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MOSCOW, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Modernizing the Russian economy is vital for the country's survival in the 21st century, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Nov. 12 (UPI) -- The six astronauts who will be aboard space shuttle Atlantis on its STS-129 mission began their pre-launch activities at Cape Canaveral, Fla., Thursday.

CAPE MAY, N.J., Nov. 12 (UPI) -- U.S. Coast Guard crews Thursday searched a rough Atlantic Ocean off Cape May, N.J., for three people after their fishing boat sank, authorities said.

LONDON, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- The Council of Mortgage Lenders said the fear of foreclosure in Britain had eased, predicting repossessions more than 35 percent lower than estimated earlier.

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Saudi Arabia has eased reprisals against al-Houthi rebels positioned along its mountainous southern border, a Saudi government source said.

KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- The Taliban has stepped up use of visual arts on the Internet and television in a campaign to win the Afghan propaganda war, officials say.

NASHVILLE, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Taylor Swift, at 19 years of age, has become the youngest person selected the Country Music Association's Entertainer of the Year.

ATLANTA, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Lou Dobbs, a mainstay at CNN almost continually since the news network was launched in 1980, abruptly quit his prime-time program.

NEW YORK, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Crude oil prices fell Thursday on the New York Mercantile Exchange to under $79 per barrel, despite the dollar's trend towards weakness.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama has asked for a reworking of the series of plans he's considering regarding U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan.

BOULDER CITY, Colo., Nov. 12 (UPI) -- The parents of the "balloon boy" will plead guilty to creating a hoax that their son flew off in a helium balloon from their Colorado home, an attorney said.

TOKYO, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama heads off on a weeklong trip to several Asian countries looking for financial and diplomatic support.

PARIS, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu sent a message to Syria that Israel would discuss a Golan Heights pullout to advance peace, Arab media reported.

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OSLO, Norway, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- A former Iraqi ambassador to the United Nations expressed shock that a U.S. consultant to the Kurds may earn more than $100 million from an Iraqi oil deal.

MELBOURNE, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Tiger Woods, making his first golf appearance in Australia in 11 years, shot 6-under-par 66 Thursday and shares the first-round lead at the JBWere Masters.

HONG KONG, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Udorn Duangdecha, despite two bogeys, fired an 8-under-par 62 Thursday and has the lead after one round at the European PGA Tour's Hong Kong Open.

MANILA, Philippines, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, visiting in Manila, Philippines, Thursday, said the Philippines-U.S. Visiting Forces Agreement aids both countries.

TOKYO, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Japanese authorities say they have officially dropped charges against a U.S. father for forcibly regaining custody of his two small children.

LEXINGTON, Mo., Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Officials are searching for at least one body in the case of five men arrested for committing sex crimes against children, Lexington, Mo., police said.