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Oft-delayed Dreamliner Finally Rolls

EVERETT, Wash., Aug. 8 (UPI) — The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, which had been delayed for years and overran its budget by millions of dollars, finally rolled on the runway in Everett, Wash. Boeing said it would deliver the 787 to Japan’s All Nippon Airways next month in Tokyo, CNN reported Sunday. “We are rolling out […]

General Say Use Military Against PKK

ANKARA, Turkey, Aug. 8 (UPI) — Police forces in Turkey won’t be able to take on Kurdish militants with the same effectiveness as the national military, a retired general said. Ankara announced it was planning to extend police operations in southern parts of the country as part of counter-terrorism operations against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, […]

Yemen Still Investigating Saleh Attack

SANAA, Yemen, Aug. 8 (UPI) — Yemeni authorities said they were still investigating the June 3 attack that put the country’s president in the hospital for more than two months. Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh and Prime Minister Ali Mohammed Mujawar were released from a military hospital in Saudi Arabia last weekend. Both were gravely […]

U.N. Voices Concerns Over Famine Victims In Somalia

MOGADISHU, Somalia, Aug. 8 (UPI) — United Nations officials say they’re concerned about reports of women and young girls subjected to rape and sexual harassment while fleeing famine in Somalia. Bunmi Makinwa, the United Nations Population Fund regional director for Africa, expressed the agency’s worries during a visit to the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya. […]

Al-Qaida-linked Rebels Pounded In Somalia

MOGADISHU, Somalia, Aug. 8 (UPI) — The withdrawal of Islamist insurgents from Mogadishu, Somalia’s capital, is a major gain for the shaky Western-backed Transitional Federal Government and comes as the United States is stepping up a covert war against the group that’s linked to al-Qaida. As the Americans escalate counter-terrorism operations in Yemen, across the […]

S&P Lowers Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Ratings

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 (UPI) — Standard & Poor’s downgraded ratings on mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Monday, saying the decision was tied to its U.S. credit rating downgrade. “The downgrades of Fannie Mae [the Federal National Mortgage Association] and Freddie Mac [the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.] reflect their direct reliance on the […]

S&P Lowers Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Ratings

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 (UPI) — Standard & Poor’s downgraded ratings on mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Monday, saying the decision was tied to its U.S. credit rating downgrade. “The downgrades of Fannie Mae [the Federal National Mortgage Association] and Freddie Mac [the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.] reflect their direct reliance on the […]

Russia, Georgia Trade Barbs On Anniversary

MOSCOW, Aug. 8 (UPI) — Russia, on the anniversary of its war with Georgia, said the country’s president is “ill-bred” though it didn’t make the same claim against the Georgian people. Russian forces responded when the Georgian military invaded the separatist republic of South Ossetia in 2008. The conflict spilled over to engulf forces from […]

Abu Ghraib Release Upsets Iraqis

BAGHDAD, Aug. 8 (UPI) — Iraqi citizens expressed outrage after a U.S. Army corporal accused of torture at the country’s Abu Ghraib prison was released from prison during the weekend. The U.S. army released Charles Graner from a Fort Leavenworth, Kan., prison during the weekend after he served more than six years of a 10-year […]

London Chides Zimbabwe Over Diamond Fields

LONDON, Aug. 8 (UPI) — Authorities in Zimbabwe are called on to conduct a transparent investigation into allegations of torture at the country’s Marange diamond field, London said. Security forces in Zimbabwe are accused of operating torture camps at diamond fields, the BBC discovered. People who were released from the camp described the mine as […]