Afghan 'Red Army' vows more attacks
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- A group calling itself the Red Army of Muslim Mujahedin has provided details of military operations against the United States and Western troops in Afghanistan during the past two months, the News newspaper reported. "Our brave mujahedin have made the Western military bases and their convoys and patrols unsafe," said the communiqué published Sunday by the News. "Despite the human and material losses, the invaders have failed to capture the attackers or prevent such attacks. "Their Afghan puppets installed in power due to foreign support are scared by the prospect of withdrawal of Western troops and are, therefore, urging the United States not to shift its focus from Afghanistan while waging war on terrorism elsewhere in the world."
More than 30 killed by wild weather
NASHVILLE, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- As many as 34 people were killed by tornadoes and straight-line windstorms that swept across the South and the Ohio Valley, emergency managers in four states reported Monday. Seventeen storm-related deaths were reported in Tennessee, 11 in Alabama, five in Ohio and one in western Pennsylvania. The National Weather Service said radar showed the possibility of 46 separate tornadoes as a cold front swept across South and Midwest and the Eastern Seaboard from Sunday afternoon through Monday morning but that will have to be confirmed by aerial surveys.
Lebanese president hails Iraq resolution
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Lebanese President Emile Lahoud hailed Monday the U.N. Security Council resolution on Iraq because it avoids duality in solving the crisis. Lahoud told assistants and consultants of U.S. congressmen visiting Beirut he was pleased Resolution 1441 was adopted Friday unanimously "so that there is no duality in solving the situation in Iraq." He said the Iraqi problem could now be solved "under international auspices whereby the international inspectors could carry out their mission as provided in the international resolution and return to the Security Council before taking any other measure."
Victims' group blasts Fort Bragg report
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- A group that monitors domestic violence in the military criticized Monday the U.S. Army's report on a cluster of domestic killings at Fort Bragg, N.C., calling it "fundamentally flawed in process, content and conclusion. The investigation did not include family members of the victims," the Miles Foundation said in a statement, and "focuses exclusively upon the needs of service members rather than addressing the needs and services required for family members, the primary victims of domestic violence."
United presses unions for concessions
CHICAGO, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Struggling United Airlines resumes talks with the International Association of Machinists this week after reaching a $412 million concessions agreement with the Association of Flight Attendants, which represents 24,000 employees. United reached a $2.2 billion concessions pact with the pilots union on Nov. 2 calling for an 18-percent pay cut beginning Dec. 1, and Friday announced that it will furlough another 2,700 flight attendants beginning in January to cut costs after continuing high financial losses. The 8,800 active pilots were expected to complete a ratification vote on the concessions pact by Nov. 30. The nation's second-largest air carrier has laid off 2,100 flight attendants since the Sept. 11 terror attacks.
IMF in Brazil inspecting finances
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- An International Monetary Fund team is in Brazil this week conducting the first review of finances since a $30 billion loan package was extended to the country in August. At stake is a $3 billion loan disbursement on which Brazil can draw down this year, the remaining $24 billion it can take in 2003, and the preservation of its best hope at leaving behind the economic ruin this year has wrought -- namely, international credit. Analysts are predicting that the IMF team will approve the continuation of the loan after a week of combing through Brazil's compliance on issues such as level of debt, spending and maintenance of foreign reserves.
Stocks decline in anemic trading
NEW YORK, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Stock prices on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market were lower in anemic Veterans Day trading early Monday afternoon as investors considered the latest developments in Iraq amid a lack of corporate news. Trading activity was thin due to Veterans Day and the bond market closed for the holiday. The blue-chip Dow Jones industrial average, which lost 49.11 points Friday, was down 139.34 points, or 1.63 percent, to 8,397.79. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite index, which lost 17.43 points in the previous session, was down 31.74 points, or 2.34 percent, to 1,327.54.
Report: Arrests pending in Breeders probe
NEW YORK, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Three former fraternity brothers accused in a betting scam that has rocked the thoroughbred racing industry reportedly will surrender to authorities on Tuesday. According to the New York Daily News, the three men will turn themselves in at the U.S. Attorney's office in White Plains, N.Y., and be charged with wire fraud conspiracy that resulted in payouts of about $3 million. Glen DaSilva of New York; Chris Harn of Newark, Del.; and Derrick Davis of Baltimore have been the target of a probe that they manipulated a computer system to ensure winning Pick Six tickets in the Breeders' Cup on Oct. 26 at Arlington Park in suburban Chicago. The three were fraternity brothers at Tau Kappa Epsilon when they attended Drexel University in Philadelphia.
