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WARSAW, Poland, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- A Polish research institute alleges former Communist Interior Minister Czeslaw Kiszczak sabotaged the inquiry into the killing of poet Grzegorz Przemyk.

NEWBURG, Ore., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Willamette Filbert Growers, Newberg, Ore., has recalled nearly 30,000 pounds of shelled hazelnuts because of a risk of salmonella, federal officials said.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Sweden's Defense Materiel Administration has contracted Saab for the company to deliver Gripen fighter aircraft spare parts as part of a supply agreement.

TEL AVIV, Israel, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Israel's new long-range unmanned aerial vehicle, unveiled by Elbit Industries this week, adds a new dimension to the military's capabilities against Iran -- not just boosting its surveillance reach but perhaps even attacking air defenses with remote-controlled Hellfire missiles.

OTTAWA, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Average Canadian household spending was up 2 percent on an annual basis to $71,360 in 2008, Statistics Canada reported from Ottawa Friday.

TEHRAN, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Demonstrators took to the streets of Tehran following Friday prayers to protest reformers who vandalized pictures of Ayatollah Khomeini, state media said.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Extending measures in U.S. economic recovery provisions until 2012 would encourage the development of renewable energy, lawmakers said.

MOSCOW, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Construction of the infrastructure associated with the Shtokman natural gas field in the Barents Sea needs to consider navigation safety, Gazprom said.

ANKARA, Turkey, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Financing for the $11.3 billion Nabucco gas pipeline is a challenge, though ties with Azerbaijan could benefit the project, Turkish lawmakers said.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Western capitalism is responsible for blocking the development of green energy technology, including nuclear power, the Iranian president said in Denmark.

MOSCOW, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Russian-Anglo venture TNK-BP announced plans to increase its crude oil production by more than 2 percent for 2010, senior executives said.

BLOOMINGTON, Minn., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Angela Ruggiero and Jenny Potter have been selected to their fourth U.S. women's Olympic hockey team, officials said Friday.

HELSINKI, Finland, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- The Obama administration's decision to begin withdrawing troops from Afghanistan in 18 months after the start of the surge has already begun to bear fruit, but perhaps not in a way that was intended.

PARIS, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Former French President Jacques Chirac was placed under formal investigation Friday over alleged embezzlement while he was Paris mayor, officials said.

BATHURST, New Brunswick, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- The North American branch of French energy giant GDF Suez finished building its Caribou Wind Park, the largest in the eastern province of New Brunswick.

LONDON, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Iraq oil gushing into the global market could create problems for other oil-producing nations as analysts predict Iraqi production capacity is underestimated.

BAKU, Azerbaijan, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Azerbaijan signed an agreement with Iran to deliver natural gas to the northern Iranian provinces by the beginning of 2010.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Oklahoma's Devon Energy Corp. announced a pre-salt oil discovery located more than 75 miles from the coast of Brazil, encountering a240-foot oil column.

ROUEN, France, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- German utility RWE Innogy opened its Forieres wind farm in Normandy, France, boasting a capacity of at least 22.4 million kilowatt-hours of power per year.