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Bosworth to go to North Korea
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- U.S. Special Representative Stephen Bosworth will travel to North Korea for direct talks after President Barack Obama's Asian trip, U.S. officials said.
Powder sent to U.N. missions flour
NEW YORK, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- The white powder sent to three embassies to the United Nations in New York was flour, officials said Tuesday as envelopes arrived at two more missions.
Flooding, landslides kill 71 in India
MUMBAI, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Landslides and flooding set off by heavy monsoon rains in the past two days in India's southern Tamil Nadu state killed at least 71 people, authorities said.
Report: Defense not told of Hasan e-mails
Report: Defense not told of Hasan e-mails
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- The Pentagon says intelligence agencies disclosed intercepted e-mails between Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan and a radical imam only after the Fort Hood rampage.
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John Allen Muhammad, D.C. sniper, dies
John Allen Muhammad, D.C. sniper, dies
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- John Allen Muhammad, the so-called D.C. Sniper, died by lethal injection at a Virginia prison at 9:11 p.m. Tuesday, a prison official said.
Reservist charged in attack on priest
TAMPA, Fla., Nov. 10 (UPI) -- A U.S. Marine reservist has been charged with using a tire iron to attack a Greek Orthodox priest he mistook for an Arab terrorist, police in Florida said.
Pilot charged with drinking before takeoff
LONDON, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- A United Airlines pilot has been accused of drunkenness in the cockpit of a plane that was about to take off from London's Heathrow Airport, the airline said.
Protesters try to egg prince, duchess
Protesters try to egg prince, duchess
MONTREAL, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Protesters intent on egging Britain's Prince Charles and Duchess Camilla Tuesday when they showed up in Montreal failed in their mission, observers said.
Leaders hail new government in Lebanon
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon joined world leaders in welcoming the new unity government in Lebanon but warned of more work to come.
Aid reaching Yemeni IDPs, says WFP
SANAA, Yemen, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- The U.N. World Food Program and its partners announced that it delivered humanitarian aid to nearly 100,000 internally displaced persons in Yemen since August.
New Cabinet for Lebanon, but troubles loom
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- After five months of intense political wrangling, with Syria and Saudi Arabia pulling the strings, Lebanon seems set to get a new government that includes Hezbollah.
Parts of Kunduz cleared, Pentagon says
KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Afghan and international forces cleared the northern border of hundreds of insurgents during operations in Kunduz province, the U.S. military reports.
HRW calls for judicial action in Iran
NEW YORK, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Judicial authorities in Iran should investigate allegations of sexual violence and abusive behavior in the national prison system, Human Rights Watch said.
SIIC beats Sadrists in primary election
KARBALA, Iraq, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Candidates with the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council trounced Sadrists in an unofficial primary contest in Karbala for January parliamentary elections.