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 | Outside View: BHO equals W on steroids! HARLAN ULLMAN || UPI Outside View Commentator WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- The United States should fashion a deterrent scheme in the region offering protection for our friends in the Persian Gulf should Iran field nuclear weapons. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Outside View: Talking turkey in Egypt JAMES ZUMWALT || UPI Outside View Commentator HERNDON, Va., Feb. 16 (UPI) -- Forty-three members of pro-democracy, non-governmental organizations), including 19 Americans, face criminal charges in Egypt following raids on their offices. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Outside View: Ashraf, the litmus test for our democratic values MURIEL TURNER || UPI Outside View Commentator LONDON, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- The protection and well-being of Ashraf residents represent a litmus test for global democratic values. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Special Reports | | More Special Reports |
| U.S. takes issue with DRC elections WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- Washington called on authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo to release records from a controversial November election. [ FULL STORY ] |
 | Iran announces nuclear breakthrough TEHRAN, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- Iran announced Wednesday it loaded its own nuclear fuel rods into a research reactor near Tehran and installed new centrifuges at a facility in Natanz. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Honduras' Lobo under fire for prison conditions TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- Honduran President Porfirio Lobo is taking criticism for inaction on chronic prison overcrowding and mistreatment after a fire left at least 272 inmates dead. [ FULL STORY ] |
 | Concerns grow over Assad's chemical arms BEIRUT, Lebanon, Feb. 16 (UPI) -- Western powers are becoming nervous about Syria's arsenal of chemical weapons, primarily the possibility that they could fall into the hands of militant groups. [ FULL STORY ] |
 | Stop Syrian arms sales, EU tells Russia BRUSSELS, Feb. 16 (UPI) -- The European Parliament announced Thursday it passed a resolution calling on Russia to stop selling military equipment to the Syrian government. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Energy Resources | | More Energy Resources |
| Hastings: Oil plans a blow to economy WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- The energy strategy of the Obama administration means less revenue will be generated from oil and natural gas production offshore, a House leader said. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Keep U.S. gas at home, Markey says WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- Keeping more of the natural gas produced in the United States in the domestic market could help lower prices across the board, a lawmaker said. [ FULL STORY ] |
| U.S. offers more hints at fracking rules WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 (UPI) -- New U.S. proposals for hydraulic fracturing on federal land will likely include input from state-based regulatory mechanisms, an official said. [ FULL STORY ] |
| ENI finds major gas reserves in Mozambique ROME, Feb. 16 (UPI) -- Italian energy company ENI estimated there was around 30 trillion cubic feet of natural gas off the coast of Mozambique following a new resource discovery. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Montana oil spill findings expected soon HELENA, Mont., Feb. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. authorities said they're getting close to figuring out what caused a pipeline to rupture and spill oil into the Yellowstone River in Montana last year. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Special Reports | | More Special Reports |
| Honduras' Lobo under fire for prison conditions TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- Honduran President Porfirio Lobo is taking criticism for inaction on chronic prison overcrowding and mistreatment after a fire left at least 272 inmates dead. [ FULL STORY ] |
| | Concerns grow over Assad's chemical arms BEIRUT, Lebanon, Feb. 16 (UPI) -- Western powers are becoming nervous about Syria's arsenal of chemical weapons, primarily the possibility that they could fall into the hands of militant groups. [ FULL STORY ] |
 | Kiev facing isolation, commissioner says BERLIN, Feb. 16 (UPI) -- Ukraine risks isolation over it decision to send opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko to prison for abusing her authority, a former European commissioner said. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Netherlands delays ACTA ratification THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Feb. 16 (UPI) -- The Netherlands this week imposed delays on the ratification of the ACTA international anti-piracy agreement, which critics claim threatens Internet freedoms. [ FULL STORY ] |
| U.S. takes issue with DRC elections WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- Washington called on authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo to release records from a controversial November election. [ FULL STORY ] |
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