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WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- American reaction will be divided if U.S. President Barack Obama decides to deploy an additional 34,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan, a national poll indicates.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- A Canadian man is recovering in a Vancouver hospital having survived three days with nothing to eat after breaking his pelvis in a fall on an island.

LONDON, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Eroding British public support for the Afghanistan war results partly from Washington's delay in deciding on U.S. troop surge, Britain's Defense Secretary said.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Participation in government food assistance programs varies widely among states, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Tuesday.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- The United States' security commitments will not allow it join an international effort to a ban land mines, the State Department said.

ROME, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- A pusher with links to Italian politician Piero Marrazzo may have been killed by cocaine laced with heroin, police sources said Tuesday.

LONDON, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- A 4-year-old boy was found stabbed to death in a London apartment after his mother called police to say her partner was trying to kill her children.

PRINCETON, N.J., Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Colombians have a more negative view of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez than Venezuelans do of Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, a poll released Tuesday said.

VENICE, Italy, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- An Italian official said more resources are necessary to manage the wave of African migrants headed for the EU via Mediterranean countries.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Conservatives in the U.S. Congress want a probe of e-mails between climate scientists discovered by computer hackers in the files of a British research center.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- A jury in Philadelphia deliberated for less than an hour Tuesday before agreeing on a death sentence for a young man who admitted killing a police officer.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- The guest list for the state dinner at the White House Tuesday included top U.S. and Indian officials, labor leaders, journalists and Hollywood celebrities.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- President Barack Obama formally welcomed Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to the United States at a state dinner in Washington Tuesday.

SEOUL, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- South Korea pledged to double its development aid to nations in the African Union to $214 million, officials at the South Korea-Africa Forum in Seoul said.

MANILA, Philippines, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo promised Tuesday those behind a political massacre of 46 people would be brought to justice.