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Outside View: Investors should be wary of buying U.S. treasuries PETER MORICI || UPI Outside View Commentator COLLEGE PARK, Md., Nov. 29 (UPI) -- Investors should limit holdings of U.S. treasuries because the long-term outlook for those securities isn't good. [ FULL STORY ]

Walker's World: The euro endgame MARTIN WALKER || UPI Editor Emeritus LONDON, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Pessimists in Europe assume the euro will collapse before Christmas; optimists think it can limp on until the last week in January. Is this the endgame for the currency? [ FULL STORY ]

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India's Maoists call for a national strike NEW DELHI, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- Maoist rebels in India want a two-day countrywide strike to protest the killing of their leader Koteshwar Rao in a gun battle with security forces. [ FULL STORY ]

U.N. tells Yemen to implement transition UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- The U.N. Security Council called on Yemen to honor the timetable for political reform, as outlined by the Gulf Cooperation Council, in a transparent fashion. [ FULL STORY ]

U.N. worried by lack of rights in Belarus GENEVA, Switzerland, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Legislative amendments adopted in Belarus could severely undermine basic liberties and exacerbate a culture of fear, the United Nations said. [ FULL STORY ]

Sudan locks horns with Kenya over Bashir KHARTOUM, Sudan, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- Khartoum announced the Kenyan envoy was ordered out of the country after Nairobi said it would arrest Sudan's president if he was in the country. [ FULL STORY ]

DRC president upbeat on progress KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- With the Democratic Republic of Congo having national elections Monday, the incumbent president said his country was on the road to recovery. [ FULL STORY ]

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Scotland stumps for marine renewables EDINBURGH, Scotland, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- The European Union needs to give its full support to the Scottish government's efforts to develop marine renewables, the energy minister said. [ FULL STORY ]

Greenpeace: Sidestep U.S. at climate talks DURBAN, South Africa, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- The United States should be left behind in climate talks in South Africa to put true support behind green reforms, Greenpeace said. [ FULL STORY ]

Shell, Mitsubishi sign Iraqi gas deal BAGHDAD, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- A deal to process natural gas flared off from oil fields in southern Iraq marks a new era in the country's recovering energy sector, an executive at Shell said. [ FULL STORY ]

Renewables future of energy, IEA says PARIS, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- The significance of renewable energy is expected to increase in the coming decades but time is running out for policy reforms, the IEA said from Paris. [ FULL STORY ]

Total to challenge French fracking ban PARIS, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- French supermajor Total said it would try to persuade the French government to repeal its ban on hydraulic fracturing of natural gas deposits in the country. [ FULL STORY ]

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UNHCR: Thousands fleeing Sudan GENEVA, Switzerland, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- More than 75,000 people from Sudan have fled political violence in the country to Ethiopia and South Sudan since August, the United Nations said. [ FULL STORY ]

U.S. appalled by Syrian atrocities UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- Details of the human rights abuses outlined by an international commission of inquiry on Syria are appalling, the U.S. envoy to the United Nations said. [ FULL STORY ]

Kremlin favorite trails in South Ossetia TSKHINVALI, Georgia, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- The Kremlin-backed presidential contender in the breakaway republic of South Ossetia is trailing in a runoff vote, the electoral commission said. [ FULL STORY ]

Buzek laments Tymoshenko sentence BRUSSELS, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Ukraine must face its internal political differences if it's to have a sincere dialogue with the European Union, the president of the European Parliament said. [ FULL STORY ]

NATO-Pakistan relations hit new low WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- The United States and NATO are in a new row with Pakistan after coalition aircraft killed as many as 28 Pakistani soldiers along the Pakistan-Afghan border. [ FULL STORY ]

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