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Wednesday, September 21, 2011

U.S. hikers freed, headed for Oman

TEHRAN, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- A pair of U.S. hikers jailed in Iran for more than two years were freed Wednesday and headed for Oman, Omani officials confirmed. Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal were sentenced to eight years in prison after being convicted in August of entering Iran illegally and spying for... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Execution of Troy Davis given the go-ahead

ATLANTA, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- Georgia's Board of Pardons and Paroles has denied clemency for Troy Anthony Davis who is scheduled to die by lethal injection Wednesday evening. Davis, 42, was sentenced to death for the 1989 fatal shooting of Mark Allen MacPhail, a 27-year-old Savannah police officer and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, September 19, 2011

Study: Self-delusion a winning strategy

EDINBURGH, Scotland, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Overconfidence, or self-delusion, actually beats accurate assessments in sports, business or war, but it can also backfire, Scottish and U.S. researchers say. Dr. Dominic Johnson, part of the research team at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, September 17, 2011

Pro-Gadhafi forces repel rebels in 2 towns

TRIPOLI, Libya, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Forces loyal to deposed Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi repelled takeover attacks by reformist rebels in two towns and vowed to fight for months. The National Transitional Council, the interim government, had said plans were to have secured Bani Walid and Sirte by the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, September 16, 2011

Israel wants explanation from Egypt

JERUSALEM, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- Israeli Foreign Minister Rafi Barak summoned the Egyptian ambassador Friday to discuss relations between the two countries, an official said. Israeli newspaper Haaretz, citing sources in the Foreign Ministry, said Barak wanted the ambassador to clarify the interim... Sign in to see full entry.

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