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Libyan Rebels Dissolve Their Cabinet

BENGHAZI, Libya, Aug. 9 (UPI) — Libyan rebels dissolved their cabinet, leaving rebel Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril Tuesday as the only one to keep his job, a rebel spokesman said. The spokesman told The New York Times the cabinet was dissolved for “improper administrative procedures” that led to the arrest and subsequent killing of a […]

Somali Rebels Offered Amnesty

MOGADISHU, Somalia, Aug. 9 (UPI) — Somalia’s transitional government announced Tuesday it has offered amnesty to al-Shabaab fighters in Mogadishu if they surrender and renounce violence. The offer follows the retreat of the al-Qaida-linked group from the capital, CNN reported. A spokesman for the group, which has been waging an insurgency against the government since […]

Gilani Meets King Abdullah

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia, Aug. 9 (UPI) — Pakistani Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, traveling to Mecca for Ramadan, held extensive talks with Saudi King Abdullah, sources told Dawn newspaper. The two talked about enhancing trade and economic ties between and agreed to stand by each other in times of need, the report said. Although […]

Israeli UAV's Protect Gas Fields

JERUSALEM, Aug. 9 (UPI) — A number of unmanned aerial vehicles are conducting surveillance and reconnaissance missions over Israel’s gas fields in the Mediterranean Sea, officials said. A decision to deploy the UAV’s is mainly out of concern Hezbollah may try to target the gas fields, The Jerusalem Post reported Tuesday. In July the cabinet […]

Israeli UAV’s Protect Gas Fields

JERUSALEM, Aug. 9 (UPI) — A number of unmanned aerial vehicles are conducting surveillance and reconnaissance missions over Israel’s gas fields in the Mediterranean Sea, officials said. A decision to deploy the UAV’s is mainly out of concern Hezbollah may try to target the gas fields, The Jerusalem Post reported Tuesday. In July the cabinet […]

11 Die In Plane Crash In Russia's Far East

MOSCOW, Aug. 9 (UPI) — A cargo plane hauling food crashed in Russia’s Far East after the pilot reported an engine fire, killing 11 people, officials said. The wreckage of the An-12 transport plane was found near a gold and silver mining operation in the Omsukcha district, RIA Novosti reported. The plane had nine crew […]

11 Die In Plane Crash In Russia’s Far East

MOSCOW, Aug. 9 (UPI) — A cargo plane hauling food crashed in Russia’s Far East after the pilot reported an engine fire, killing 11 people, officials said. The wreckage of the An-12 transport plane was found near a gold and silver mining operation in the Omsukcha district, RIA Novosti reported. The plane had nine crew […]

Muifa Inflicts Heavy Economic Losses

BEIJING, Aug. 9 (UPI) — Muifa, a typhoon-strength storm spawned in the west Pacific, weakened into a depression Tuesday, but not before inflicting heavy economic losses on China. The State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters said Tuesday direct economic losses from the storm were estimated at 3 billion yuan, or $466 million, Xinhua reported. […]

Canada Orders All Libyan Diplomats Out

OTTAWA, Aug. 9 (UPI) — The Canadian government has ordered all Libyan diplomats out of the country within five days and frozen their bank accounts, the foreign affairs minister said. Minister John Baird issued the order in Ottawa Monday night. “Canada declares all remaining diplomats at the Libyan embassy in Ottawa ‘personae non grata,’ [unwanted] […]

Gunfire, Random Arrests Reported In Syria

DAMASCUS, Syria, Aug. 9 (UPI) — Heavy gunfire was heard across Syria Tuesday as witnesses and activists say Syrian forces were making arbitrary arrests in two parts of the embattled country. Activists said heavy shooting broke out in the eastern town of Dier Ezzor, were arbitrary arrests were made and at least two people were […]