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Outside View: Dead wrong! HARLAN ULLMAN || UPI Outside View Commentator WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- America's government today is broken. It is well on the way to becoming destructive by creating far more problems and impediments to well-being than it cures. [ FULL STORY ]

Outside View: American exceptionalism and the ultimate virtue PETER MORICI || UPI Outside View Commentator COLLEGE PARK, Md., Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Americans should be thankful that the values that define the United States -- personal liberty and individual pursuit of happiness -- are increasingly embraced around the globe. [ FULL STORY ]

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Cairo tapes show police shootings CAIRO, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Prosecutors in the trial of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said surveillance footage from a museum clearly show police shooting civilians. [ FULL STORY ]

SCAF to probe recent police abuse in Cairo CAIRO, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Military leaders in Egypt called on said prosecutors to look into claims police used excessive force during clashes surrounding recent elections. [ FULL STORY ]

Genocide bill protesters hack French sites PARIS, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- The Web site of the French Senate was functioning again this week after it was hacked by Turkish protesters upset at an Armenian genocide bill. [ FULL STORY ]

U.N. wants calm in Guinea-Bissau UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Authorities in the West African country of Guinea-Bissau are called on to respect the rule of law, the U.N. secretary-general said following a coup attempt. [ FULL STORY ]

Mullah Omar never on FBI list WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Reclusive Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar was never on the FBI's list of most wanted terrorists, an agency spokesman said. [ FULL STORY ]

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Bulgaria won't pay Moscow for oil pipeline SOFIA, Bulgaria, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Bulgaria won't give Russian a single penny as reimbursement for backing away from the Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline, the Bulgarian prime minister said. [ FULL STORY ]

Hurry with Keystone, backers tell Obama WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- With strong congressional support, it's clear the planned Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada is a national interest of the United States, an executive said. [ FULL STORY ]

Egypt has suspect in pipeline bombings CAIRO, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- A suspect was arrested in Egypt in connection to a pipeline bombing in Sinai Peninsula after a group claimed responsibility for the attack, sources said. [ FULL STORY ]

BOTAS, Gazprom look to 2012 ANKARA, Turkey, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Russian energy company Gazprom reached deals for natural gas with their Turkish counterparts during meetings in Ankara, the Russian company said. [ FULL STORY ]

China lands oil deal with Afghanistan KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- A deal between China's national petroleum company and Afghanistan gives the Chinese company access to up to 87 million barrels of oil, Afghan officials said. [ FULL STORY ]

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Situation normal in Guinea-Bissau BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Government functions in the West African country of Guinea-Bissau are back to normal following what some described as a military coup, a U.N. official said. [ FULL STORY ]

Iraqi leaders warm to political dialogue ERBIL, Iraq, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Political leaders in Iraq have no option but to have talks to prevent the political structure from collapsing, a Sunni-backed lawmaker said. [ FULL STORY ]

U.S. calls for Tymoshenko's release WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- The U.S. State Department called on Ukrainian officials to release opposition leader and former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko from prison. [ FULL STORY ]

Genocide bill protesters hack French sites PARIS, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- The Web site of the French Senate was functioning again this week after it was hacked by Turkish protesters upset at an Armenian genocide bill. [ FULL STORY ]

Nigerian Christians worried by security ABUJA, Nigeria, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- The Christian community in Nigeria is losing confidence in the government's ability to provide security for the religious group, a pastor said. [ FULL STORY ]

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