UPI International Intelligence articles from November 2005

UPI International Intelligence archives from November 2005

U.N.: N. Korean women suffer most.
November 1, 2005... Byline: AYESHA AKRAM UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- North Korean women seem to be bearing the brunt of their government's decision to suspend international food aid. The special rapporteur on human rights in the Democratic People's...

Analysis: Human rights abuses in N.Korea.
November 1, 2005... Byline: JONG-HEON LEE SEOUL, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Three out of every four North Korea defectors living in Seoul testified that they witnessed public executions in their communist homeland, says a recent survey by South Korea's government-run...

Lebanon welcomes U.N. resolution on Syria.
November 1, 2005... BEIRUT, Lebanon, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Lebanon welcomed a U.N. Security Council resolution ordering Syria to collaborate with the inquiry into the killing of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. In comments late Monday, Prime Minister Fouad...

U.K. Lords condemn ID cards scheme.
November 1, 2005... Byline: HANNAH K. STRANGE LONDON, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- The British government's plans to introduce national identity cards are poised for a tough ride through Parliament after the House of Lords attacked the scheme during a impassioned debate....

Review of the Arab press.
November 1, 2005... AMMAN, Jordan, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Arab press roundup for Nov. 1: The Jordan Times Tuesday described President Bush as trigger-happy, saying he has so far clearly made sure everyone sees his finger is firmly on the trigger. The...

SPD in crisis, coalition doubts mount.
November 1, 2005... Byline: STEFAN NICOLA KEHL AM RHEIN, Germany, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Germany is in political uncertainty after two key figures in the coalition negotiations announced they might not join the Cabinet, seriously threatening efforts to form a...

UPI Energy Watch.
November 1, 2005... Byline: ANDREA R. MIHAILESCU Oil firms under pressure from consumers Major oil firms together amassed a staggering $32.8 billion in net income during the third quarter, as gas prices top $3 a gallon. The figure includes earnings...

Politics & Policies: Syria, usual suspect.
November 1, 2005... Byline: CLAUDE SALHANI WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- While no specific threats were directed at Damascus by the new U.N. Security Council resolution enacted Monday, the language leaves no room for ambiguity. Damascus must cooperate with the...

Analysis: Syria response to U.N. puzzles.
November 1, 2005... Byline: WILLIAM M. REILLY UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- The lone voice of dissent in the U.N. Security Council could have remained speechless for all the good he appeared to do his cause. Albeit he could speak not only after a...

Beckett: U.K. has not abandoned Kyoto.
November 1, 2005... Byline: HANNAH K. STRANGE LONDON, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- The Kyoto Protocol remains a key element of the British government's approach to tackling climate change, Environment Secretary Margaret Beckett said Tuesday. Speaking in London at the...

Egypt, PA, to have formal border crossing.
November 1, 2005... TEL AVIV, Israel, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Israel, Egypt and the Palestinian Authority have agreed to open a border crossing between the Gaza Strip and the Sinai. The Rafah crossing will serve Palestinians and possibly some foreigners but many...

Analysis: Diana's memory looms over royals.
November 1, 2005... Byline: ROLAND FLAMINI WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- For Britain's Prince Charles and his wife, the Duchess of Cornwall, who arrived in New York Tuesday the eight-day trip to the United States is the toughest visit they could possibly have...

Walker's World: Bush's two big missions.
November 2, 2005... Byline: MARTIN WALKER WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- The confusion about the real state and prospects of the U.S. economy is hanging over President George W. Bush's two important summits this month in South America and in Asia. Between them,...

Microsoft in anti-trust dispute in S.Korea.
November 2, 2005... Byline: JONG-HEON LEE SEOUL, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- South Korea on Wednesday expressed regret at Microsoft Corp.'s threat to pull its Windows software out of the country in an escalating dispute over Seoul's investigation into the U.S. technology...

German coalition ship in rough waters.
November 2, 2005... Byline: STEFAN NICOLA KEHL AM RHEIN, Germany, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Germany's grand coalition ship is in rough waters after two key politicians went off-board, leaving Chancellor-designate Angela Merkel a rather lonely captain. In a bid to...

Analysis: How corrupt is Russia?
November 2, 2005... Byline: PETER LAVELLE MOSCOW, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Recent claims by members of media and some Russian politicians opposed to the Kremlin that corruption during Vladimir Putin's tenure in office has gotten worse would seem to be based more on...

French riots underscore deeper problems.
November 2, 2005... Byline: ELIZABETH BRYANT PARIS, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Six straight nights of clashes between French police and rioters in Paris-area housing projects are laying bare simmering discrimination and ethnic tensions lying just under the country's...

UPI Energy Watch.
November 2, 2005... Byline: ANDREA R. MIHAILESCU Alaska officials Resign due oil concession controversy Alaska Commissioner of Natural Resources Tom Irwin resigned along with six of his most senior colleagues over a controversy surrounding oil...

Politics & Policies: A changing Mideast.
November 2, 2005... Byline: CLAUDE SALHANI WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- The Bush administration is putting unprecedented pressure on Syria to introduce political and social change at the same time growing opposition in Syria is doing the same. In a...

Analysis: Pakistan quake toll 73,000 dead.
November 2, 2005... Byline: WILLIAM M. REILLY UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Officials say 73,000 are dead and another 69,000 injured in Pakistan alone from the 7.6 magnitude Oct. 8 earthquake where aid is still wanting and the United Nations Wednesday was...

Uneasy truce struggles on.
November 2, 2005... Byline: JOSHUA BRILLIANT JERUSALEM, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- A series of hostilities plagued Israel and the Palestinian Authority Wednesday, the day after an aircraft, reportedly a drone, fired at a jeep in Gaza Strip killing two militants. It was...

Outside View: Europe threatens trade.
November 3, 2005... Byline: PETER MORICI WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- Do the Europeans Want to Scuttle the Doha Round? As I read the news from the Doha Round of World Trade Organization negotiations, I am starting to doubt an equitable deal is possible....

Feature: Haunting reminders from Pakistan.
November 3, 2005... Byline: AYESHA AKRAM Editors' Note: Three weeks have elapsed since the 7.6 magnitude earthquake ripped apart the northern regions of Pakistan, but reminders continue. The aftershocks have calmed down, aid has poured in, and survivors have...

Walker's World: The sick men of Europe.
November 3, 2005... Byline: MARTIN WALKER WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- President George W Bush, currently facing angry demonstrations in Argentina, certainly has his problems, with the federal budget in deep deficit, a senior aide and his party's most powerful...

U.S. pushes nuclear deal with India.
November 3, 2005... Byline: KRISHNADEV CALAMUR WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- A skeptical Congress is weighing the advantages of a U.S. nuclear technology deal with India amid calls by the Bush administration not to dilute the pact and pleas from the...

U.S. and China closer to textile deal.
November 3, 2005... Byline: DONNA BORAK WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- The Bush administration indicated Thursday it was close to reaching an agreement with Chinese counterparts to limit surging clothing imports from China. "We are close on a textile...

Analysis: SPD heads into a new era.
November 3, 2005... Byline: STEFAN NICOLA KEHL AM RHEIN, Germany, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- In less than two days, the Social Democrats organized the personnel for the post-Schroeder, post-Muentefering era: Matthias Platzeck now has the tough job of keeping his party...

Analysis: Critics condemn UK terror bill.
November 3, 2005... Byline: HANNAH K. STRANGE LONDON, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- The British government is facing a battle to get its controversial anti-terror proposals passed into law, as critics queue up to condemn the measures they argue will fuel the very extremism...

Analysis: Time for a clear Iran policy.
November 3, 2005... Byline: LEIGH BALDWIN WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- The United States is at a crossroads over Iran. Regime change or nuclear security, action or negotiation; American strategy for countering Iranian development of nuclear weapons has long...

UPI Energy Watch.
November 3, 2005... Byline: ANDREA R. MIHAILESCU Iraqi oil sector faces increased costs Increasing costs of security and materials, particularly materials in the oil sector, are seriously affecting U.S. Iraqi reconstruction projects. The special...

India sees U.S., U.N. pressure on Pakistan.
November 3, 2005... Byline: KUSHAL JEENA NEW DELHI, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- If the United Nations and the United States had pressured Pakistan against abetting terror, militancy would not have reached a peak in India, said Indian strategic analysts Thursday. ...

Reaching the enemy; Israelis on Arab TV.
November 3, 2005... Byline: JOSHUA BRILLIANT JERUSALEM, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- Last summer, a crew from Abu Dhabi TV joined the long convoy of cars entering the Israeli army's main training base for combat units. There it boarded a bus to "Chicago," a mock Arab...

Analysis: Iraq conference idea resurfaces.
November 3, 2005... Byline: ROLAND FLAMINI WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- If tea leaves could talk, they would say a conference on Iraq is an idea whose time may have arrived. It was first proposed by Democratic Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts in his...

Saudi oil boom eases U.S. fears of coup.
November 3, 2005... Byline: United Press International WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- United States lawmakers, who have in committee hearings been weighing the prospects of a military or Islamist coup in Saudi Arabia, may be reassured by new reports of a...

Politics & Policies: The Grinch stole Eid.
November 4, 2005... Byline: CLAUDE SALHANI WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Eid-al-Fitr, or the feast celebrating the breaking of the fast, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan during which time many Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset, is...

Commentary: Weapon of mass attraction?
November 4, 2005... Byline: ARNAUD DE BORCHGRAVE WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- As a long time statesman, friend and admirer of the United States, he is worth listening to. Moreover, what he now says about America reflects what most of our VIP friends are...

Analysis: E. Africa peace delicate balance.
November 4, 2005... Byline: JESSE ELLISON UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Concern over increased troop movements, restrictions on U.N. peacekeepers and escalating tensions some fear might erupt into violence along the Eritrean-Ethiopian border has prompted an...

Analysis: Rifts in colorblind France.
November 4, 2005... Byline: ELIZABETH BRYANT SEVRAN, France, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Parts of suburban Paris, traditionally known for its perfect snapshot of multiculturalism, has in recent nights offered a much grimmer sight. Gangs of angry youths have torched...

Analysis: Seoul to raise aid for N.Korea.
November 4, 2005... Byline: JONG-HEON LEE SEOUL, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- South Korea's plan to donate $4.8 billion in economic aid to North Korea over the next five years has rekindled a controversy over how to maintain peace with the communist neighbor. The...

Koehler initiative puts Africa on agenda.
November 4, 2005... Byline: STEFAN NICOLA KEHL AM RHEIN, Germany, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- German President Horst Koehler has launched an initiative to refocus attention on helping some of the world's poorest people. His "Partnership with Africa" kicks off this...

UPI Energy Watch.
November 4, 2005... Byline: ANDREA R. MIHAILESCU Petro-Canada seeks Gazprom LNG project Petro-Canada is looking to work with Russian gas monopoly Gazprom to construct an LNG facility in Russia for exports to Canada and the U.S. Northeast. Gazprom...

Analysis: U.N., bird flu preparation.
November 4, 2005... Byline: WILLIAM M. REILLY UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- The United Nations took time out this week to study ways the global institution and its specialized agency -- and others -- were preparing to confront the possibility of a...

Tory hopefuls clash in race for leadership.
November 4, 2005... Byline: HANNAH K. STRANGE LONDON, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- British Conservatives began voting Friday for the future leader of their party, following a televised debate between the two contenders, David Davis and David Cameron. Ballot papers...

Global trade talks enter critical week.
November 4, 2005... Byline: DONNA BORAK WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Trade ministers face a critical round of negotiations next week in Geneva as they attempt to finalize a deal to lower global agricultural trade barriers before a key ministerial meeting in...

Japan sees shared role with China in Asia.
November 4, 2005... Byline: KATHLEEN HWANG HONG KONG, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- Japan does not expect that Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visit to the Yasukuni Shrine two weeks ago, or his appointment of right-leaning Cabinet members this week, will have long-term...

U.N.: Annan drops Iran from travel plan.
November 4, 2005... UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, about to embark on a tour of the Middle East and Pakistan, has canceled a scheduled visit to Iran. His spokesman, Stephane Dujarric, told United Press International Friday...

Analysis: Italians: We didn't dupe Bush.
November 4, 2005... Byline: ROLAND FLAMINI WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Nicolo Pollari, the head of Italy's military intelligence service, spent five hours in closed-door testimony Thursday, before the intelligence oversight committee of the Italian...

Outside View: Imagining Peace.
November 5, 2005... Byline: GERSHON BASKIN JERUSALEM, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- - Thirteen months from now the Israeli people are scheduled to go to the polls to elect a new government for the coming years. If the government doesn't fall in the coming months, the...

Outside View: Sharing Common Values.
November 5, 2005... Byline: NINA GOPAUL PORT LOUIS, Mauritius, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- An Iftaar with Muslims and non-Muslims. A Sabbath dinner with Jews and non-Jews. Sharing Divali cakes with Hindus and non-Hindus. The commonality? Food obviously but it is not the...

Analysis: Europe's immigration migraines.
November 5, 2005... Byline: CLAUDE SALHANI WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- From Paris to Amsterdam and from Brussels to Berlin, decades of liberal open-door immigration policies are bearing their mark on Europe's domestic politics, not to mention the demographics...

Walker's World: China's billion customers.
November 6, 2005... Byline: MARTIN WALKER WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- The Bush administration has quietly backed away from its earlier high-profile demands for China to revalue its currency and is instead stressing the need for China to observe Intellectual...

Outside View: Cut From Good Cloth.
November 6, 2005... Byline: YOEL MARCUS TEL AVIV, Israel, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Shaul Mofaz's leap straight from the position of chief of staff to defence minister was, to use the Hebrew vernacular, a foox -- a stroke of luck. Ariel Sharon's original plan was to...

Policy Watch: C. Asian strongmen weak?
November 6, 2005... Byline: MARK N. KATZ WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Kyrgyzstan's authoritarian ruler, Askar Akayev, was ousted in March in what appeared at the time to be a democratic revolution. By contrast, the authoritarian rulers of the other Central...

Analysis: NATO rethinks peacekeeping role.
November 6, 2005... Byline: ROLAND FLAMINI WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- When is a peacekeeping operation not a peacekeeping operation? The question currently confronts NATO as the alliance seeks to increase both its strength and the area it covers in...

Walker's World: Europe's Islamic fears.
November 7, 2005... Byline: MARTIN WALKER WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- France's 10 angry nights of violence have thrown into highlight Europe's new double problem of immigration. Most concern so far has been focused, in the wakes of the terrorist bomb...

Interview: Kyiv Post editor Andrey Slivka.
November 7, 2005... Byline: PETER LAVELLE KIEV, Ukraine, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Andrey Slivka is editor of the English language weekly Kyiv Post. Here, he is interviewed by Peter Lavelle on politics in Ukraine. UPI. It has been over a month week since Ukrainian...

Review of the Arab press.
November 7, 2005... AMMAN, Jordan, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Arab press roundup for Nov. 7 Arab newspapers Monday focused on the escalating riots across France sparked by angry immigrants. The Jordan Times said in its editorial religion had little to do with the...

Merkel emerges strong out of crisis.
November 7, 2005... Byline: STEFAN NICOLA KEHL AM RHEIN, Germany, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Ahead of the last phase of coalition talks, soon-to-be Chancellor Angela Merkel seems to be the sole politician to have emerged strengthened out of last week's political crisis....

Oxfam: Europe's farm subsidies 'unfair'.
November 7, 2005... Byline: UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL BRUSSELS, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- The pressure on France to reform Europe's $50 billion annual subsidy scheme to help the world trade talks was reinforced Monday by new studies showing the European Union system...

Analysis: Human rights groups press U.S.
November 7, 2005... Byline: TANVEER ALI UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- With the recent uncovering of covert prison camps being run by the CIA across three continents and the U.S. Defense Department remaining steadfast on keeping U.N. inspectors from...

Blair 'failed to influence Bush on Iraq'.
November 7, 2005... Byline: HANNAH K. STRANGE LONDON, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair repeatedly missed opportunities to influence U.S. planning for the invasion and post-war administration of Iraq, a failure that may have contributed to the...

Trade imbalances pose threat to stability.
November 7, 2005... Byline: ANNA CARBINO WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- China, with its undervalued yuan, high exports and savings rate, often gets criticized for global trade imbalances, which many believe pose a threat to future stability in the world economy....

India probes Volcker allegations.
November 7, 2005... Byline: KUSHAL JEENA NEW DELHI, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- India's government must get to the root of allegations made in the Volcker committee report on U.N. oil-for-food program for Iraq and find out the truth about allegations of kickbacks, Indian...

UPI Energy Watch.
November 7, 2005... Byline: ANDREA R. MIHAILESCU Iran offers Iraq reconstruction assistance Iran said Sunday it looks to expedite construction of an oil pipeline and railway between the two countries, Iran's state-run television reported Sunday. Iran...

Bush pushes trade pact despite hiccup.
November 7, 2005... Byline: DONNA BORAK WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- President George W. Bush said Monday a free-trade agreement within the Americas was still possible, despite the failure of 34 Latin American countries to reach consensus on a hemisphere-wide...

France's 'tough cop' vows repression.
November 7, 2005... PARIS, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- The French police will not tolerate any 'forbidden zones' in their country, and are prepared to follow a policy of repression, France's Interior Minister declared Monday. In his first full comment on the 11 nights...

France searches for way out of mess.
November 7, 2005... PARIS, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- France's Le Journal du Dimanche summed up the nation's dilemma Sunday in just three words: "How to Get Out?" That's the 60-thousand euro question these days as violence, perpetrated by restless, disaffected ethnic...

Sharon loses battle, wins mini-plan.
November 7, 2005... Byline: JOSHUA BRILLIANT TEL AVIV, Israel, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Prime Minister Ariel Sharon Monday failed to win the Knesset's approval of Cabinet reshuffle, but shortly before midnight won its backing for a smaller-scale, fallback plan. ...

Politics & Policies: Paris-sur-Jungle.
November 8, 2005... Byline: CLAUDE SALHANI WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- "Clichy-sur-Jungle" was the title of an article in France's Liberation newspaper referring to the hooliganism, then in its second week, in the Parisian suburb of Clichy-sous-Bois, one of...

Analysis: S.Korea on full terror alert.
November 8, 2005... Byline: JONG-HEON LEE SEOUL, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- South Korean police and security agencies are on full alert to cope with any possible terrorist attacks and disturbances during the Asian-Pacific summit in Busan next week. Leaders from the...

Experts say riots unlikely in Germany.
November 8, 2005... Byline: STEFAN NICOLA KEHL AM RHEIN, Germany, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- German officials are looking into whether the violence that is wracking France can spread to their country. Thousands of burned cars, one person dead, several injured...

Analysis: Expect more Asia quake deaths.
November 8, 2005... Byline: WILLIAM LAUNDER UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- A month after an earthquake killed 73,000 people in northern Pakistan, the chief U.N. relief coordinator says winter weather could raise the death toll in South Asia higher. ...

Review of the Arab press.
November 8, 2005... AMMAN, Jordan, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Arab press roundup for Nov. 8: Jordan's mainstream al-Rai daily said Tuesday the growing international pressure on Syria was worrying, but there was still hope to get out of the crisis if more efforts were...

Indian FM's exit was inevitable.
November 8, 2005... Byline: KUSHAL JEENA NEW DELHI, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was left with no choice than to fire the foreign minister because Natwar Singh was hurting relations with the United States, Indian foreign affairs...

Analysis: Women and a culture of peace.
November 8, 2005... Byline: CLAUDE SALHANI WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Establishing a role for women in a patriarchal society, one in which they can contribute toward building a culture of peace, is no simple task. Nevertheless, despite restrictions imposed...

Hu pushes embargo lifting on U.K. trip.
November 8, 2005... Byline: HANNAH K. STRANGE LONDON, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao arrived in Britain Tuesday amid all the pomp and grandiosity of a state visit, and was greeted at Buckingham Palace by leading royals, politicians and...

Analysis: Kremlin eyes metals sector.
November 8, 2005... Byline: PETER LAVELLE MOSCOW, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- The Kremlin's drive toward majority control of Russia's vast oil and natural resources is all but complete. The last remaining sectors deemed to be strategic by the government and off-limits to...

Outside View: Democracy of Convenience?
November 8, 2005... Byline: ALON BEN-MEIR NEW YORK, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Free elections do not constitute democracy, and when they precede the building of democratic institutions, they are more likely to produce instability and upheaval, especially in countries...

UPI Energy Watch.
November 8, 2005... Byline: ANDREA R. MIHAILESCU Cuba, Venezuela secure tanker outfit Cuba and Venezuela inked a deal to create a new tanker venture to help facilitate Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's controversial PetroCaribe program. The deal...

Analysis: Sharon wobbly but still there.
November 8, 2005... Byline: ROLAND FLAMINI WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Shortly before the September vote challenging Ariel Sharon's leadership of Israel's ruling Likud party, a young soldier in uniform went on stage and handed the prime minister a piece of...

Violence tests France's popular minister.
November 8, 2005... Byline: ELIZABETH BRYANT PARIS, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Since his appointment to France's center-right government in 2002, it has seemed Nicolas Sarkozy, the country's popular, straight-talking Interior Minister, could do no wrong. In his...

China to curb clothing imports to U.S.
November 8, 2005... Byline: DONNA BORAK WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- After nearly five months of negotiations, the Chinese government agreed Tuesday to cap clothing imports into the United States to bring more stability to both U.S. and Chinese textile...

Analysis: U.N.: U.S. end Cuban embargo.
November 8, 2005... Byline: LAUREN MACK UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- For the fourteenth year in a row, the U.N. General Assembly approved a resolution Tuesday to end the United States' economic embargo on Cuba. Representatives from 20 countries...

EU to help Palestinian police.
November 8, 2005... Byline: JOSHUA BRILLIANT HEBRON, West Bank, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- The European Union has decided to expand its assistance to the fledgling Palestinian Authority police force by sending more advisers who will work with all ranks from senior...