Rabu, 02 November 2011

Outside View: Needed: A new Nixon, sans Watergate

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Outside View: Needed: A new Nixon, sans Watergate
HARLAN ULLMAN || UPI Outside View Commentator
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Strategy, the Pentagon rightly observes, should drive spending, not the converse. But reality dictates that spending will dominate whatever strategy emerges. [ FULL STORY ]
Outside View: Don't raise taxes or cut defense to solve budget woes
PETER MORICI || UPI Outside View Commentator
COLLEGE PARK, Md., Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Democrats appear intent on handicapping the U.S. economy with higher taxes and imperiling national security by cutting defense. Those are the wrong places to solve the nation's budget woes. [ FULL STORY ]

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Libyan prime minister commits to elections
TRIPOLI, Libya, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Libya's new interim prime minister said he was committed to the election calendar spelled out after the country's October liberation. [ FULL STORY ]
Indian rebels kill 4 policemen
NEW DELHI, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Rebels in India's Meghalaya state killed four policemen and a civilian and critically injured two policemen in an ambush, the Indo-Asian News Service said. [ FULL STORY ]
Settlements illegal, London tells Israel
LONDON, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- London reminded the Israeli government that settlement activity in the Palestinian territories violates international law and threatenes the peace process. [ FULL STORY ]
NATO officially ends Libya operations
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- NATO has ended its Libya military campaign after thousands of combat sorties and billions of dollars of alliance and individual participant expenditures. [ FULL STORY ]
Weiwei gets more tax demands
BEIJING, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Chinese authorities have told Ai Weiwei, a celebrated artist and prominent critic of the communist government, that his design company must pay $2.3 million in back taxes. [ FULL STORY ]

 Energy Resources More Energy Resources
Gazprom sets sights on Indian gas market
SYDNEY, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- India presents an attractive environment for investments in the liquefied natural gas market, a director at Russian gas company Gazprom said. [ FULL STORY ]
Australia posed to enter golden age of gas
SYDNEY, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Australia is entering the golden age of gas and is set to become the world's supermarket for liquefied natural gas. [ FULL STORY ]
IAEA gets more support
UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- The International Atomic Energy Agency plays an indispensable role in the safe and practical application of nuclear energy, the U.N. General Assembly said. [ FULL STORY ]
London solar incentives running dry
LONDON, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- While subsidies for solar energy helped make green energy more available, the sector is supported by unsustainable economy policies, a British official said. [ FULL STORY ]
Japan falters with nuclear start-up
TOKYO, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Fission was detected at a reactor at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant a day after the company said it would restart operations following a March meltdown. [ FULL STORY ]

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Settlements illegal, London tells Israel
LONDON, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- London reminded the Israeli government that settlement activity in the Palestinian territories violates international law and threatenes the peace process. [ FULL STORY ]
Rival victory claims along Sudan's border
KHARTOUM, Sudan, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Authorities in the war-torn Sudanese state of South Kordofan said rebel forces suffered huge losses, though the rebels have denied the claims. [ FULL STORY ]
Amnesty calls for a Cairo rights manifest
LONDON, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Amnesty International said it had 10 human rights reforms that Egyptian leaders must uphold to honor the spirit of the revolution. [ FULL STORY ]
Israel hikes missile range over Iran fears
TEL AVIV, Israel, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Israel is reported to be seeking to extend the range of its Jericho- 3 ballistic missile that could be used for pre-emptive military strikes against Iran's nuclear facilities. [ FULL STORY ]
Liberian election boycott looming?
MONROVIA, Liberia, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- An opposition party in Liberia said it wanted a new election commission ahead of a second round of voting, raising the possibility of a boycott. [ FULL STORY ]

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