TOKYO, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- At the ending and the beginning of a year, many Japanese who for 50 other weeks are content to leave religious thoughts well enough alone find their spiritual s
ALGERIA, Algeria, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- The leader of a fundamentalist militia in Algeria and two other militants were killed in clashes with army troops, security sources said Thursday. Taw Taw Abdel
AMMAN, Jordan, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Volunteers willing to act as human shields around Iraqi installations will leave Jordan for Iraq within a few days, according to Jordanian opposition parties. T
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- In a joint statement Thursday, Iran and Pakistan opposed an unprovoked and unilateral military offensive against Iraq. A unilateral action, they said, would hur
WASHINGTON, Chile, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Starting next year, Chilean exports will be granted favored access to a population of more than 1.1 billion people or the joint populations of South Korea, the
NEW DELHI, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- The fact that almost all my readers are befogged about what 12/13 means while no explanation is needed for 9/11 is evidence enough of how utterly limited in sco
AMMAN, Jordan, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Jordanian doctors have reportedly extracted a fetus from a girl who was only recently one herself, a 10-day-old infant who now occupies a strange and rare place
TOKYO, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Merrill Lynch will buy a stake in $8.3 billion worth of bad loans from Japan's UFJ Bank -- the latest deal in which foreigners buy distressed assets.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Investors and politicians and journalists, who have more in common than they know, share a hesitation about answering "hypothetical questions" and "don't like to make predictions," especially "about the future." Still, most opportunities in life are annoy
SKOPJE, Macedonia, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Macedonia is a useful microcosm of the post-communist countries of the Balkans, self-importantly renamed by its denizens "Southeast Europe".
SEOUL, Dec. 25 (UPI) -- North Korea began moving fuel rods to a nuclear reactor and intends to reactivate it within two months, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Wednesday. South Korea said U.S. President George W. Bush will send an envoy to Seoul next month to discuss
SEOUL, Dec. 25 (UPI) -- North Korea began moving fuel rods to a nuclear reactor and intends to reactivate it within two months, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Wednesday. South Korea said U.S. President George W. Bush will send an envoy to Seoul next month to discuss
SEOUL, Dec. 25 (UPI) -- North Korea began moving fuel rods to a nuclear reactor and intends to reactivate it within two months, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Wednesday. South Korea said U.S. President George W. Bush will send an envoy to Seoul next month to discuss
PESAHWAR, Pakistan, Dec. 25 (UPI) -- A prominent Afghan guerrilla commander announced Wednesday that he has formed an alliance with Taliban and al Qaida forces hiding in Afghanistan.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Dec. 25 (UPI) -- Three people were killed and eight wounded in a bomb attack on a church in Pakistan on Christmas Day, police said.
PESAHWAR, Pakistan, Dec. 25 (UPI) -- A prominent Afghan guerrilla commander announced Wednesday that he has formed an alliance with the Taliban and al Qaida forces hiding in Afghanistan. Gulbadin Hekmatyar played a key role in the war against Soviet occupation forces in the 1980s.
Israelis dance with their national flags to celebrate Jerusalem Day outside the Damascus Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem, May 20, 2012. Thousands marched to Jerusalem's Old City on the anniversary of Israel's capture of the eastern part of the city during the Six-Day War in 1967. UPI/Debbie Hill
