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Former Thai P.M. Samak dies at 74
BANGKOK, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- The former prime minister of Thailand, Samak Sundarevej, died at age 74 in Bangkok after a long battle with cancer, officials said.
Sarkozy wants Camus in Pantheon
PARIS, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy is pressing to re-inter the remains of Albert Camus, one of France's greatest 20th-century writers, in the Pantheon in Paris.
Jury convicts Miami pastor, wife of fraud
MIAMI, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- A Miami-area minister and his wife were convicted for their participation in a $7 million scheme involving money laundering and mortgage fraud.
Prisoner may be allowed to be marrow donor
LATTA, Okla., Nov. 24 (UPI) -- A Virginia man with leukemia said he may be able to arrange to have his jailed brother transferred to Maryland for a bone-marrow transplant.
Three Mile Island 'normal' after incident
MIDDLETOWN, Pa., Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Conditions have returned to normal at Pennsylvania's Three Mile Island nuclear plant after a weekend radiation incident, utility officials say.
Obama, Singh praise U.S.-India ties
Obama, Singh praise U.S.-India ties
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- The already strong U.S.-India ties will be strengthened by commitments made Tuesday between the countries' leaders, U.S. President Barack Obama said.
Police: Ky. census worker killed himself
LEXINGTON, Ky., Nov. 24 (UPI) -- A U.S. census worker found dead in Kentucky tried to fake a homicide while actually taking his own life, investigators said Tuesday.
'Unusual event' cited at Pa. nuke plant
SHIPPINGPORT, Pa., Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Nuclear reactor coolant leaked into a pressurized relief tank at a Pennsylvania power plant early Tuesday in an "unusual event," officials said.
Stroke victim taken to homeless shelter
BOYNTON BEACH, Fla., Nov. 24 (UPI) -- A Boynton Beach, Fla., nursing home allegedly tried to leave a stroke victim at a homeless shelter after her insurance ran out, shelter officials said.
Armed men snatch prisoner from hospital
Armed men snatch prisoner from hospital
HAMILTON, Ontario, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- A daring midday breakout of a prisoner from a Hamilton, Ontario, hospital Tuesday triggered a manhunt for three armed and dangerous men.
10 hurt in Connecticut bus crash
GREENWICH, Conn., Nov. 24 (UPI) -- At least 10 people were injured Tuesday when a coach bus rear-ended a tractor-trailer rig in Greenwich, Conn., authorities said.
U.S.: Arms dealer, others helped Hezbollah
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Thirteen men were charged Tuesday with participating in a fencing ring that shipped stolen goods to Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon, U.S. officials said.
Police release report on Kelly suicide
Police release report on Kelly suicide
CHICAGO, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- A fundraiser pressured to testify against former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich reportedly said, "Tell them they won," before dying of an overdose, police said.
Scots cool to independence from Britain
LONDON, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Support for an independent Scotland has fallen ahead of a referendum next year, a Daily Telegraph opinion poll published Tuesday indicated.
Holy Land USA in Va. to be sold
LYNCHBURG, Va., Nov. 24 (UPI) -- The non-profit group that operated Holy Land USA in Virginia for the past two years has closed the biblical tourist attraction and says it plans to sell it.