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| Outside View: Saving the middle class; agenda for economic renewal PETER MORICI || UPI Outside View Commentator COLLEGE PARK, Md., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- The hollowing out of the U.S. middle class is a potent campaign issue but, increasingly, the genuine middle is a tough place to be. [ 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 ] |
| Special Reports | | More Special Reports |
| 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 ] |
 | 'U.S. mulls ways to aid Syrian rebels' CAIRO, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- U.S. officials are reported to be quietly preparing options to help Syrian dissident groups seeking to topple President Bashar Assad. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Kazakhstan to investigate police violence ASTANA, Kazakhstan, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Prosecutors in Kazakhstan said they were examining whether police used excessive force in response to oil strikes in the western city of Zhanaozen. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Discipline a concern among Ivorian forces ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Members of the Ivorian military are accused of acts of sexual violence and torture in several parts of the country, a U.N. envoy said. [ 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 ] |
| Energy Resources | | More Energy Resources |
| Russia, Turkey reach South Stream deal MOSCOW, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Turkey this week gave a boost to plans by Russia's Gazprom by issuing permits for its South Stream gas pipeline to be built under Turkish territorial waters. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Iran threat, Iraq unrest spook oil market DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Iran's threat to close the chokepoint Strait of Hormuz, a strategic oil artery at the southern end of the Persian Gulf, is spooking global oil markets. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Major gas find reported off Cyprus coast HOUSTON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- U.S. company Noble Energy reported a major natural gas find off the coast of Cyprus, where reserve estimates could reach 7 trillion cubic feet. [ FULL STORY ] |
| BG Group to start production in Brazil BRASILIA, Brazil, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- British energy company BG Group announced it started the production phase for the Guara oil and natural gas area off the coast of Brazil. [ 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 ] |
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 | Tymoshenko sent to penal colony KIEV, Ukraine, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Decisions regarding the fate of jailed Ukrainian former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko raise serious questions about the rule of law, London said. [ 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 ] |
 | Ros-Lehtinen: Iran on 'tour of tyrants' WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- A plan by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to visit allies in Latin America is a threat to U.S. national security interests, a U.S. lawmaker said. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Aid workers killed in Somalia MOGADISHU, Somalia, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Medical aid group Doctors Without Borders confirmed two of its staff members were killed in a shootout at its offices in the Somalia. [ FULL STORY ] |
| 400 Iranian dissidents in Iraq to relocate PARIS, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Hundreds of Iranian dissidents at Camp Ashraf in Iraq's Diyala province are ready to move to a facility near Baghdad, a dissident leader said. [ FULL STORY ] |
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