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Man gets life for stalking therapist Saturday 07th of November 2009 10:50:38 AM ABERDEEN, Scotland, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- An obsessed former patient who wrote a Scottish psychologist love letters in his own blood has been sentenced to life in prison. Brian Johnstone, 33, apologized Friday for stalking Dawn Relton, The Scotsman reported. He said he had no intention of physically assaulting her, even though investigators found weapons, including... Read more	15 S. Waziristan militants slain in clash Saturday 07th of November 2009 09:51:45 AM ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Overnight clashes in Pakistan's South Waziristan tribal region resulted in 15 militants' deaths, military sources said Saturday. Unnamed sources told DawnNews that the fighting happened in South Waziristan's Jandola area. The source added that security forces had also entered its Makeen area and were building bunkers in the... Read more
African refugees seized off Yemen Saturday 07th of November 2009 09:51:26 AM SANA‘A, Yemen, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- A boat carrying refugees from Somalia, Ethiopia, and Eritrea was seized in the territorial waters of Yemen, authorities said Saturday. The smuggling boat was carrying 64 African refuge-seekers, including eight Somalis and 56 Ethiopians and Eritreans, the coast guard said in a statement. An estimated 36,000 refugee... Read more	5 dead, thousands homeless in China fire Saturday 07th of November 2009 09:32:22 AM SANJIANG, China, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Five people have died and thousands left homeless by a village fire in China's south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, officials say. Authorities in Sanjiang village said the fire, which started because of a malfunctioning electric switch in a rice mill, has burned 3,276 villagers out of their homes, the state-run Chine... Read more
Woman allegedly linked to five deaths Saturday 07th of November 2009 09:31:30 AM TOTTORI, Japan, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- A 35-year-old female bar worker is being investigated in the deaths of five men in Tottori, Japan, police said. Three of the men had sleep-inducing drugs in their systems and knew the woman, who was not publicly identified, through the bar or as a neighbor, police told Kyodo news in a story published Saturday. Hideki Maru... Read more	Kim Jong Il visits new power plant Saturday 07th of November 2009 09:30:36 AM PYONGYANG, North Korea, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has visited a new power plant and a farm in the south of the country, official media reported Saturday. The official Korean Central News Agency said Kim went to North Korea's South Hamgyeong Province where he congratulated workers who took part in the building of a new power station, the S... Read more
Death toll in bus crash rises to seven Saturday 07th of November 2009 09:00:53 AM LESHAN CITY, China, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Seven people now are confirmed dead in a bus crash in southwest China's Sichuan Province, authorities said Saturday. Two people died in the crash Friday and another five overnight after being hospitalized, China's state-run news agency Xinhua reported. Seventeen people remained hospitalized Saturday, the provincial wo... Read more	Iran politician says nuke deal 'off' Saturday 07th of November 2009 06:55:54 AM 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. The semiofficial Iranian Student's News Agency Saturday quoted Alaeddin Boroujerdi, the chief of Iran's Parliament National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, as saying the prop... Read more
Ex-con charged with killing woman Saturday 07th of November 2009 06:16:58 AM 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. Claude Larouche, 48, made his first court appearance Friday in Montreal, the Toronto Globe and Mail reported. He was arrested late Thursday at his home. Natasha Cournoyer, 3... Read more	New South Wales coast hit by floods Saturday 07th of November 2009 06:15:34 AM 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. By Saturday morning, about 18 inches of rain had fallen in Coffs Harbor, and more than a foot in Bellingen in two days of downpours, The Coffs Coast Advocate reported. Steve Whan, emergency ... Read more
Aid contributions to Somalia down Saturday 07th of November 2009 06:11:43 AM 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. Contributions for humanitarian aid have been $571 million for 2009 so far, the Integrated Regional Information Network said. In 2008, donors gave $615 million. Some of the large... Read more	Chinese P.M. visits Egypt Saturday 07th of November 2009 06:10:51 AM CAIRO, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao began a two-day official visit to Egypt, arriving Friday in Cairo. The trip is Wen's second to Egypt, Xinhua, the official Chinese government news agency, said. He will follow up the official part of the trip with the opening ceremony Sunday of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in the resort of Sharm... Read more
Flu may delay Ukraine elections Saturday 07th of November 2009 06:10:33 AM KIEV, Ukraine, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- The presidential election in Ukraine might be delayed by the epidemic of H1N1 influenza, a government official said Friday. Igor Popov, the deputy head of the presidential secretariat, said candidates from opposition parties would not have a level playing field trying to campaign if the flu outbreak is not brought under control, ... Read more	Parents decide if they're told of abuse Saturday 07th of November 2009 01:20:04 AM 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. Vanessa George has provided some names of children she abused at Little Ted's in Plymouth, Judge John Royce confirmed. Royce is presiding over the case in Bristol Crown ... Read more
4 get death sentences for killing albino Friday 06th of November 2009 11:59:06 PM DODOMA, Tanzania, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Four people have been sentenced to death in Tanzania for killing an albino because they believed is body parts could be used for magic, police said. Lucca Haule, assistant commissioner of police, said the four killed a 50-year-old man in Shinyaga, CNN reported. Haule said seven people have been sentenced to hang this year for ... Read more	Mexican mayor vows war against drug lords Friday 06th of November 2009 11:48:29 PM MEXICO CITY, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- The mayor of a town caught in the crosshairs of Mexico's drug turf wars says he is ready to do whatever is necessary to fight back, even break the law. An estimated 14,000 people have died since President Felipe Calderon took office in December 2006. The violence continues despite his deployment of 45,000 army troops to Mexican stat... Read more
Three charged in theft of Viking treasures Friday 06th of November 2009 11:27:19 PM STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Three men are facing charges in the theft of Viking treasures from a Swedish archaeological dig site and will face trial, authorities said Friday. They were arrested Tuesday on the Baltic Sea island of Gotland where about 500 silver artifacts were stolen from the dig site, The Local reported on its Web site. Archaeolog... Read more	Sweden to pay more people for ticket home Friday 06th of November 2009 10:03:44 PM STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Sweden says it is expanding a program that pays unsuccessful asylum seekers to return to their homelands. For the past two years, refugees from Afghanistan, Somalia, Iraq, the West Bank and Gaza have received funds from the Swedish Migration Board to pay for their trips home, the Swedish news agency TT reports. On Nov... Read more
3 in 10 young kids in Egypt malnourished Friday 06th of November 2009 08:47:08 PM CAIRO, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Despite an improving economy, nearly three in 10 young Egyptian children are malnourished, a report published by Egyptian and United Nations agencies says. The proportion of children under 5 suffering malnourishment serious enough to stunt growth increased from 23 percent in 2000 to 29 percent in 2008, the Egyptian Demographic Survey foun... Read more	Tsvangirai ends boycott of government Friday 06th of November 2009 07:37:06 PM HARARE, Zimbabwe, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has ended his boycott of the coalition government in Zimbabwe. The decision by Tsvangirai and his Movement for Democratic Change, which was announced late Thursday, staves off collapse of the power-sharing arrangement with President Robert Mugabe and the Zanu-PF party, The Guardian reported. Bu... Read more