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WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- U.S. air traffic controllers became exasperated by attempts to reach the pilots of a jetliner that had overshot it intended destination, transcripts show.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- The Virginia couple accused of crashing U.S. President Barack Obama's first state dinner like to "live large" by associating with famous people, a friend says.

KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Abuse of prisoners held by the U.S. military in Afghanistan has continued under the Obama administration, two former teenage detainees allege.

DHAKA, Bangladesh, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- At least 23 people died when a ferry carrying 1,500 passengers capsized in southwestern Bangladesh, officials said Saturday.

MOSCOW, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- A bomb may have caused a Russian luxury express train to derail Friday evening, killing at least 39 people and injuring scores of others, officials said.

ABERDARE, Wales, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Failure to follow up on an attempted suicide may have led to the killing of an Anglican priest in Wales months later, a report released Friday said.

LONDON, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- A 5-foot-tall medical assistant became the second woman in Britain to be awarded the Military Cross in a ceremony Friday at Buckingham Palace.

LONDON, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- The hard-hit English northeast mourned a police officer Friday who was killed in last week's floods and welcomed a footbridge to reconnect a divided town.

LONDON, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- A former household employee for British Attorney General Patricia Scotland was charged Friday with fraud and immigration offenses.

CHONBURI, Thailand, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- Cambodian coastal waters remain open to Thai fishing vessels, Cambodian Defense Minister Tea Banh said Friday.

TEHRAN, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- Support from Russia and China gives more force to a U.N. nuclear watchdog resolution denouncing Iran's nuclear program, officials said.

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WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- Michaele and Tareq Salahi, the couple who crashed U.S. President Obama's first state dinner, got to meet the president, the White House said Friday.

MOSCOW, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- A bomb may have caused a Russian luxury express train to derail Friday evening, killing at least 25 people and injuring 87, officials said.