NEW YORK, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Following are Friday's latest spot metal market prices. Prices do not necessarily represent prices at which transactions have actually occurred.
NEW YORK, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Following are selected foreign exchange interbank buyer rates at early morning. Rates are based on $1 and $5 million transactions.
NEW DELHI, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- India's Supreme Court on Friday banned smoking in public places across the country, extending a prohibition that was already in place in some states.
LONDON, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- The British government on Friday announced that it would link with Russia to send convoys loaded with thousands of tons of food into Afghanistan in the coming w
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair have carefully warned their fellow citizens of a long, difficult and probably costly struggle against Osama
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. air strikes in Afghanistan resumed on Friday, the Muslim day of prayer. American B-52 bombers continued 'carpet bombing' of Taliban frontlines in the hills north of Kabul, witnesses said.
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- In a move to jumpstart reconciliation efforts, South Korea on Friday accepted a North Korean proposal to resume high-level peace talks at a remote mountain resort suggested by Pyongyang.
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- In a move to jumpstart reconciliation efforts, South Korea on Friday accepted a North Korean proposal to resume high-level peace talks at a remote mountain resort suggested by Pyongyang.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. secretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld will visit India and Pakistan next week amid renewed tensions between the two rival neighbors.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld will visit India and Pakistan next week amid renewed tensions between the two rival neighbors. The two neighbors have
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. air strikes on Afghanistan resumed on Friday, the Muslim day of prayer. American B-52 bombers continued 'carpet bombing' of Taliban frontlines in the hills north of Kabul, witnesses said.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- The United States has offered to teach Pakistan how to protect its nuclear weapons and Pakistan has accepted. Quoting Foreign Minister Abdus Sattar, Pakistani newspapers reported Friday that U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell made this offer when he vis
NEW DELHI, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- An Indian shop owner remained in custody Friday after he was arrested for selling video compact discs containing propaganda material allegedly produced by Osama bin Laden?s al Qaida network.
JERUSALEM, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Hebrew University professor Robert Wistrich and Bernard Suchecky of the University of Brussels have resigned from the Catholic-Jewish commission appointed to study the role of the Vatican during the Holocaust, the Jerusalem Post reported Friday.
JERUSALEM, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Hebrew University professor Robert Wistrich and Bernard Suchecky of the University of Brussels are resigning from the Catholic-Jewish commission appointed to study the role of the Vatican during the Holocaust. Wistrich told the Jerusalem Post Friday that
QUERETARO, Mexico, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- The price of oil has dropped well below the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries' target range of $22 to $28 per barrel. OPEC's basket of crude is now trading for less than $20. When OPEC meets in Vienna Nov. 14 it has to do something to push pri
OMAHA, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has reached a deal with creditors of Fruit of the Loom Inc. to buy the underwear and apparel maker out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy for more than $830 million, the companies announced late Thursday in a joint statement.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Following U.S. national security adviser Condoleezza Rice's declaration that the United States will not stop its bombing of Afghanistan during the Muslim holy m
JERUSALEM, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- The anguish of the families of three Israeli soldiers the Lebanese Hezbollah abducted 13 months ago erupted Thursday at a meeting with Prime Minister Ariel Shar
