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Greece appoints head of caretaker gov't

Wed, 16 May 2012 15:40:00 -0400

ATHENS, Greece, May 16 (UPI) -- Panayiotis Pikramenos has been named to head Greece's caretaker government ahead of next month's elections.

Mladic: No remorse at war crimes trial

Wed, 16 May 2012 15:18:39 -0400

THE HAGUE, Netherlands, May 16 (UPI) -- Former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic, known as the "Butcher of Bosnia," showed no remorse as he went on trial Wednesday for war crimes.

Thales continues work for Jordan

Wed, 16 May 2012 13:04:02 -0400

PARIS, May 16 (UPI) -- Thales of France is extending Jordan's TETRA communications network, which links the armed forces, public security and civil defense agencies.

Israel increasing police presence

Wed, 16 May 2012 12:24:31 -0400

JERUSALEM, May 16 (UPI) -- Israeli Police Commissioner Yohanan Danino told lawmakers Wednesday he's putting more officers and police cruisers on the streets after recent violent crimes.

Egyptian candidate Ali says he would fight corruption

Wed, 16 May 2012 11:21:51 -0400

CAIRO, May 16 (UPI) -- Egyptian presidential candidate Khaled Ali said if elected, he would fight corruption, foster economic growth and promote labor rights and social justice.

Outrage over disabled woman's iPad theft

Wed, 16 May 2012 10:51:54 -0400

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 16 (UPI) -- Police in the Vancouver area were collecting tips and leads Wednesday about two men who beat and robbed a wheelchair-bound deaf and mute woman of her iPad.

Vatican drops suit against Benetton

Wed, 16 May 2012 10:47:06 -0400

VATICAN CITY, May 16 (UPI) -- The Vatican has dropped its lawsuit against the Italian fashion house Benetton for an anti-hate campaign that featured the Pope, a Vatican spokesman said.

Voice recorder from Russian plane found

Wed, 16 May 2012 10:45:28 -0400

MOSCOW, May 16 (UPI) -- The voice recorder from the Russian Sukhoi Superjet 100 that crashed in Indonesia has been located at the crash site, the Emergencies Ministry said Wednesday.

Lebanese army deploys troops to Tripoli

Wed, 16 May 2012 10:37:26 -0400

TRIPOLI, Lebanon, May 16 (UPI) -- The Lebanese army has deployed to the northern Lebanon city of Tripoli after three days of clashes between backers and foes of Syrian President Bashar Assad.

Pakistan to reopen NATO supply route

Wed, 16 May 2012 10:01:58 -0400

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, May 16 (UPI) -- A key NATO supply route for the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan is being reopened, the government of Pakistan said.

SPLA to get anti-aircraft missiles

Wed, 16 May 2012 09:53:18 -0400

JUBA, South Sudan, May 16 (UPI) -- South Sudan's military said it will receive anti-aircraft missiles within a few months, apparently to counter raids by Sudan's armed forces.

5 die of tick-borne disease in Turkey

Wed, 16 May 2012 09:19:32 -0400

ANKARA, Turkey, May 16 (UPI) -- Five people have died in the Black Sea region of Turkey of a disease that can be transmitted by tick bites, officials said.

Brick facade falls on Montreal man

Wed, 16 May 2012 09:17:10 -0400

MONTREAL, May 16 (UPI) -- Engineers were inspecting a three-story building in Montreal Wednesday hours after hundreds of bricks fell on a man walking by, officials said.

Legionaries of Christ priest admits he fathered child

Wed, 16 May 2012 09:15:36 -0400

ROME, May 16 (UPI) -- A Catholic priest who has appeared on U.S. television as a Vatican analyst has admitted fathering a child out of wedlock.

Pakistan: Karachi attacks kill six

Wed, 16 May 2012 08:48:30 -0400

KARACHI, Pakistan, May 16 (UPI) -- Six people were killed and 10 wounded in separate acts of violence in Karachi, Pakistan, Wednesday, officials said.

Bogota ramps up security after FARC attack

Wed, 16 May 2012 08:33:10 -0400

BOGOTA, May 16 (UPI) -- Authorities in Colombia's capital of Bogota tightened security after a bombing directed at a former minister killed five people and wounded 39, officials said.

Bomb-threat Brits released from custody

Wed, 16 May 2012 08:28:28 -0400

GRANADILLA DE ABONA, Spain, May 16 (UPI) -- Two Britons arrested for making a phony bomb threat on a flight from Manchester are no longer in custody on the Spanish island of Tenerife, police said.

Man who killed family sentenced to death

Wed, 16 May 2012 08:22:51 -0400

KANO, Nigeria, May 16 (UPI) -- A 21-year-old man found guilty of killing his father, mother and three siblings must die by hanging, a court in Nigeria has ruled.

Nigeria holds mass weddings

Wed, 16 May 2012 08:10:54 -0400

KANO, Nigeria, May 16 (UPI) -- Some 100 widows and divorcees in Nigeria's Kano State have been married in mass weddings arranged by the government, officials said.

Charles Taylor offers sympathy to victims

Wed, 16 May 2012 08:04:32 -0400

THE HAGUE, Netherlands, May 16 (UPI) -- Former Liberian leader Charles Taylor says prosecution witnesses were paid or coerced to testify at his war crimes trial at The Hague in the Netherlands.

Fatwa issued against Iranian rapper

Wed, 16 May 2012 07:59:55 -0400

COLOGNE, Germany, May 16 (UPI) -- An Iranian rapper who lives in Europe said he was forced into hiding after a religious leader declared his songs crimes and offered money for his execution.

Germany prepares for bank protests

Wed, 16 May 2012 07:48:00 -0400

FRANKFURT, Germany, May 16 (UPI) -- Police cleared a protest camp set up in Germany's financial center Wednesday following a court ruling evicting the demonstrators, authorities said.

Israeli officials rip hunger strike deal

Wed, 16 May 2012 07:27:26 -0400

JERUSALEM, May 16 (UPI) -- An agreement to end a prisoner hunger strike struck between Israeli prison authorities and Palestinian prisoners was met with condemnation by Israeli lawmakers.

Israel's FM accuses Africans of crimes

Wed, 16 May 2012 07:17:45 -0400

JERUSALEM, May 16 (UPI) -- Israel's Interior Minister Eli Yishai is calling for the detention of all African migrants after four Eritrean men were accused of rape in Tel Aviv.

Aborigine encampment evicted in Brisbane

Wed, 16 May 2012 01:57:33 -0400

BRISBANE, Australia, May 16 (UPI) -- Police evicted an encampment of Australian aborigines from a Brisbane park Wednesday.