WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army has decided to break up a $13 billion contract in Iraq it has with the Halliburton company and put it up for bids.
NEW DELHI, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Although India and Pakistan have agreed to extend the year-long Kashmir ceasefire, the two sides were unable to hide their sharp differences over the disputed H
MOSCOW, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- UPI's Moscow-based analyst Peter Lavelle spoke with Professor Robert Bruce Ware, noted expert on the North Caucasus, about what to expect in Chechnya in the aft
SINGAPORE, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Singapore and the European Union are discussing an economic and trade agreement, possibly leading to a free trade agreement, in talks in Singapore Tuesday. EU Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy told the newspaper Today that the EU hopes the pre-FTA agreement
GAZA, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- At least 14 Palestinians were killed and more than 25 were injured around midnight Monday in an airstrike carried out by Israeli Apache helicopters in eastern G
JERUSALEM, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Israel and Russia Monday agreed to step up cooperation in combating violent militants but seemed to have made little headway in resolving other differences.
BRUSSELS, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- A month to the day before the European Commission is due to deliver its verdict on Turkey's EU membership bid, the prospect of a "yes" decision has never been rosier following intensive lobbying by Ankara, Washington and leading politicians in most Europe
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- As China's economy continues to rapidly grow, the gap between supply and demand of petroleum and natural gas keeps widening. China's demand for oil increased by
BAGHDAD, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Seven U.S. Marines and three Iraqi national guard troops were killed near the pro-Saddam city of Fallujah Monday, a U.S. military spokesman said.
DALLAS, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Greyhound of Dallas has eliminated 269 bus stops in 17 states in the West and Midwest this summer, the New York Times reported Monday.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- We're choosing a President this fall, and so should be thinking about the next four years. So I thought it worth looking at today's economic trends and the cand
LONDON, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- A tech stock rebound lifted most European stock indexes Monday and the euro slipped fractionally against the dollar, the Wall Street Journal reported.
MOSCOW, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- In the Russian Orthodox Church, to which most residents of North Ossetia belong, the dead are mourned for forty days. For the survivors of the hostage tragedy,
MIAMI, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- The history of Hurricane Frances is long by hurricane standards, and it illustrates what's good about tropical weather forecasting and what is not as good.
NEW DELHI, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- India and Pakistan Monday agreed to extend the year-long ceasefire along the border of disputed Kashmir and pledged to resolve all outstanding disputes.
TRIPOLI, Libya, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- The United States will be in on bidding for oil development and prospecting tenders in Libya for the first time in 20 years, an official said Monday.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Perhaps the president was caught for a moment thinking uncharacteristically out loud. Perhaps he merely misspoke. But his comment that a war on terror cannot be "won" needs another look.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Australia's decision to buy "Stealth" cruise missiles raises the prospect of a new arms race in Asia as the balance of power in the region is jolted into new fo
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Malaysian tycoon Amin Shah is set to take control of the financially troubled L&M Group Investments, the Business Times reported Monday.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- A bill changing the way that billions of federal dollars is channeled to first responders and local governments around the country that the GOP House leadership had planned to move next week has been delayed amid a last minute row about the way it doles o
MIAMI, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Tropical storm Frances neared Tampa, Fla., with 65 mph winds Sunday -- about to leave the state and churn over the Gulf of Mexico.
BEIJING, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Digital cameras imported into China through Shanghai Port rose by 73 percent to 350,000 in the first half of 2004 over the same period in 2003.
