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Hurricane Eugene Expected To Weaken
MIAMI, Aug. 3 (UPI) — Hurricane Eugene remained far away from the Mexican coast Wednesday as it churned about in the Pacific Ocean, the National Hurricane Center said. Eugene, a Category 3 storm with sustained winds of 115 mph, was about 570 miles from Baja California, Mexico, moving west-northwest at 14 mph, the Miami-based center […]
Japan Warns Of Beijing’s Maritime Policies
TOKYO, Aug. 3 (UPI) — China’s maritime activities are “overbearing” and arouse “anxiety about its future direction,” Japan’s annual Defense Ministry white paper states. The document called “Defense of Japan, 2011″ — approved by the Cabinet — describes China’s rapid modernization of its military hardware as an attempt to “strengthen its capacity to have its […]
Japan Warns Of Beijing's Maritime Policies
TOKYO, Aug. 3 (UPI) — China’s maritime activities are “overbearing” and arouse “anxiety about its future direction,” Japan’s annual Defense Ministry white paper states. The document called “Defense of Japan, 2011″ — approved by the Cabinet — describes China’s rapid modernization of its military hardware as an attempt to “strengthen its capacity to have its […]
After Debt Fight, Obama Moves To Jobs
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 (UPI) — President Barack Obama said he would move beyond the U.S. debt-limit fight and tackle job creation as Washington was about to release its latest jobs report. “In the coming months, I’ll continue … to fight for what the American people care most about — new jobs, higher wages and faster […]
Panel Has 100 Days To Cut Deficit $1.5T
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 (UPI) — Congressional leaders have two weeks to name members of a 12-member panel to find ways within 100 days of cutting the U.S. budget deficit by $1.5 trillion. The panel’s six Democrats and six Republicans from both chambers of Congress are required by the budget and debt law President Barack Obama […]
Short-term FAA-funding Bill May Be Lofted
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 (UPI) — Democratic lawmakers may offer a short-term U.S. Federal Aviation Administration funding bill after Congress took a five-week recess without funding the agency. The bill would end a partial shutdown of the agency that regulates and oversees all aspects of U.S. civil aviation, without cutting funding for rural airports and without […]
Mubarak Leaves Hospital For Cairo Trial
CAIRO, Aug. 3 (UPI) — Ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was moved to Cairo from a Red Sea hospital early Wednesday to be tried on corruption charges and killing protesters. Mubarak, 83, was to be flown about 240 miles by air ambulance to Cairo’s Police Academy on the outskirts of the capital, from the Sinai […]
Wine Arsonist Asks To Retract Guilty Plea
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 3 (UPI) — The California wine connoisseur who pleaded guilty in 2009 to torching more than $200 million worth of wine asked to retract his guilty plea, officials say. Mark Christian Anderson, 62, went to court Tuesday to retract his 2009 guilty plea, arguing his previous attorney, Mark Reichel, was unprepared for […]
Karachi Violence Rages, Malik Warns
KARACHI, Pakistan, Aug. 3 (UPI) — Ethnic and political violence in Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city, exploded again overnight with several killed as the government warned of a stern response. The latest wave of violence in the beleaguered city claimed at least 10 more lives overnight, raising the death toll in shootings and other acts of […]
British Student Killed In Krakow
KRAKOW, Poland, Aug. 3 (UPI) — A British student found battered to death in Krakow, Poland, has been identified as Catherine Zaks, who was studying at the University of Kent. Zaks, who had dual British and Polish citizenship, was spending the summer working in Krakow, The Independent reported. Grant Pooke, one of her teachers at […]
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