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Canadian train quarantined after death

Fri, 09 May 2008 13:15:16 -0400

SUDBURY, Ontario, May 9 (UPI) -- Canadian officials in northern Ontario quarantined a Via Rail passenger train Friday after a passenger died and 10 others became sick.

Food group resumes relief trips to Myanmar

Fri, 09 May 2008 13:13:20 -0400

YANGON, Myanmar, May 9 (UPI) -- The World Food Program said Friday it will send relief aid airplanes to Myanmar despite the government's seizure of previous aid shipments.

Bin Laden's 'spiritual ambassador' freed

Fri, 09 May 2008 12:56:36 -0400

LONDON, May 9 (UPI) -- A radical Muslim cleric believed to be the "spiritual ambassador in Europe" for Osama bin Laden is to be freed on bail, a British judge ruled.

McCain's 2000 vote for Bush up for debate

Fri, 09 May 2008 12:53:56 -0400

WASHINGTON, May 9 (UPI) -- Whether Sen. John McCain voted for President George Bush in the 2000 U.S. presidential election is being debated by a liberal blogger and McCain's office.

Fritzl recalls start of incest family

Fri, 09 May 2008 12:50:46 -0400

VIENNA, May 9 (UPI) -- The Austrian man who allegedly imprisoned his daughter for 24 years and fathered her seven children says, "I am not the beast the media make me to be."

Canada to probe U.S. warships sunk in 1813

Fri, 09 May 2008 12:18:51 -0400

HAMILTON, Ontario, May 9 (UPI) -- The wrecks of two U.S. warships that sank in a storm in Lake Ontario in 1813 are set to be explored by Canadian scientists using submersible high-tech robotics.

Lebanese MP asks army to protect Tripoli

Fri, 09 May 2008 12:18:20 -0400

BEIRUT, Lebanon, May 9 (UPI) -- A member of the ruling alliance in the Lebanese parliament, worried about the city in the wake of violence in Beirut, Friday asked the army to defend Tripoli.

Americans adopt major driving cutbacks

Fri, 09 May 2008 12:13:17 -0400

MCLEAN, Va., May 9 (UPI) -- As gasoline prices skyrocket to $4 a gallon, many Americans are seriously cutting back on driving and tightening their budgets, government data indicates.

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Murder charge possible in incest case

Fri, 09 May 2008 11:55:02 -0400

VIENNA, May 9 (UPI) -- The 73-year-old Austrian who allegedly imprisoned his daughter for 24 years and fathered her seven children could face murder charges, prosecutors say.

50-year-old plane wreckage to be retrieved

Fri, 09 May 2008 11:48:45 -0400

QUEBEC CITY, May 9 (UPI) -- Safety concerns have led officials in the Canadian province of Quebec to order the retrieval of a 50-year-old plane wreck containing four bodies from a lake.

Hezbollah gains control of western Beirut

Fri, 09 May 2008 11:45:30 -0400

BEIRUT, Lebanon, May 9 (UPI) -- Syrian Social Nationalist Party units were seen Friday entering Beirut to support Hezbollah's occupation of the city's western districts.

Colleges accept more wait-listed students

Fri, 09 May 2008 11:38:24 -0400

NEW YORK, May 9 (UPI) -- Several leading U.S. universities plan to accept significantly higher numbers of students from waiting lists this year than in the past, school officials said.

Cash concerns cancel Clinton events, ads

Fri, 09 May 2008 11:12:40 -0400

WASHINGTON, May 9 (UPI) -- The cash-strapped campaign of Sen. Hillary Clinton has forced curtailments of political events and advertising as the primary season winds down, aides say.

Canadian iceberg activity unusually high

Fri, 09 May 2008 11:01:30 -0400

ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland, May 9 (UPI) -- Iceberg activity off northeastern Canada is running almost double compared to all of last year's total, Canadian and U.S. officials say.

Marriott considers hotel in Green Zone

Fri, 09 May 2008 10:42:43 -0400

WASHINGTON, May 9 (UPI) -- The major U.S.-based hotel company Marriott International is considering building a hotel in Baghdad's Green Zone, a Marriott official said.

Judge to review opinion on CIA tactics

Fri, 09 May 2008 10:36:20 -0400

WASHINGTON, May 9 (UPI) -- A U.S district judge in New York says he plans to review a controversial legal opinion related to specific CIA detainee interrogations.

Missing family of 7 found safe in Arctic

Fri, 09 May 2008 10:05:57 -0400

IQALUIT, Nunavut, May 9 (UPI) -- A couple and their five children missing a week in the Canadian Arctic while traveling on a snowmobile have been found alive, police said.

Darfur rebels may infiltrate Khartoum

Fri, 09 May 2008 09:58:05 -0400

KHARTOUM, Sudan, May 9 (UPI) -- Darfur rebels are planning to infiltrate Khartoum, the Sudanese capital, to carry out acts of vandalism, Sudan army officials said Friday.

Obama speaks of unity; chides McCain

Fri, 09 May 2008 09:42:41 -0400

WASHINGTON, May 9 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., says he wants to reassure voters the Democratic Party will be united in seeking to defeat Republicans in the general election.

Phoenix sued over woman's death

Fri, 09 May 2008 09:32:22 -0400

PHOENIX, May 9 (UPI) -- The family of a New York woman who died while she was in custody at the Phoenix airport has sued city officials.

Head of al-Qaida in Iraq still free

Fri, 09 May 2008 09:09:45 -0400

BAGHDAD, May 9 (UPI) -- Abu Ayyub al-Masri, the head of al-Qaida in Iraq, hasn't been captured despite reports to that effect, a senior U.S. military official said Friday.

McCain land bill benefits donor

Fri, 09 May 2008 08:59:02 -0400

WASHINGTON, May 9 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. John McCain pushed for legislation allowing a land swap that could directly benefit one of his key fundraisers, The Washington Post said.

North Korea gives U.S. nuke papers

Fri, 09 May 2008 08:13:02 -0400

WASHINGTON, May 9 (UPI) -- U.S. officials say North Korea's delivery of documents from its nuclear weapons program clears the way for it to be removed from the list of terrorism sponsors.

Olmert's resignation sought

Fri, 09 May 2008 08:05:52 -0400

JERUSALEM, May 9 (UPI) -- Opposition and coalition leaders called on embattled Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to resign after bribery allegations against him surfaced.