the economy and federal finances. [ FULL STORY ]

Outside View: Investing terror free MARK LANGERMAN and AVI JORISCH || UPI Outside View Commentators WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- Most people have no idea that many of the companies they do business on a daily basis also do business with terrorists or those who support terrorism. [ FULL STORY ]

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Pakistani hits back for Haqqani claims ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- The blame game in public statements from U.S. officials regarding the Haqqani network isn't constructive diplomacy, Islamabad said. [ FULL STORY ]

GCC leaves Yemen without a deal SANAA, Yemen, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- The secretary-general of the Gulf Cooperation Council left the Yemeni capital without a political settlement in hand, local media reports. [ FULL STORY ]

Court violence mars Kyrgyz reconciliation BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- Kyrgyz authorities need to do more to make sure justice is done when examining ethnic violence in 2010, Human Rights Watch said after a court skirmish. [ FULL STORY ]

What's next for Yemen? SANAA, Yemen, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- It's unclear what the future holds for Yemen now that the country's embattled president has returned from Saudi Arabia, an intelligence report found. [ FULL STORY ]

Ouattara says reconciliation top priority UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- The Ivorian people must pursue a path of reconciliation as they struggle to emerge from a near civil war, the country's president told the United Nations. [ FULL STORY ]

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London greenlights shale gas operations LONDON, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- There is only one deposit of shale gas in the United Kingdom but the environmental safeguards are in place to make it worth exploring, the energy minister said. [ FULL STORY ]

Exxon taps into Utica shale HOUSTON, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Exxon Mobil confirmed it was following other energy companies in the acquisition of acreage in the Utica shale play in eastern Ohio. [ FULL STORY ]

OPEC eyes markets ahead of next meeting VIENNA, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- With another year before Libyan oil production returns to normal, one official at OPEC said from Vienna it was the economy that would determine crude output. [ FULL STORY ]

Shell touts gas benefits for Asia BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Natural gas resources will help fuel economic growth in Asia, where advances are vastly outpacing the rest of the world, a Shell executive said. [ FULL STORY ]

Egypt, Ethiopia mull Nile dams dispute CAIRO, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Egypt and Ethiopia are making an effort to settle a long-running bitter dispute over sharing the waters of the Nile River. [ FULL STORY ]

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Ouattara says reconciliation top priority UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- The Ivorian people must pursue a path of reconciliation as they struggle to emerge from a near civil war, the country's president told the United Nations. [ FULL STORY ]

Turkey chides Europe on PKK asylum UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- Europe needs to eliminate asylum given to members the Kurdistan Workers' Party within its borders to crack down on the terror threat it poses, Turkey says. [ FULL STORY ]

U.S.-Pakistan tensions rise WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- U.S. anger over Pakistan's apparent collusion with Afghan terrorists is now at a boil with accusations of Islamabad's direct involvement in terror attacks. [ FULL STORY ]

U.N. re-establishing ties with new Libya UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- The United Nations is repositioning itself in Tripoli as the country's new leadership starts the necessary preparations for elections, an official said. [ FULL STORY ]

U.S. ties aid to Pakistan to Haqqani group WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- A U.S. Senate bill for 2012 funding foreign operations includes conditions that funds for Pakistan be based on its cooperation against the Haqqani network. [ FULL STORY ]

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