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 | Outside View: Obama's rendition of Roosevelt more like Pinocchio PETER MORICI || UPI Outside View Commentator COLLEGE PARK, Md., Dec. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama's recent speech didn't deliver a reprise of Teddy Roosevelt but instead a sad revival of Pinocchio. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Outside View: Who Dares Wins II! HARLAN ULLMAN || UPI Outside View Commentator WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Politics attempts to suffocate bold thinking. Altering that outcome requires courage and leadership, meaning taking risks. But will our leaders dare to do so? [ FULL STORY ] |
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 | Ouattara backers winning in assembly race ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Political candidates loyal to Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara emerged with a lead in the first legislative election in years, election figures indicate. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Seoul warns of tougher coast guard patrols SEOUL, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak called for "strong" measures to protect the country's coast guard sailors during the crackdown on illegal fishing by Chinese boats. [ FULL STORY ] |
| U.S. lawmaker frets over Islamist Egypt WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- With Islamist parties set to dominate the political scene in post-revolution Egypt, a U.S. lawmaker warned of a possible foreign policy problem in the region. [ FULL STORY ] |
 | Ashton calls for U.N. action against Syria STRASBOURG, France, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- All members of the U.N. Security Council need to act responsibly and put pressure on the Syrian regime, Europe's foreign policy chief said in an address. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Arrest shows Dusseldorf terror cell active DUSSELDORF, Germany, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- The arrest of a German-born Islamic extremist shows the so-called Dusseldorf Cell of suspected terrorists is still active, Der Spiegel reported this week. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Energy Resources | | More Energy Resources |
| Bids in for first post-spill gulf leases NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Offshore oil and gas development will never be risk free but U.S. regulators have taken the safest approach possible in a recent lease sale, an official said. [ FULL STORY ] |
| TNK-BP sinks $10 billion into arctic oil MOSCOW, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Anglo-Russian venture TNK-BP said it would invest $10 billion in a new pipeline from arctic oil fields that would move energy supplies to the Asian market. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Nord Stream closed for maintenance ZUG, Switzerland, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- The consortium for the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline through the Baltic Sea said the route was closed to install valves and check safety features in Germany. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Chevron not notified of lawsuit in Brazil SAN RAMON, Calif., Dec. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. supermajor Chevron said it wasn't notified of any decision by the Brazilian government to file a civil lawsuit for a spill off the coast of Rio de Janeiro. [ FULL STORY ] |
 | Motives questioned on Keystone XL rider WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Republican leaders are holding a middle-class tax cut hostage by a provision for the Keystone XL oil pipeline in a bill they know won't pass, an official said. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Special Reports | | More Special Reports |
 | War's end in Iraq met with some criticism WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- The White House should focus on ending its military operations in Afghanistan now that U.S. forces are leaving Iraq, a peace advocate said. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Seoul warns of tougher coast guard patrols SEOUL, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak called for "strong" measures to protect the country's coast guard sailors during the crackdown on illegal fishing by Chinese boats. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Conflict strains aid for South Sudan JUBA, South Sudan, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Refugees are streaming across the border into South Sudan to escape violence in Sudan's state of Blue Nile, aid agencies say. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Arrest shows Dusseldorf terror cell active DUSSELDORF, Germany, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- The arrest of a German-born Islamic extremist shows the so-called Dusseldorf Cell of suspected terrorists is still active, Der Spiegel reported this week. [ FULL STORY ] |
| U.S. lawmaker frets over Islamist Egypt WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- With Islamist parties set to dominate the political scene in post-revolution Egypt, a U.S. lawmaker warned of a possible foreign policy problem in the region. [ FULL STORY ] |
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