Selasa, 31 Januari 2012

Outside View: U.N. official facilitating Tehran’s Goebbels methods

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Outside View: U.N. official facilitating Tehran's Goebbels methods
ANTHONY CLARKE || UPI Outside View Commentator
LONDON, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- The United Nations needs to rebut claims from Tehran that members of an Iranian dissident group in Iraq want to return to Iran. [ FULL STORY ]
Walker's World: So much for Davos
MARTIN WALKER || UPI Editor Emeritus
ZURICH, Switzerland, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- Had the economic meeting in Davos, Switzerland, opened this week, the related upbeat ending mood would have been different. [ FULL STORY ]

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Chinese media: Tibet crisis overstated
BEIJING, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- Some Western governments and Tibetan leaders are hyping conflicts between security forces and residents in Sichuan province, Chinese state media claim. [ FULL STORY ]
Iran ready to rollout new drone
TEHRAN, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- An Iranian engineer said the country was getting ready to unveil its latest unmanned vehicle roughly one month after Tehran claimed it shot down a CIA drone. [ FULL STORY ]
Seven die in polling station shootout
NEW DELHI, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- Police in India's northeastern state of Manipur are blaming Naga rebels for violence during polling in which seven people were killed including a young girl. [ FULL STORY ]
Somalia breaking down, official warns
MOGADISHU, Somalia, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- The underlying causes of poverty, drought and piracy in Somalia must be addressed if there's any hope for recovery, a British secretary said. [ FULL STORY ]
Yemeni minister survives attempt on life
SANAA, Yemen, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Witnesses said the information minister in Yemen's unity government survived an assassination attempt hours after al-Qaida militants were hit by U.S. drones. [ FULL STORY ]

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Oil-rich Riyadh defends market role
LONDON, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Saudi Arabia maintains the unilateral ability to respond to any future oil shock to ensure market stability, the country's oil minister said. [ FULL STORY ]
Cuba can't be trusted with oil, Fla. says
MIAMI, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- The Cuban government can't be trusted to oversee the safety of oil drilling activity planned 90 miles from the Florida coast, a state official said. [ FULL STORY ]
House may try again with Keystone XL
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- "All options are on the table" to ensure the White House moves quickly on the planned Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada, a U.S. lawmaker said. [ FULL STORY ]
Statoil preps for deepwater development
STAVANGER, Norway, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Norwegian energy company Statoil announced it was taking a major step to exploring the deep waters of the Norwegian Sea. [ FULL STORY ]
Irani Parliament delays oil cutoff vote
TEHRAN, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- Iran's Parliament has delayed an "emergency" vote on immediately cutting off oil supplies to the European Union as a team of nuclear inspectors arrived. [ FULL STORY ]

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HRW objects to Saleh's immunity
NEW YORK, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- The international community should insist on prosecuting those responsible for attacks on Yemeni civilians during last year's uprising, a rights group said. [ FULL STORY ]
Cameron: NATO presence depends on Afghans
LONDON, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- The pace at which the British government can reduce its troop strength in Afghanistan depends on how well the Afghans can lead, the prime minister said. [ FULL STORY ]
Yemeni minister survives attempt on life
SANAA, Yemen, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Witnesses said the information minister in Yemen's unity government survived an assassination attempt hours after al-Qaida militants were hit by U.S. drones. [ FULL STORY ]
Hashemi worried about Iraq's future
ERBIL, Iraq, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- The government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is pushing the country to a major sectarian divide, an Iraqi vice president said. [ FULL STORY ]
Italy reiterates commitment to UNIFIL
NAQOURA, Lebanon, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Rome has reiterated its commitment to South Lebanon as an Italian commander took over as chief of the 12,000-strong UN peacekeeping contingent there. [ FULL STORY ]

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