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Man Killed When Sucked Into Plane Engine

BLENHEIM, New Zealand, Aug. 8 (UPI) — An aircraft engineer was killed Monday when he was sucked into a turbojet engine at an airbase in New Zealand, authorities said. TVNZ reported Miles Hunter, 51, of Renwick was testing a Rolls Royce T56 Turbo Prop engine at Woodbourne Airbase near Blenheim when the accident occurred. Hunter […]

Saudi Arabia Demands Syria End Bloodshed

DEIR EL-ZOUR, Syria, Aug. 8 (UPI) — Saudi Arabia demanded Syria end the bloodshed Monday and recalled its ambassador after troops killed nearly 70 people in a single day of military assaults. “What is happening in Syria is not acceptable for Saudi Arabia,” King Abdullah said in a statement read over the Saudi-owned al-Arabiya news […]

Student Shot With Stun Gun Dies

CINCINNATI, Aug. 8 (UPI) — An 18-year-old student died after police used a stun gun on him on the University of Cincinnati campus, officials say. Everette Howard, who was attending college prep classes at the university, went into cardiac arrest after being stunned by police Saturday and could not be resuscitated, The Cincinnati Enquirer reported. […]

Crackdown Ordered On Religious Extremists

BEIJING, Aug. 8 (UPI) — Religious extremists in northwestern China’s ethnically tense Xinjiang-Uighur region will face a harsh crackdown, the area’s top Communist Party official said. Zhang Chunxian ordered the crackdown following the recent deadly violence in Kashgar city, which has been blamed on Islamic extremists trained in Pakistan, which is a close ally of […]

Colosseum Bomb Alert Canceled

ROME, Aug. 8 (UPI) — A bomb alert at the Colosseum in Rome was canceled after a suspicious device was found to be harmless, officials say. The Carabinieri bomb squad officials said they believed a barrel found Sunday under some arches in the monument was a fake and could not be exploded, Agenzia Gionalistica Italia […]

Police Discharge Gun At Denver Airport

DENVER, Aug. 8 (UPI) — Denver police were called to Denver International Airport this past weekend to test fire an undeclared handgun found in a piece of luggage, officials say. The police received the request to investigate and discharge an undeclared gun found in a checked bag Sunday morning, The Denver Post reported. Lt. Matt […]

Commandos Were Targeting Taliban Leader

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 (UPI) — The 38 people, including 30 U.S. troops, killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan had been on a mission targeting a Taliban leader, sources told CNN. The deaths of the Americans, including 22 elite Navy SEALS, constituted the worst single-day toll on U.S. forces in the decade-long Afghan war. Their […]

Ex-Sen. Mark Hatfield Dead At 89

PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 8 (UPI) — Mark Hatfield, a liberal Republican who represented Oregon in the U.S. Senate for 30 years, died Sunday at age 89, a longtime aide said. Gerry Frank said Hatfield had been ill for a long time, The New York Times reported. The Statesman Journal in Salem, Ore., reported Hatfield died […]

Missing Scouts May Have Fled Country

KRISTIANSTAD, Sweden, Aug. 8 (UPI) — Police say 12 young people from Sierra Leone who disappeared from the World Scout Jamboree in Rinkaby, Sweden, may have fled to Denmark. In a news conference Saturday, police officials said they were looking into whether a crime was committed; however, they said they believe the scouts left the […]

U.S. Agency's Name Decision Draws Protest

SEOUL, Aug. 8 (UPI) — The U.S. maritime boundary agency’s reported decision to go with the “Sea of Japan” name for the waters between South Korea and Japan has made Seoul unhappy. South Korea, which uses the name “East Sea” for the body of the water between the Korean Peninsula and Japan, lodged an informal […]