Senin, 12 Desember 2011

Outside View: Will Obama live up to his Nobel Prize qualifications?

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Outside View: Will Obama live up to his Nobel Prize qualifications?
TARSEM KING || UPI Outside View Commentator
LONDON, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- World leaders, including U.S. President Barack Obama, need to live up to their responsibility and prevent a slaughter of Iranian dissidents at Iraq's Camp Ashraf. [ FULL STORY ]
Walker's World: One cheer for euro summit
MARTIN WALKER || UPI Editor Emeritus
PARIS, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- The real outcome of the European summit was the failure to come up with a minimum program to save the euro. They did enough to kick the can down the road another few weeks but no more. [ FULL STORY ]

 Special Reports More Special Reports
Kabila says vote was largely fair
KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- There were mistakes made during elections in Democratic Republic of Congo but the process was largely fair, President Joseph Kabila declared. [ FULL STORY ]
Low turnout for Ivorian elections
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- Ivorian elections for legislative assembly last weekend had a low turnout and problems at the polls, observers said. [ FULL STORY ]
NATO to end Iraqi training mission Dec. 31
BRUSSELS, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- A NATO-led training mission for Iraqi military forces will come to an end by Dec. 31 after nearly seven years, the NATO secretary-general said Monday. [ FULL STORY ]
Yemeni political moves earn U.N. praise
UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- The U.N. secretary-general called on Yemeni leaders to ensure the country's political landscape was inclusive after a unity government was formed. [ FULL STORY ]
Syria says it wasn't behind UNIFIL attack
DAMASCUS, Syria, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- Syria isn't responsible for an explosion in southern Lebanon that wounded French peacekeepers last week, the Syrian government said. [ FULL STORY ]

 Energy Resources More Energy Resources
Keystone XL fight gets dirty
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- Linking legislation on tax cuts to the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline is nothing more than a political ruse, a lawmaker from Oklahoma said. [ FULL STORY ]
Greenpeace says Durban was a failure
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- World leaders leaving climate talks in Durban, South Africa, should be ashamed they left without a major breakthrough, Greenpeace said. [ FULL STORY ]
Oil ban would hurt only Europe, Iran says
TEHRAN, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- Any EU move to impose a ban on Iranian oil imports would cripple the struggling economies of Spain, Greece and Italy, an Iranian parliamentary leader says. [ FULL STORY ]
Gas part of Korean security, Moscow says
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- Russia is encouraging talks with both Korean governments to encourage the development of a natural gas pipeline, an envoy said. [ FULL STORY ]
Oil companies declare Syrian force majeure
LONDON, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- Sanctions imposed on the Syrian energy sector by the European Union are grounds to declare force majeure in the country, Gulfsands Petroleum said Monday. [ FULL STORY ]

 Special Reports More Special Reports
Pakistan says trust in U.S. evaporating
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- There is a "credibility gap" between the United States and Pakistan, the Pakistani prime minister said of the deteriorating ties. [ FULL STORY ]
Iran's airspace dangerous for U.S
TEHRAN, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- Iranian airspace is a very dangerous place for unarmed surveillance drones flown by the CIA, a commander for the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps said. [ FULL STORY ]
Low turnout for Ivorian elections
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- Ivorian elections for legislative assembly last weekend had a low turnout and problems at the polls, observers said. [ FULL STORY ]
Kabila says vote was largely fair
KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- There were mistakes made during elections in Democratic Republic of Congo but the process was largely fair, President Joseph Kabila declared. [ FULL STORY ]
Yemeni political moves earn U.N. praise
UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- The U.N. secretary-general called on Yemeni leaders to ensure the country's political landscape was inclusive after a unity government was formed. [ FULL STORY ]

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