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Petting Zoo Llama Attacks Senior Citizen
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 4 (UPI) — A 75-year-old Canadian woman had her hip, femur, arm, elbow and knee broken when a llama attacked her at a petting zoo, the Vancouver Sun reported Thursday. From her hospital bed, France Pilotte told the newspaper she’s had nine hours of orthopedic surgery since the July 28 attack […]
Cairo Arab League Office Hit By Firebombs
CAIRO, Aug. 4 (UPI) — Molotov cocktails were thrown at the Arab League building in Cairo Thursday, security officials said. Police said one firebomb was thrown at the building and a second one was tossed at security personnel who were extinguishing the fire, Egypt’s publicly funded news agency MENA reported. No injuries or damage to […]
Bloomberg To Use Own Funds For Aid Program
NEW YORK, Aug. 4 (UPI) — New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg will kick in $30 million of his own money to help fund changes in how the city interacts with at-risk youth, officials said. The program would overhaul how the government works with young black and Latino men — a disproportionately undereducated, incarcerated and unemployed […]
Turkey Names New Military Leaders
ISTANBUL, Turkey, Aug. 4 (UPI) — Turkey’s civilian and military leaders named a new slate of commanders to head its armed forces, officials said Thursday. The new leaders were named following the surprise resignation of the chief of the general staff and three other military leaders last week, The Wall Street Journal reported. In making […]
Hebrew Desired As Only 'Official Language'
JERUSALEM, Aug. 4 (UPI) — Some Israeli lawmakers have proposed making Hebrew the only official language in Israel, dropping English and Arabic, officials said. English and Arabic are currently accepted as official languages in Israel, Haaretz reported Thursday. The lawmakers’ bill would give Arabic “special status” and says Arabic speakers “have the right to linguistic […]
Hebrew Desired As Only ‘Official Language’
JERUSALEM, Aug. 4 (UPI) — Some Israeli lawmakers have proposed making Hebrew the only official language in Israel, dropping English and Arabic, officials said. English and Arabic are currently accepted as official languages in Israel, Haaretz reported Thursday. The lawmakers’ bill would give Arabic “special status” and says Arabic speakers “have the right to linguistic […]
Tour Bus Crash Sends 28 To Hospital
WHITNEY POINT, N.Y., Aug. 4 (UPI) — A bus carrying tourists from Niagara Falls, N.Y., to Newark, N.J., crashed into a gully along Interstate 81 in New York, injuring 28 people, police said. Authorities said weather likely was a factor in the accident Wednesday in which the bus veered into a gully and landed on […]
Thaci: NATO Deal Is Unworkable
PRISTINA, Kosovo, Aug. 4 (UPI) — Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci says an agreement to remove roadblocks in Kosovo’s Serbian-run north is unworkable. Thaci said the agreement reached by KFOR Cmdr. Erhard Buhler and Serbian government officials won’t work, the roadblocks won’t be removed, and an embargo on Serbian goods would remain in force, B92 […]
Glass Falls From Second Toronto Building
TORONTO, Aug. 4 (UPI) — Glass cascaded onto downtown streets from a second Toronto high-rise building this week as engineers try to determine what’s causing the incidents. The most recent shower of glass came from the 16th floor of the 42-story Festival Tower Tuesday night, the Toronto Star reported. No one was injured, but a […]
Israeli Cabbies Protest High Diesel Costs
TEL AVIV, Israel, Aug. 4 (UPI) — Hundreds of Israeli taxi drivers blocked a main road in Tel Aviv Thursday to protest the high price of diesel fuel, observers said. The protest over diesel prices was one of several rallies over economic and social issues called across the country, Haaretz reported. Taxi drivers blocked a […]
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