WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Mosul -- once one of the crown jewels in the American occupation of Iraq -- was the scene of a devastating attack earlier this week.
PARIS, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Tuesday's attack on Mosul that left 22 people dead -- including 18 Americans -- and others like it have installed a climate of fear, rendering the possibility o
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- The devastating rocket attack in Mosul that killed 22 -- including 18 Americans -- served as grim notice of the failure of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's security strategy in Iraq.
NEW YORK, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Forecasts of warmer weather in the coming weeks coupled with stable fuel supplies Wednesday to drive U.S. crude futures lower.
CHICAGO, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- A study by a federal task force that concluded making commercially imported prescription drugs widely available likely would save U.S. consumers only about 1 pe
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Two sets of auditors are reviewing the way costs and assets were apportioned among the 22 agencies merged into the Department of Homeland Security, amid claims from one that they were "shortchanged" by hundreds of millions of dollars.
NEW YORK, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- U.S. stocks surged Wednesday on falling oil prices and a surprisingly strong economic report to hit highs not seen since the summer of 2001.
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Tenet Healthcare says it will pay $395 million to settle lawsuits over allegedly unnecessary cardiac procedures at one of its California hospitals.
DONGKENG, China, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Chinese sweatshops where 70 percent of the world's toys are made are losing workers, the Telegraph reported Wednesday.
PARIS, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- French reporters Christian Chesnot and Georges Malbrunot arrived in France Wednesday to a hero's welcome, after being held for 124 days in Iraq by insurgents.
SOUTHFIELD, Mich., Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Ward's Automotive Reports of Southfield, Mich., said Wednesday auto production this week is expected to decline 25.7 percent.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- U.S. regulators have notified Swiss bank UBS the agency is considering an enforcement action against the bank for possible securities laws breaches.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- The U.S. Federal Reserve said Wednesday Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank President Jack Guynn will vote as an alternate on the Open Market Committee in 2005.
CALCUTTA, India, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- All those who thought that divestment of India's state-owned companies are dead and buried under the newly elected, Congress Party-led United Progressive Allian
MANILA, Philippines, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- The Asian Development Bank Wednesday approved a $200 million loan to help Pakistan improve its basic social services.
PARIS, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Editor's note: This third and last installment of the UPI series on Germany's identity crisis looks into what is left of its traditional character as a "Christm
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Sky Financial of Bowling Green, Ohio, Wednesday agreed to acquire Belmont Bancorp. and its subsidiary, Belmont National Bank of Bridgeport, Ohio.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Energy has issued a report on the potential dangers of liquefied natural gas. Sandia National Laboratories compiled the report, which con
NORTHFIELD, Ill., Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Kraft Foods of Northfield, Ill., said Wednesday it has agreed to sell its yogurt business for approximately $59 million.
NEW DELHI, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- India on Wednesday claimed partial victory in spoiling Pakistan's F-16 jets shopping spree by saying that Belgium had agreed to New Delhi's request not to sell
SPOKANE, Wash., Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Temporary Financial Services of Spokane, Wash., said Wednesday it plans to acquire Toolbuilders Laboratories also of Spokane.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Santa is being very generous to Wall Street investors this holiday season, regardless of whether they were naughty or nice. But while investors clearly want Old
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
