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Monday, December 13, 2010

Emanuel residency may soon be determined

CHICAGO, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- Paperwork to establish Rahm Emanuel as an Illinois resident in his effort to become mayor of Chicago is complicating the process, officials said. Emanuel's lawyers filed hundreds of pages of documents ahead of a hearing Monday to prove he meets residency requirements to run... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, December 12, 2010

First Kosovo national election under way

PRISTINA, Kosovo, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- The first national election in Kosovo began Sunday under the scrutiny of more than 32,000 international observers, Serbian media reported. The election in the country that broke away from Serbia in 2008 after the disintegration of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s has... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, December 11, 2010

Climate change to get $100B

CANCUN, Mexico, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- U.N. talks in Mexico on curbing global warming resulted in a $100 billion projected tab but no definitive implementation, the BBC said Saturday. The international talks that concluded Friday in Cancun resulted in an agreement to raise and pay out $100 billion through... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, December 10, 2010

Church to picket Elizabeth Edwards funeral

TOPEKA, Kan., Dec. 9 (UPI) -- An independent U.S. church known for preaching a gospel of hate said Thursday it would picket the funeral of Elizabeth Edwards who, it claims, is now in hell. The Westboro Baptist Church, not affiliated with any known Baptist convention or association and widely... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, December 9, 2010

Pan Am bomber reportedly in coma

TRIPOLI, Libya, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- The health of the man convicted in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, has deteriorated and he is near death, friends said. A person close to the family of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi, now living in Libya, said his health was failing and... Sign in to see full entry.

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