Saturday, October 11
Singh helps start Kashmir train service
JAMMU, India, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Indian Prime Minster Manmohan Singh said at the inauguration of a new train service for Kashmir that the region's future should be "bright."
U.S. removes North Korea from terror list
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- North Korea has been removed from a U.S. list of possible terror threats worldwide, U.S. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said Saturday.
O.J. Attorneys Say All-White Jury Biased
Attorneys for O.J. Simpson say he should get a new trial on robbery charges because Las Vegas prosecutors dismissed blacks from the jury pool.
Friday, October 10
Ukrainian elections low on funds
KIEV, Ukraine, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- A Ukrainian official said the early parliamentary elections called for by the country's president may be endangered by a lack of funding.
Fatah, Hamas reps may meet in Cairo
CAIRO, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Sources close to the dueling Fatah and Hamas parties in the Palestinian territories said the party representatives have scheduled talks in Cairo.
N. Korean nuclear sites may remain closed
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- U.S. and North Korean officials reached a tentative deal that may leave undeclared nuclear sites closed to international inspectors, an official said Friday.
Ma eyeing relaxed Taiwan-China relations
TAIPEI, Taiwan, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou said Friday he intends to adopt more open policies with China in order to improve international relations.
Tainted milk prompts new Chinese standards
BEIJING, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Chinese officials say they have introduced a new set of quality control standards regarding dairy products because of a scandal over melamine tainted milk.
Olmert: Linking cease-fire to Shalit wrong
JERUSALEM, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says linking the cease-fire in the Gaza Strip to the release of kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit was a mistake.
Putin: Russian companies to receive $50B
MOSCOW, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Russian companies will be given $50 billion in government funds to refinance their foreign debt, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Friday.
Official: Arms sales not in Ukraine budget
KIEV, Ukraine, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- An opposition party official in Ukraine has alleged that most of the revenues from a series of arms sales have not been included in the state budget.
Science minister calls for Brits in space
LONDON, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Britain's new science minister says he wants to send British astronauts into space to encourage a new generation to become scientists and engineers.
Thursday, October 9
Bush signs presidential transition order
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush signed an executive order Thursday directing his staff to begin preparing for transferring the White House to his successor.
Inspectors banned from N. Korean nuke site
PYONGYANG, North Korea, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- The North Korean government said Thursday that international inspectors won't be allowed into its Yongbyon nuclear reactor complex.
Freed militant to remain in England
LONDON, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- A man who took part in a bloody siege of London's Iranian Embassy will remain in England rather than be deported to Iran, officials said Thursday.
Poll: Canadian voters think economy first
OTTAWA, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- Party allegiance has taken a back seat to economic concerns among Canadian voters less than a week away from an election, a poll published Thursday indicated.
Ukraine leader dissolves parliament
KIEV, Ukraine, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko on Thursday officially dissolved the country's parliament in Kiev and set Dec. 7 for a special election.
Wednesday, October 8
Few Injured in Second Yosemite Rock Slide
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. -- The second rock fall in two days in Yosemite National Park dumped an estimated 1,800 cubic yards of rock on cabins in Curry Village shortly after 7 a.m. Wednesday.
Ukraine Parliament dissolved, election set
KIEV, Ukraine, Oct. 8 (UPI) -- Ukrainians will go to the polls for the third time in less than three years after President Viktor Yushchenko dissolved parliament Wednesday evening.
ACORN drawing even more criticism
LAS VEGAS, Oct. 8 (UPI) -- A community-based organization's voter drive that has registered some 1.3 million voters is drawing allegations of fraud, observers say.
More Than 300 Arrested in S.C. Raid at Poultry Plant: Largest Immigration Operation in Carolinas is Part of Ongoing Federal Probe of Employment Practices at House of Raeford.
Oct. 8--GREENVILLE, S.C. Federal authorities raided a House of Raeford Farms plant Tuesday, detaining more than 300 workers believed to be in the country illegally and searching for evidence of unlawful hiring practices.
Multiparty election held in Maldives
MALE, Maldives, Oct. 8 (UPI) -- Maldivian President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom fought Wednesday to retain his title in the first multiparty presidential poll on the Indian Ocean island nation.
Tuesday, October 7
Group calls for caffeine content labeling
WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- A U.S. non-profit health advocacy group has asked the federal government to require firms to list the caffeine content on their caffeinated energy drinks.
ICE raids S.C. poultry plant, arrests 300
GREENVILLE, S.C., Oct. 7 (UPI) -- About 300 people were arrested Tuesday when U.S. immigration agents searched a poultry processing plant in South Carolina, the Justice Department said.
Yushchenko's party debates PM alliance
KIEV, Ukraine, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- Members of Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko's party say they are debating whether to reform their shattered alliance with the country's prime minister.
Monday, October 6
New British economy chief faces operation
LONDON, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- Britain's new Cabinet leader in tackling the global financial crisis has to deal with one of his own -- a kidney stone removal, officials said.
Sunday, October 5
Rice: U.S. not trying to poach Kazakhstan
ASTANA, Kazakhstan, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Sunday the United States is not attempting to poach Kazakhstan away from Russia.
Saturday, October 4
Ethiopia frees eight Kenyans
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Eight Kenyans deported to Ethiopia and held there as terror suspects for more than a year have returned home, an official said.
Group: Vietnam should release Catholics
NEW YORK, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- The Human Rights Watch in New York said Saturday the Vietnamese government should release a group of imprisoned Roman Catholics.
Qurei: Palestinians want Jerusalem in deal
JERUSALEM, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Palestinian negotiator Ahmed Qurei says Palestinian leaders will never end their territorial roe with Israel without gaining control of Jerusalem in the deal.
Yushchenko puts off Parliament decision
KIEV, Ukraine, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko said Saturday he would hold talks Tuesday on dissolving Parliament.
London protesters targeting child poverty
LONDON, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Organizers of a protest in London Saturday say they want child poverty to become a thing of the past in the United Kingdom.
Friday, October 3
Iraqi officials approve new elections bill
BAGHDAD, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- The Iraqi presidential council Friday approved new legislation on provincial and municipal elections, an official said.
Television News Briefs
Former "Law & Order" star Jesse L. Martin is returning to the NBC fold, eyeing a role in the network's midseason drama "The Philanthropist."
Obama seen as aloof, mesmerizing
LONDON, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Sen. Barack Obama has star quality but can seem to be aloof at times, the British ambassador to the United States says in an exclusive Daily Telegraph story.
Group: China censoring Internet activities
BEIJING, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- The Chinese government has been censoring messages on the Skype Internet service, a research group in Canada alleges.
Thursday, October 2
Bloomberg Wants to Change Law, Seek 3rd Term As New York Mayor
NEW YORK -- Silencing the rumors, Mayor Michael Bloomberg made clear for the first time publicly Thursday that he wants another four years.
Cop in Taser Death Commits Suicide
NEW YORK --The New York Police Department lieutenant who authorized the use of a stun gun during a fatal police confrontation last month with a naked Brooklyn psychiatric patient committed suicide Thursday morning, police said.
Canada won't deport students for absences
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- An internal government review of the Canadian student-visa system says foreign students won't be deported even if they don't attend their classes.
IRS asked to investigate Islamic DVD
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- The U.S. Internal Revenue Service should investigate a DVD film about Islam distributed by a nonprofit group, an American-Islamic group says.
Pension fund ends bid for Daewoo
SEOUL, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- South Korean National Pension Service decided against bidding for Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., officials said Thursday.
Wednesday, October 1
Food labeling law has lots of exemptions
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Consumer groups complain there are too many loopholes in the food labeling law that took effect in the United States this week.
Tuesday, September 30
Canada opposes Alaska refuge oil drilling
OTTAWA, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Canada's Conservative government has been lobbying Washington not to drill for oil in Alaska's pristine Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, documents indicate.
Bloomberg Gets Backing for 3rd Term
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg reportedly is planning to seek a third term after the man behind the city's term limits said he wants Bloomberg to run.
Report: Everglades restoraton slowed
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- A team of scientists says there has been scant progress made on a government promise to stop pollution and restore wetlands in the Florida Everglades.
Zimbabweans encouraged by gov't deal
PRETORIA, South Africa, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- A new power-sharing agreement has Zimbabweans feeling hopeful the country can tackle its economic problems, a social leader said Tuesday.
Monday, September 29
Canadian Conservatives likely a majority
OTTAWA, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- The Canadian Conservative party is within striking distance of attaining a majority government in the Oct. 14 federal election, the Globe and Mail said Monday.
Sunday, September 28
Dutch officials honor New York's history
NEW YORK, Sept. 28 (UPI) -- Several Dutch officials, including Prime Minster Jan Peter Balkenende, say they made recent visits to New York to honor their people's link to the city.
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