Monday, September 7, 2009

UPI - Top News - September 7, 2009 7:00am CDT

SANA'A, Yemen, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Rebel forces killed six women and 10 children in Yemen's Saada province for allegedly cooperating with the Yemeni government, media reported.

CINCINNATI, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Healthcare in America is the topic du jour for U.S. President Barack Obama in Cincinnati at a Labor Day picnic.

HONG KONG, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Eleven people were injured in an acid attack in a busy market area in Hong Kong, the fourth such incident this year on the island, Chinese police said.

JAKARTA, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- An Indonesian Navy airplane crashed Monday in East Kalimantan province, killing five crew members, authorities said.

KHARTOUM, Sudan, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- The woman accused of wearing inappropriate clothing in Sudan went on trial Monday in Khartoum.

KABUL, Afghanistan, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Rocket attacks in the Afghanistan capital of Kabul killed at least three people, authorities said.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- A U.N. official was told to leave Sri Lanka for his comments on the plight of children during the government's war with Tamil rebels, an official said.

MANILA, Philippines, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Two of the 968 passengers from a ferry that capsized in the Philippines were missing Monday, the country's Coast Guard said.

KABUL, Afghanistan, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Loyalists established phantom polling sites to generate votes for Afghan President Hamid Karzai's re-election, sources told The New York Times.

URUMQI, China, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Tensions in Urumqi, China, have reached into the Communist party hierarchy, with public demand for the resignation of the region's party chief.

SACRAMENTO, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Public opinion of banks and financial institutions is lower than usual because people feel the banks didn't share government money with them, officials said.

MEXICO CITY, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Water is rationed in Mexico City as a result of drought that affects much of Mexico from the U.S. border to the Yucatan, water commission officials said.

VICTORIA, British Columbia, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- More Canadian senior citizens are choosing common law unions above traditional marriages, census figures show.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif., Sept. 7 (UPI) -- About 2,000 people with 1,000 balloons marched in South Lake Tahoe, Calif., Sunday to celebrate the return home of Jaycee Dugard, parade organizers said.

NORFOLK, Va., Sept. 7 (UPI) -- The U.S. Navy's plan to build an airfield in North Carolina is meeting resistance by environmentalists, opponents of the plan said.