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Outside View: Why wars start and why wars are lost HARLAN ULLMAN || UPI Outside View Commentator WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 (UPI) -- Unless we are prepared to invade and occupy Iran possibly for decades, we need a Plan B. Is anyone working on that? [ FULL STORY ]

Outside View: Gas prices up, Obama wrongly attacks critics again PETER MORICI || UPI Outside View Commentator COLLEGE PARK, Md., Feb. 28 (UPI) -- Americans are simply not getting fact-based leadership and good judgment from President Barack Obama. [ FULL STORY ]

Outside View: Bin Laden's advice to his children JAMES. ZUMWALT || UPI Outside View Commentator HERNDON, Va., Feb. 28 (UPI) -- Osama bin Laden reportedly gave his children advice to not follow him into jihad and to seek educational opportunities in the West. [ FULL STORY ]

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Sudan crisis worries U.S. lawmaker WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- The Sudanese government is engaged in a brutal campaign against its own people with devastating consequences, a U.S. lawmaker said. [ FULL STORY ]

Somalis look for safety in Mogadishu MOGADISHU, Somalia, Feb. 29 (UPI) -- More than 10,000 families in Somalia have fled their homes to the capital city to escape clashes between al-Shabaab and pro-government forces, an official said. [ FULL STORY ]

Senegal election heads to second round DAKAR, Senegal, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- The presidential contest in Senegal is headed to a runoff after neither of the main contenders failed to secure more than half of the vote, a spokesman said. [ FULL STORY ]

No NATO role in Syria, Rasmussen says WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 (UPI) -- NATO forces won't intervene in Syria because the international community has yet to reach a consensus on how to handle the crisis, the secretary-general said. [ FULL STORY ]

South Sudan's weapons concern advocates JUBA, South Sudan, Feb. 29 (UPI) -- A disarmament campaign in South Sudan planned for March could make the security situation in the world's newest nation worse, analysts say. [ FULL STORY ]

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Mercosur keen to profit from Arab markets BRASILIA, Brazil, Feb. 29 (UPI) -- Latin America's trade bloc is keen to profit from Arab cash investments and expanding consumer markets while talks with the EU on free trade have stalled. [ FULL STORY ]

Keystone XL lacks wetland review WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- There hasn't been a study on the effects that part of the Keystone XL oil pipeline would have on southern wetland ecosystems, an advocacy group said. [ FULL STORY ]

Gazprom discusses South Stream contracts MOSCOW, Feb. 29 (UPI) -- Russian officials met with directors to discuss the environmental impact and engineering design contracts for the South Stream pipeline, said Gazprom. [ FULL STORY ]

Oil sheen observed in Venezuelan river CARACAS, Venezuela, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- Community leaders in northeastern Venezuela told the state oil company they observed oil in a nearby river nearly two weeks after a pipeline leak was reported. [ FULL STORY ]

Mongolia to tap wind power ULAN BATOR, Mongolia, Feb. 29 (UPI) -- Construction on Mongolia's first wind farm is scheduled to start next month. [ FULL STORY ]

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Saakashvili challenges opponents on Russia GORI, Georgia, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- Georgia President Mikhail Saakashvili says the country's opposition political parties need to be open and clear about their stances toward Russia. [ FULL STORY ]

Amnesty International: Iran cracks down ahead of vote LONDON, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- A high number of executions in Iran "may be" a strategy to discourage reformists in Iran from rising up ahead of Friday elections, Amnesty International said. [ FULL STORY ]

Interpol nabs Anonymous hackers LYON, France, Feb. 29 (UPI) -- More than two dozen members of the Internet group Anonymous were arrested by Interpol for cyberattacks in Latin American and Spain, the police force said. [ FULL STORY ]

Somalis look for safety in Mogadishu MOGADISHU, Somalia, Feb. 29 (UPI) -- More than 10,000 families in Somalia have fled their homes to the capital city to escape clashes between al-Shabaab and pro-government forces, an official said. [ FULL STORY ]

Commentary: Sad state of affairs in Afghanistan WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- Violent repercussions in Afghanistan over the inadvertent burning of the Koran by U.S troops are clearly out of hand. [ FULL STORY ]

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