Russian arms explosion prompts review

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:51:35 -0500

ULYANOVSK, Russia, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Russia's president Saturday ordered a review of the nation's ordnance depots after an explosion in Ulyanovsk killed two and injured others, officials said.

Pope surfs Web from laptop

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:44:52 -0500

VATICAN CITY, Italy, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Pope Benedict XVI is Internet savvy and regularly uses e-mail and surfs the Web from his laptop computer, Vatican officials say.

Man accused of living with mother's corpse

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:43:33 -0500

LOUISVILLE, Ky., Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Police in Louisville, Ky., allege a 52-year-old man lived in a local home with the corpse of his dead mother for several months.

Source: 10 militants killed in Chechnya

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:39:31 -0500

GROZNY, Russia, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Ten militants were killed in a police operation in the Shalazhi forest of the Russian republic of Chechnya, a Chechen Interior Ministry source says.

Cuban protesters on liquids-only fast

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:37:34 -0500

HAVANA, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- One of nine Cuban protesters holed up in a Havana home for 36 days says the political dissidents are now taking part in a liquids-only fast.

Pope to address food security summit

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:33:46 -0500

VATICAN CITY, Italy, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Pope Benedict XVI is to call for global cooperation in addressing hunger when he speaks at the World Summit on Food Security in Rome, the Vatican said.

Obama arrives in Singapore for APEC summit

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:28:58 -0500

SINGAPORE, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama arrived in Singapore Saturday to attend a summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation countries.

NYC. police preparing for Sept. 11 trial

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:18:58 -0500

NEW YORK, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly says additional security precautions have been taken in preparation for the upcoming Sept. 11 terror trial.

Milwaukee mayor eyeing governor's seat

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:58:35 -0500

MILWAUKEE, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett will announce this weekend he is a candidate for governor of Wisconsin, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Saturday.

Blair: End state intervention in economies

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:53:36 -0500

ZURICH, Switzerland, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- European governments must end crisis support of their economies as soon as possible to remain competitive, Tony Blair said in Switzerland.

Armenians urged to reject peace deal

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:40:45 -0500

ANKARA, Turkey, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- The leader of an Armenian-American group is urging Armenians worldwide to reject a reconciliation process with Turkey.

Kosovo wants passports from visiting Serbs

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:38:29 -0500

PRISTINA, Kosovo, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Kosovo authorities say all Serbian and Montenegrin citizens visiting Kosovo will be required to show passports to enter the country.

Mercenaries said training Guinea troops

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:28:45 -0500

CONAKRY, Guinea, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Troops loyal to Guinea President Moussa Dadis Camara's ruling junta are being trained by South African mercenaries, a diplomat says.

Swiss privacy czar sues Google

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:13:37 -0500

BERN, Switzerland, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- U.S. Internet giant Google hasn't done enough to safeguard the privacy of those who appear in its Street View mapping system, a Swiss official says.

Bus crash in Russia kills seven

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:02:52 -0500

MAKHACHKALA, Russia, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- A bus collided with a truck in the south Russian republic of Dagestan Saturday, killing seven people, local officials said.

Wild boar injures two in Krakow

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:59:11 -0500

KRAKOW, Poland, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- A wild boar roaming Krakow, a Polish city of 750,000, seriously injured two men before hunters killed it after a several-hour chase, authorities said.

Mass graves found near rail tracks

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:42:45 -0500

CZESTOCHOWA, Poland, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Exhumation of three World War II-era mass graves at a railway station in Czestochowa, Poland, is to resume in 2010 at winter's end, authorities said.

Britain pressures Karzai to negotiate

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:39:51 -0500

LONDON, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- The British government is pressing Afghanistan to open negotiations with Taliban leaders in a reconciliation bid, The Guardian reported Saturday.

Colombia's Uribe faces re-election setback

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:37:48 -0500

BOGOTA, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Millions of referendum signatures in support of Colombian President Alvaro Uribe's second re-election bid are invalid, an electoral body says.

McHugh vows Arlington grave probe

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:34:45 -0500

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Alleged loss of accountability of graves and poor record keeping at Arlington National Cemetery will be probed, U.S. Army Secretary John McHugh has vowed.

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Al-Qaida feeds off Yemen's civil war

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:01:39 -0500

MAZRAQ, Yemen, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- A civil war between Shiites and Sunnis is aiding al-Qaida's attempt to establish a regional stronghold in Yemen, authorities said.

Akron agrees to reduce sewage overflows

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:48:24 -0500

AKRON, Ohio, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- The city of Akron, Ohio, has agreed to reduce sewer overflows polluting the Cuyahoga and Little Cuyahoga rivers and the Ohio & Erie Canal, authorities said.

FDA delays ban on Gulf oysters

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:42:53 -0500

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has delayed indefinitely a ban on the sale of raw oysters from the Gulf Coast during warmer months.

U.S. eyes Ill. prison for Gitmo detainees

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:20:58 -0500

THOMSON, Ill., Nov. 14 (UPI) -- The White House is seriously considering a nearly empty prison in rural Illinois to hold some Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, terrorism detainees, sources say.

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