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•Soldiers run amok in Harare, Zimbabwe
4 minutes ago
HARARE, Zimbabwe, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Troops angered over delays in withdrawing cash from a bank rampaged through Zimbabwe's capital Monday.
[From Top News - UPI.com]
•Al-Qaida allies said gaining in Somalia
9 minutes ago
MOGADISHU, Somalia, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Somalia is in danger of becoming a new safe haven for al-Qaida as Islamic militants assert control over much of the country, experts say.
[From Top News - UPI.com]
•Four shot dead in Sacramento home
10 minutes ago
SACRAMENTO, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Four people died in a shooting discovered Monday in a home on Sacramento's southern outskirts, investigators said.
[From Top News - UPI.com]
•Canadian PM's residence needs $9.7M redo
12 minutes ago
OTTAWA, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- The Canadian federal agency responsible for maintaining the prime minister's official residence says the crumbling building's repairs will cost $9.7 million.
[From Top News - UPI.com]
•Obama announces Clinton, Gates for Cabinet
by By LIZ SIDOTI
21 minutes ago
CHICAGO (AP) -- President-elect Barack Obama picked a national security team headed by former campaign rival Hillary Rodham Clinton and Bush administration holdover Robert Gates on Monday, and said he wants to consult with military commanders before settling on a firm timetable to withdraw U.S. combat troops from Iraq....
[From AP Top Headlines At 2:46 p.m. EST]
•Navy pilot lost bearings before crash
24 minutes ago
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- A U.S. Navy pilot who died in a training accident this year had lost his bearings before the mishap, military investigators say.
[From Top News - UPI.com]
•India demands strong action from Pakistan
by By RAMOLA TALWAR BADAM
26 minutes ago
MUMBAI, India (AP) -- India demanded Monday that Pakistan take "strong action" against those behind the deadly Mumbai attacks, and Washington pressured Islamabad to cooperate with the investigation....
[From AP Top Headlines At 2:46 p.m. EST]
•Panel says US has been in recession since Dec. '07
by By MARTIN CRUTSINGER
26 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. economy has been in a recession since December 2007, the National Bureau of Economic Research said Monday. The NBER - a private, nonprofit research organization - said its group of academic economists who determine business cycles met and decided that the U.S. recession began last December....
[From AP Top Headlines At 2:46 p.m. EST]
•Bush recognizes World AIDS day with ribbon
27 minutes ago
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- A red ribbon on the White House North Portico reaffirms his administration's resolve to tackle HIV/AIDS directly, U.S. President George Bush said Monday.
[From Top News - UPI.com]
•Police investigating hospital in Burress shooting
by By COLLEEN LONG
35 minutes ago
NEW YORK (AP) -- Plaxico Burress was led out of a police precinct in handcuffs Monday after surrendering on a weapons possession charge, and authorities said that teammate Antonio Pierce is being investigated over his role in an accidental shooting at a Manhattan nightclub....
[From AP Top Headlines At 2:46 p.m. EST]
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