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BAGHDAD, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Iraqi security forces arrested 10 suspects in a search for al-Qaida in Iraq leaders in Mosul, Baghdad and Ad Duluiyah, military officials Wednesday.
Frank: Ban on gays to face repeal in 2010
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Repealing a ban on homosexuals serving openly in the U.S. military is to be included in the next Defense Department authorization bill, a lawmaker said.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- A former taxpayer-funded youth recreation center in Stockholm served as a recruiting center for a group of Muslim extremists, Swedish authorities allege.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- California's bogged-down execution process means death-row inmates can expect to live a long time and in better conditions than other inmates, officials said.
DENVER, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- A meeting by Colorado's state Board of Health to change the rules on medical marijuana wasn't held properly, a state judge says.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Nov. 11 (UPI) -- A jury in Arkansas Wednesday found Curtis Lavelle Vance guilty of capital murder in the slaying of Little Rock TV anchorwoman Anne Pressly.
HARTFORD, Conn., Nov. 11 (UPI) -- A Connecticut judge says he will decide soon whether a hunger-striking prisoner can be force-fed.
DUBLIN, Ireland, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- An elderly Irish Catholic priest kidnapped by rebels in the Philippines was freed Wednesday, government officials in Dublin said.
BERKELEY, Calif., Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Berkeley, Calif., Tuesday followed San Francisco's lead in banning the declawing of cats, city officials said.
MIAMI, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Last week's assault on Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez is "deplorable," the U.S. State Department says.
SACRAMENTO, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- A former spokesman for California Attorney General Jerry Brown did not break the law by secretly taping talks with reporters, Brown's office said.
Afghanistan options narrowed to four
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama is considering four options for an Afghanistan-Pakistan strategy in discussions with his advisers, a White House spokesman said.
BOLTON, Miss., Nov. 11 (UPI) -- A Mississippi man has been arrested in the kidnapping, rape and aggravated assault of a 21-year-old woman, prosecutors say.
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- A San Diego woman has pleaded guilty to lying to FBI agents about her role in a federal bribery scheme involving a military research center, officials said.