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| Walker's World | More Walker's World |
| Outside View: Why Johnny can't pay his student loans PETER MORICI || UPI Outside View Commentator COLLEGE PARK, Md., May 1 (UPI) -- Many college graduates are trapped in positions that don't earn them enough money to repay their college loans -- the blame for that belongs in several laps. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Outside View: The fog of war and poor battlefield judgment JAMES ZUMWALT || UPI Outside View Commentator HERNDON, Va., May 1 (UPI) -- Instead of blaming U.S. warriors for being solely responsible for questionable behavior, U.S. leaders need do some soul-searching as to what -- and who -- put the fighters in those situations. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Walker's World: France, growth and Europe MARTIN WALKER || UPI Editor Emeritus PARIS, April 30 (UPI) -- The French presidential election has taken on a broader meaning with France offering a growth-oriented alternative to the German-led politics of austerity. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Special Reports | More Special Reports |
| U.S. official defends drone strikes as legal, effective ANDY MATARRESE, MEDILL NEWS SERVICE || Writen for UPI WASHINGTON, May 1 (UPI) -- The White House's top counter-terrorism adviser defended the administration's use of drones against suspected terrorists as legal and effective tools. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Pyongyang displays weakness, Obama says WASHINGTON, May 1 (UPI) -- Provocative actions by the government in North Korea are a sign of weakness and growing isolation, U.S. President Barack Obama said. [ FULL STORY ] |
| HRW documents abuses in Mali BAMAKO, Mali, April 30 (UPI) -- Tuareg rebels and armed militias operating in northern Mali are suspected of committing crimes against humanity, Human Rights Watch said. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Trouble brewing in DRC KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 1 (UPI) -- Refugees reported heavy gunfire in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as government forces clashed with fighters loyal to war crimes suspect Bosco Ntaganda. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Sierra Leone sets up rights commission FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, April 30 (UPI) -- Sierra Leone has shown a commitment to international humanitarian law by establishing a rights committee in Freetown, the ICRC said. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Energy Resources | More Energy Resources |
| BP to press ahead in Gulf of Mexico HOUSTON, May 1 (UPI) -- It would be wrong for British energy company BP to abandon work in the Gulf of Mexico despite the fallout from the 2010 spill, a company executive said. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Putin upbeat on weakened Nabucco MOSCOW, April 30 (UPI) -- Russia might be able to take advantage of the doubts emerging over the planned Nabucco natural gas pipeline, an analyst said. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Libyan oil minister found dead in Austria VIENNA, April 30 (UPI) -- The body of the former leader of Libya's state-run National Oil Corp. has been found in the Danube River, Austrian officials said. [ FULL STORY ] |
| U.S. rolls out 10-year climate study WASHINGTON, May 1 (UPI) -- A 10-year research plan outlined by the White House will focus on how human economic activity influences climate change, the administration said. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Jordan considers nuclear power AMMAN, Jordan, April 30 (UPI) -- The Jordanian Atomic Energy Commission said it was considering two offers to build a nuclear reactor in the kingdom. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Special Reports | More Special Reports |
| Jordan's King Abdullah walks a tightrope on reform AMMAN, Jordan, April 30 (UPI) -- King Abdullah II has gone through three prime ministers in 18 months as he struggles to avoid the Arab Spring political upheaval. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Pyongyang displays weakness, Obama says WASHINGTON, May 1 (UPI) -- Provocative actions by the government in North Korea are a sign of weakness and growing isolation, U.S. President Barack Obama said. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Cairo lays out presidential campaign rules CAIRO, April 30 (UPI) -- Egyptian presidential candidates have a $1.6 million spending limit and 60 minutes of free air time for the first round of voting, an elections commission said. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Red Cross condemns slaying of Pakistan aid worker QUETTA, Pakistan, April 30 (UPI) -- The killing of member of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Pakistan was an act of barbarism, the organization said. [ FULL STORY ] |
| Trouble brewing in DRC KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 1 (UPI) -- Refugees reported heavy gunfire in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as government forces clashed with fighters loyal to war crimes suspect Bosco Ntaganda. [ FULL STORY ] |
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