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U.S. Worried By Plight Of Iraqi Christians
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 (UPI) — Washington said it was confident the Iraqi government would take the steps necessary to ensure the minority Christian community gets the protection it deserves. A vehicle filled with explosives detonated Tuesday in front of a Christian church in Kirkuk, Iraq, injuring at least 20 people. Violence targeting the Iraqi Christian […]
Formal U.N. Complaint Filed Against Israel
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Aug. 3 (UPI) — Lebanon filed a formal complaint with the United Nations Wednesday accusing an Israeli patrol of illegal entry into Lebanese territory July 1, officials said. The complaint, submitted by Lebanon’s Foreign Ministry, said the Israeli patrol engaged in a brief confrontation with the Lebanese Army after crossing the Wazzani River […]
France Sending Noriega Back To Panama
PARIS, Aug. 3 (UPI) — France is extraditing former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega to his homeland, the government said Wednesday. Prime Minister Francois Fillon’s office told Radio France Internationale the decree authorizing extradition was signed July 6, his office confirmed Wednesday. Noriega’s lawyer, Yves Leberquier, said he would not contest the move since it would […]
Principal Fired For Supremacist Views
NEW YORK, Aug. 3 (UPI) — New York’s Catholic Archdiocese said it has fired the principal of a school in the Bronx over revelation of his ties to a white supremacist group. Frank Borzellieri, who once wrote that the rising number of blacks and Hispanics in the United States would lead to a new “Dark […]
AIT Vehicle Involved In Road Death
TAIPEI, Taiwan, Aug. 3 (UPI) — The American Institute in Taiwan said Wednesday one of its official vehicles was involved in a traffic accident in Taipei in which a motorcyclist died. AIT Director William A. Stanton was a passenger in the vehicle when the accident occurred Wednesday and was not injured, Taiwan’s Central News Agency […]
Dubai Fines Tourist For Insulting Prophet
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Aug. 3 (UPI) — A court in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, has fined a British tourist for allegedly insulting Islam and the Prophet Mohammed. Presiding Judge Rashid al-Sumairi imposed a fine of 5,000 Emirati dirhams ($1,360) on the 40-year-old defendant, identified only as A.G., Tuesday, the Gulf News reported. H.H., a […]
Teacher, 80, Fired Over Bathroom Dispute
NEW YORK, Aug. 3 (UPI) — An 80-year-old New York City kindergarten teacher said she was fired for complaining about the long walk her class had to take to use the bathroom. Lillie Leon detailed in a suit filed in Manhattan that every time one of her kindergarten students needed to go to the bathroom, […]
Prison Director Arrested In Riot Deaths
JUAREZ, Mexico, Aug. 3 (UPI) — The director of the Cereso prison in Juarez was arrested in the deaths of 17 people in a late July riot, Mexican officials said. Lucio Cuevas Sanchez was detained on suspicion of illegal public service and of a crime committed within a prison, the El Paso Times reported Wednesday. […]
U.S. Very Troubled By Sudanese Violence
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 (UPI) — Washington is very concerned about the escalation of violence in South Kordofan state in Sudan, a spokesman for the U.S. State Department said. Washington dispatched Princeton Lyman, its U.S. special envoy for Sudan, to the region last week to press both sides to restart negotiations on border security. South Sudan […]
Feds Probe Death Of Golden Eagles
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 3 (UPI) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said federal authorities are investigating the deaths of at least six golden eagles at a California wind project. The facility under scrutiny was identified as the Pine Tree Wind Project in the Tehachapi Mountains operated by the Los Angeles Department of Water and […]
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