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| Commentary: Asian Finlandization? ARNAUD DE BORCHGRAVE || UPI Editor at Large WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- A former U.S. intel chief spills the beans on how America's enemies have pole-vaulted U.S. defenses. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Outside View: Rating downgrades: S&P got France right, Germany wrong PETER MORICI || UPI Outside View Commentator COLLEGE PARK, Md., Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Rating Downgrades: S&P Got France Right, Germany Wrong [ FULL STORY ] |
 | Outside View: Multiple circular firing squads HARLAN ULLMAN || UPI Outside View Commentator WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- "Ready, aim, fire" not "ready, fire, aim" is the order of the day! [ FULL STORY ] |
| Special Reports | | More Special Reports |
| Russia wary of Japan FM's Kuril visit NEMURO, Japan, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- An "inspection" of the Kuril Islands by Japan's foreign minister over the weekend brought a pensive reaction from Russia, which claims the disputed lands. [ FULL STORY ] |
| No delay for Yemen's elections SANAA, Yemen, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Any delay in the Yemeni election calendar is unacceptable, a spokesman for the vice president said following speculation a February deadline was in jeopardy. [ FULL STORY ] |
| India praises Sri Lanka's reconciliation COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- India's foreign minister urged Sri Lanka to continue with reconciliation efforts started at the end of the island nation's brutal 30-year conflict with Tamil separatists. [ FULL STORY ] |
 | Ivory Coast at peace, president says ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- Though the country faces a wide variety of challenges, today the Ivory Coast is a nation at peace, the country's president said from Abidjan. [ FULL STORY ] |
 | Lebanon to consider Hezbollah's weapons BEIRUT, Lebanon, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Lebanese President Michel Suleiman said all political figures are expected to prepare to discuss the status of Hezbollah's weapons. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Energy Resources | | More Energy Resources |
| Middle East tensions = pain at the pump WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Tensions in the Persian Gulf and modest economic recovery in the United States could influence retail gasoline prices, analysts said. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Upton says safety key for Keystone XL WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- The safety of oil pipelines running through the United States is a priority for lawmakers supporting the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada, an official said. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Two missing from Chevron rig near Nigeria ABUJA, Nigeria, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Two people are missing from a natural gas drilling rig that caught fire off the coast of Nigeria, U.S. supermajor Chevron said. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Kiev needs quick decisions on natural gas LONDON, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Ukraine needs to either lower natural gas prices or find a way to make a deal with the International Monetary Fund on a bailout, a market strategist said. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Greece reaffirms support for ITGI project ATHENS, Greece, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- Athens has reaffirmed its support of the Turkey-Greece-Italy gas pipeline, calling it the most mature of three competing plans to cross the country. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Special Reports | | More Special Reports |
| | Lebanon to consider Hezbollah's weapons BEIRUT, Lebanon, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Lebanese President Michel Suleiman said all political figures are expected to prepare to discuss the status of Hezbollah's weapons. [ FULL STORY ] |
| More confessions expected against Iraqi VP BAGHDAD, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- A second group of bodyguards for Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi is expected to make statements against him by week's end, Iraqi television reports. [ FULL STORY ] |
| London preps for Iranian sanction talks LONDON, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- Robust measures under consideration by the European Union may undermine Iran's ability to finance its nuclear program, a British minister said. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Ethiopia blames Eritrea for unrest ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- A terrorist group from Eritrea is responsible for killing five European tourists in northern Ethiopia, an Ethiopian official said. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Opposition protests Kazakh election result ALMATY, Kazakhstan, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Opposition groups in Kazakhstan protested the results of a weekend election after an election committee said the ruling party won 80 percent of the vote. [ FULL STORY ] |
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