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U.N. Rights Team Arrives In Syria
DAMASCUS, Syria, Aug. 21 (UPI) — U.N. human rights observers were deploying Sunday in Syria to report on how the military was responding to anti-government protests. The government of President Bashar Assad is facing mounting international pressure after five months of unrest during which independent rights groups say at least 2,000 protesters have been killed, […]
Ralph Albertazzie, Nixon’s Pilot, Dies
FALLING WATERS, W.Va., Aug. 21 (UPI) — Ralph Albertazzie, who piloted Air Force One when former President Richard Nixon resigned from office, has died at his home in West Virginia, officials said. Albertazzie died at his home in Falling Waters at age 88, said Brown Funeral Home in Martinsburg, W. Va., which confirmed his death. […]
Ralph Albertazzie, Nixon's Pilot, Dies
FALLING WATERS, W.Va., Aug. 21 (UPI) — Ralph Albertazzie, who piloted Air Force One when former President Richard Nixon resigned from office, has died at his home in West Virginia, officials said. Albertazzie died at his home in Falling Waters at age 88, said Brown Funeral Home in Martinsburg, W. Va., which confirmed his death. […]
Norway Commemorates Victims Of Attacks
OSLO, Norway, Aug. 21 (UPI) — Survivors and families of victims killed in a shooting and bombing in Norway attended a national day of commemoration Sunday, officials said. The event commemorated the 77 victims killed in a bomb attack in Oslo and a shooting rampage on the nearby Utoeya Island nearly a month ago, euronews.net […]
Fighter Jet Makes Emergency Landing
ZHUKOVSKY, Russia, Aug. 21 (UPI) — A Russian fighter jet made an emergency landing at the MAKS-2011 International Aviation and Space Show in Zhukovsky, officials said. “The T-50 fighter stopped the flight for technical reasons,” an air show official told RIA Novosti Sunday. “For the moment we know that the pilot is alive.” Witnesses reported […]
Pope Addresses Faithful At World Youth Day
MADRID, Aug. 21 (UPI) — Rio de Janeiro, host of the 2016 Summer Olympics, will host the next World Youth Day, Pope Benedict said in Madrid. “I am pleased now to announce that the next World Youth day will be held in 2013, in Rio de Janeiro,” the Pope said Sunday at a mass at […]
Two Shot At NFL Preseason Game In S.F.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 21 (UPI) — Two shootings and a beating marred the San Francisco 49ers-Oakland Raiders preseason football game at Candlestick Park, police said. At least one suspect was in custody for one of the shootings Saturday night, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Sunday. It was not determined whether the two shootings were related. […]
Demonstrators Arrested Outside White House
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 (UPI) — Police near the White House arrested 65 protesters calling for U.S. President Barack Obama to deny a permit for a new oil pipeline, officials said. The demonstrators arrested Saturday were charged with failing to obey a police order related to protests on the sidewalks outside the White House, The Washington […]
Hikers' Attorney Calls For Leniency
TEHRAN, Aug. 21 (UPI) — The attorney representing two American hikers sentenced to eight years in prison by an Iranian court says he still hopes for leniency. “I still hope for my clients to benefit from Islamic kindness and compassion in this holy month [of Ramadan],” the pair’s attorney, Masoud Shafiee, told CNN. Josh Fattal […]
Hikers’ Attorney Calls For Leniency
TEHRAN, Aug. 21 (UPI) — The attorney representing two American hikers sentenced to eight years in prison by an Iranian court says he still hopes for leniency. “I still hope for my clients to benefit from Islamic kindness and compassion in this holy month [of Ramadan],” the pair’s attorney, Masoud Shafiee, told CNN. Josh Fattal […]
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