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FORT HOOD, Texas, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Investigators at Fort Hood, Texas, are looking into whether Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan acted alone in a shooting spree that killed 13 people, sources say.
KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Many Afghans say their government should negotiate with Taliban insurgents and question if more U.S. troops can help, interviews reveal.
TEHRAN, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- A proposal for Iran to send semi-enriched uranium out of the country to be processed into nuclear fuel rods has been called off, an Iranian politician says.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Anti-abortion Democrats are being given the opportunity to amend the healthcare reform bill in the U.S. House of Representatives, political sources say.
MONTREAL, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- A carpenter with a criminal record that includes the attempted kidnapping of a 7-year-old girl has been charged with killing a Canadian government employee.
COFFS HARBOR, Australia, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Flooding on the northern coast of New South Wales in Australia left thousands of people stranded Saturday, officials said.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama Saturday called the massacre at Fort Hood, Texas, a "crime against our nation" and those who defend it.
KIEV, Ukraine, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- The presidential election in Ukraine might be delayed by the epidemic of H1N1 influenza, a government official said Friday.
MOGADISHU, Somalia, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Donors have contributed less to Somalia because many areas are too dangerous for aid agencies to operate in, U.N. officials said Friday.
SACRAMENTO, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Shell Oil Co. has agreed to pay California $19.5 million over charges its gas stations violated environmental laws, Attorney General Jerry Brown said Friday.
CAIRO, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao began a two-day official visit to Egypt, arriving Friday in Cairo.
BRISTOL, England, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Parents of children at a British nursery school where an admitted pedophile worked can decide whether to be told if she named them as victims, a judge said.
SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- More female veterans are becoming homeless across the United States, the Department of Veterans Affairs says
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- The ex-wife of "D.C. sniper" John Allen Muhammad, who is facing execution in Virginia next week, says his killing spree was a cover for a plan to kill her.
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LOS ANGELES, Nov. 6 (UPI) --
U.S. singer Chris Brown says he supports Rihanna's right to speak publicly about their infamous altercation, but wishes the details had remained private.
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