WASHINGTON, July 10 (UPI) -- The outgoing NATO commander says multinational troops in Afghanistan are still handcuffed by dozens of caveats against fighting Taliban insurgents imposed by their parliaments and governments. It took 18 months for Gen. John Craddock to persuade allied governments to reduce the number from 80 to 73. Craddockâs valedictory.
DARLINGHURST, Australia, July 10 (UPI) -- A New South Wales Supreme Court jury in Australia has found the former fiance of jailed model Charlotte Lindstrom innocent in a hit man case.
SACRAMENTO, July 10 (UPI) -- Several major U.S. banks said Friday would be the last day they would honor IOUs issued by the state of California.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 10 (UPI) -- Treating strokes in U.S. children annually costs at least $42 million, the first-ever cost analysis of pediatric stroke said.
MOORESTOWN, Pa., July 10 (UPI) -- The Food and Drug Administration is checking a Pennsylvania factory following the death of a worker who fell into a vat of boiling chocolate.
DETROIT, July 10 (UPI) -- One effect of the economic downturn in Michigan has produced more breeding grounds for mosquitoes in cities like Detroit, an entomologist says.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, July 10 (UPI) -- A Swedish Saab dealer says an iPod nano is a prime suspect in a fire that engulfed a parked car in the western part of the country.
MIAMI, July 10 (UPI) -- The head of the Miami-Dade school district says he wants to work with government and law enforcement to combat the practice that teenagers call "sexting."
OSTERFARNEBO, Sweden, July 10 (UPI) -- Residents of a rural district in eastern Sweden said pesticide rules adopted to protect nearby nature reserves have brought swarms of mosquitoes to their homes.
WATERLOO, Ill., July 10 (UPI) -- An Illinois insurance agent said his serial-stowaway cat has ridden more than 300 miles under the hood of his car.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, July 10 (UPI) -- Residents of Kingston, Jamaica, say the killing of a New Zealander in a robbery has them on edge.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, July 10 (UPI) -- One in three women shown to have breast cancer undergo unnecessary surgery and chemotherapy, scientists in Europe said.
LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif., July 10 (UPI) -- The city of Laguna Niguel, Calif., says it is "saying 'NO' to crack" by discouraging participation in an event known as "Moon Over Amtrak."
LONDON, July 10 (UPI) -- A British science teacher has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after an alleged classroom assault on a 14-year-old boy, police say.
OTTAWA, July 10 (UPI) -- Canada's international trade figures dropped in May, increasing its world trade deficit to $1.4 billion from $389 million, Statistics Canada reported Friday.
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FAIRBANKS, Alaska, July 10 (UPI) -- The Trans-Alaska oil pipeline system is set to pass a volume milestone this summer as plans commence to ease its reliance on North Slope oil reserves.
WASHINGTON, July 10 (UPI) -- Visitors to the 2009 National Barbie Doll Collectors Convention in Washington said a rift has formed among doll fans surrounding a key accessory: the box.
ANKARA, Turkey, July 10 (UPI) -- Ankara said it has extended invitations to key Caspian gas suppliers in preparation for the signing of an intergovernmental agreement on the Nabucco pipeline.
KIEV, Ukraine, July 10 (UPI) -- TNK-BP closed the necessary transactions to take near-complete control over the shares in the Lisichansk refinery, a top producing refinery in Ukraine.
