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Dems Skeptical Of GOP Governors’ Overtures
MADISON, Wis., Aug. 22 (UPI) — Republican governors of Wisconsin and Ohio, after intense partisan battles, signaled a willingness to work with Democrats for the public good, observers say. But Democrats say such overtures are more smoke and mirrors rather than a desire for substantive discussions about the direction of their states, The New York […]
Obama To Speak At MLK Memorial Dedication
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 (UPI) — President Obama will speak Sunday at the dedication of a Washington memorial to Martin Luther King Jr.. Up to 200,000 people may attend, officials said. The $120 million Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial will open on the anniversary of King’s 1963 “I Have a Dream” speech. The dedication ceremony […]
Bomb-sniffing Dog/human Teams Growing
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 (UPI) — The number of bomb-sniffing dogs since the terrorist attacks on the United States in 2001 has grown dramatically, officials said. Before those attacks there were fewer than 200 dog-handler teams looking for explosives at airports and train stations — that number has now increased to more than 800 — and […]
Rebels, ICC To Meet On Saif Gadhafi
TRIPOLI, Libya, Aug. 22 (UPI) — Libyan rebel leaders hadn’t said Monday if they’d transfer Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, who was captured, to the International Criminal Court on an arrest warrant. Saif, Saadi and Mohammed Gadhafi, sons of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, were captured Sunday by rebels who stormed Tripoli in their quest to overthrow the […]
Iran Transferring Centrifuges To Bunker
TEHRAN, Aug. 22 (UPI) — Iran is transferring centrifuges from its Natanz nuclear facility to the Fordow nuclear enrichment plant in the north, the country’s atomic energy chief said. The centrifuges are being taken to an underground bunker at the recently constructed plant, Britain’s Telegraph reported. “Transferring the centrifuges of the Natanz site to Fordow […]
Official: Human Tracking Chips Don’t Work
RESTON, Va., Aug. 22 (UPI) — A U.S.-based security official says the technology needed to make human-implantable tracking devices work “just isn’t there.” That’s information thousands of Mexicans could use because the practice of implanting the small radio frequency identification chips has climbed 317 percent in five years because of an increase in kidnappings, The […]
Official: Human Tracking Chips Don't Work
RESTON, Va., Aug. 22 (UPI) — A U.S.-based security official says the technology needed to make human-implantable tracking devices work “just isn’t there.” That’s information thousands of Mexicans could use because the practice of implanting the small radio frequency identification chips has climbed 317 percent in five years because of an increase in kidnappings, The […]
Muslim Leader: Put Islam Into U.S. Context
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 (UPI) — If Islam is to be understood in the United States, it must be put “into an “American context,” Muslim leader Iqbal Unus said in Washington. Unus, whose home and workplace were raided by federal agents in the months after the terrorist attacks on the United States Sept. 11, 2001, said […]
Hurricane Irene Near Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Aug. 22 (UPI) — Irene strengthened into a hurricane Monday and warnings were posted for several Caribbean Islands, the National Hurricane Center said. Irene, the first hurricane of the 2011 hurricane season, prompted hurricane warnings for Puerto Rico, Vieques and Culebra and the northern coast of the Dominican Republic from the […]
Harvey Soaks Mexico’s Eastern Coast
MIAMI, Aug. 22 (UPI) — Tropical Storm Harvey moved inland over the Mexican state of Veracruz as rain pounded portions of southern Mexico, the National Hurricane Center said Monday. A tropical storm warning was posted along the Mexican coast from Punta el Lagarto to Barra de Nautla, the center in Miami said in its 5 […]
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