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 | Commentary: 'Vietghanistan': Realism and reality ARNAUD DE BORCHGRAVE || UPI Editor at Large WASHINGTON, May 10 (UPI) -- Powerful voices are now suggesting it's incumbent on the United States to put an end to 15 months of civil war in Syria. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Outside View: Fix the trade deficit to end jobs drought PETER MORICI || UPI Outside View Commentator COLLEGE PARK, Md., May 9 (UPI) -- The U.S. trade deficit -- expected to have been $49.5 billion in March -- is a sign that the recovery f the U.S. economy has been too slow. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Outside View: Needed now: An intellectual revolution in strategic thinking HARLAN ULLMAN || UPI Outside View Commentator WASHINGTON, May 9 (UPI) -- If an intellectual revolution regarding defense is to be wrought, it must come from within. But who will listen? And who will lead? [ FULL STORY ] |
| Special Reports | | More Special Reports |
| War on terror isn't over, U.S. says WASHINGTON, May 9 (UPI) -- An al-Qaida plot uncovered in Yemen by intelligence officials suggests the so-called war on terror isn't over, a U.S. lawmaker said. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Legal woes hang over Egyptian election CAIRO, May 9 (UPI) -- An administrative court in Egypt said it would hear an appeal on a decision that left a presidential candidate's eligibility in limbo. [ FULL STORY ] |
 | Tymoshenko leaves prison for hospital KIEV, Ukraine, May 9 (UPI) -- Jailed Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko was transferred from prison to a hospital in Kharkiv for medical treatment, her daughter said. [ FULL STORY ] |
 | Lawyer who defends Iran activists jailed BEIRUT, Lebanon, May 9 (UPI) -- Iranian lawyer Mohammad Ali Dadkhah, who has defended political and human rights activists condemned to death, has himself been sentenced to nine years behind bars amid a crackdown on dissent that has resulted in a sharp increase in executions. [ FULL STORY ] |
 | London troubled by Iranian rights record LONDON, May 10 (UPI) -- A nine-year prison sentence for an Iranian human rights lawyer is a sign the government is consistently repressing its people, a British official said. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Energy Resources | | More Energy Resources |
| Statoil lays out Barents Sea strategy STAVANGER, Norway, May 10 (UPI) -- Norwegian energy company Statoil said there are "good opportunities" in four new prospects in the Skrugard area of the Barents Sea. [ FULL STORY ] |
| ConocoPhillips may offload Nigeria assets ABUJA, Nigeria, May 9 (UPI) -- The Nigerian portfolio for U.S. supermajor ConocoPhillips is one of its "least exciting elements," an investment analyst said. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Argentina fisheries at risk from dispute over government tough line BUENOS AIRES, May 9 (UPI) -- Argentina's fisheries industry is at risk from a tough government line that has blocked a possible compromise in a dispute with the labor unions. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Iran aims to export electricity to India TEHRAN, May 10 (UPI) -- With renewed investments in green energy technology, Tehran is well suited to export electricity to India, the Iranian energy minister said. [ FULL STORY ] |
 | Asia-Pacific needs greening, UNDP finds JAKARTA, May 10 (UPI) -- With Asian economies producing close to half of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, they need to find the right balance for prosperity, a U.N. report finds. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Special Reports | | More Special Reports |
| Iraq's Hashemi to stay in Turkey ANKARA, Turkey, May 9 (UPI) -- Turkey's deputy prime minister said there are no plans to turn fugitive Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi over to authorities. [ FULL STORY ] |
 | No Arab Spring for Algeria ALGIERS, Algeria, May 10 (UPI) -- As Algerians head to the polls, the government called on foreign monitors to stay at bay, noting their revolution took place more than 50 years ago. [ FULL STORY ] |
 | Hariri suspects challenge tribunal LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands, May 10 (UPI) -- The defense team for suspects in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri says the special tribunal lacks jurisdiction to try the case. [ FULL STORY ] |
 | U.S. stays out of fray over Iraqi VP WASHINGTON, May 10 (UPI) -- The Interpol alert for the Iraqi vice president is a matter to be resolved by the Turkish and Iraqi governments, a U.S. official said. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Legal woes hang over Egyptian election CAIRO, May 9 (UPI) -- An administrative court in Egypt said it would hear an appeal on a decision that left a presidential candidate's eligibility in limbo. [ FULL STORY ] |
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