BEIJING, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- China has passed its first law on population control strengthening the controversial one-child policy that the communist party says is responsible for slowing t
ATHENS, Greece, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- A year ago, the International Olympic Committee, concerned about the slow progress of preparations, talked openly of relocating the 2004 Olympics away from Gree
BEIJING, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Nine people were killed and scores were injured in a chain reaction of explosions at a fireworks factory in China Sunday, state media reported.
BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Argentina's interim president Adolfo Rodriguez Saa said he would resign on Sunday after he did not gain necessary political support to deal with an economic and
BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Argentina's interim president Adolfo Rodriguez Saa said he would resign on Sunday after he did not gain necessary political support to deal with an economic and
GAZA, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- The Palestinian Authority on Sunday condemned the killing of six Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip by Israeli security forces, and accused Israel of escal
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Pakistan on Sunday arrested the leader of one of the militant groups blamed by India for the Dec. 13 suicide attack on its parliament.
BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- As Argentina's economic and social crisis deepened Sunday, interim President Adolfo Rodriguez Saa failed to win the political support necessary to deal with the
GAZA, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Palestinian Authority security forces arrested nine members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in the West Bank town of Ramallah, a PFLP leafl
TOKYO, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- When Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi took the helm this April, the sense of relief rippling across the nation seemed almost palpable. Having suffered
GAZA, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Israeli soldiers Sunday killed three Palestinian militants near a fence separating the densely populated Palestinian Gaza Strip and Israeli settlements in the n
QUERéTARO, Mexico, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Argentina's fall, long predicted, slow to develop, and then sudden, is another setback for Latin America. Some will say that Argentina's failure is an isolated
LONDON, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Sunday urged India and Pakistan to exercise restraint as the two countries moved closer to armed confrontation.
LONDON, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Britain's Foreign Office said Sunday it was investigating reports that Pakistani authorities had arrested a British man near the Afghan border.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf discussed the border build-up and tensions with India Sunday and asked them to back the government.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Pakistanis anxieties are mounting by the day and hour with continuing reports of Indian forces massing on the border, Pakistan foreign minister Abdul Sattar tol
Marion Cotillard arrives at a photocall for the film "De Rouille et D'os" during the 65th annual Cannes International Film Festival in Cannes, France on May 17, 2012. UPI/David Silpa
