NEW DELHI, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Desperate families sifted through piles of bodies by the seashore and at morgues Tuesday to find their dear ones who perished in Black Sunday's water fury acros
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Senior U.S. officials warned Wednesday that the death toll in the Asian tsunami disaster is much higher than what the media are reporting and that a cholera epi
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Iran's Oil Minister, Bijan Namdar Zanganeh, announced on Dec. 27 that Iran intends to become one of the world's major producers of petrochemical products. Iran'
VIENNA, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Starbucks, the upscale U.S. coffeehouse chain, has been unable to perk up sales in Austria, the Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- The year 2005 will likely prove a disappointment for those looking for an early thaw in U.S.-European relations or wishing to see a chastened President George W
MANAMA, Bahrain, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Mubarak and Khalifah, two Saudi men in their early 30s, frequently visit the tiny kingdom of Bahrain to entertain themselves. Their favorite place is the Tarbou
DALLAS, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Texas legislators are not expected to wait for another court decision to push ahead with reforms in the state's troubled $30 billion school finance system. A district judge ruled Nov. 30 that the so-called "Robin Hood" system is unconstitutional and fails
NEW YORK, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- A petroleum inventories report that was in line with expectations could not rally the markets Wednesday, all of which gave up ground.
MIAMI, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Florida researchers have been happily surprised to learn this year's historic hurricane season scrubbed coral reefs, freeing them of "menacing seaweed."
JERUSALEM, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Israeli officials are seeking ways to deal with a U.S demand that they confiscate parts of Harpy drones they have sold China and Chinese expectations that they
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- The U.S. government spends about $10 billion a year on travel. Some 70,000 employees are on the road on any given day -- at home and abroad. But all this exposu
BEIJING, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Chinese brokerage Huaan Securities said Wednesday it is in talks with New York's Merrill Lynch to set up an investment banking venture.
MIAMI, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- The "Lord God" woodpecker, the holy grail of birding, might still be out there. Or it might not. Those with faith and hope like to think it is.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- While the GOP has clearly been emboldened by their election victories and the supposed "political capital" President Bush gained from his win, the high profile policy priorities established by Bush for his second term spell continued trouble for the legis
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Members of the billionaire Pritzker family will get about $31 million in a settlement stemming from the collapse of Superior Bank FSB of Chicago. The Pritzkers, who owned half of the thrift, already have agreed to pay the Federal Deposit and Insurance Cor
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- It is too soon to determine the economic cost of the earthquake destruction to Asia, an International Monetary Fund official said Wednesday.
CHICAGO, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Mayor Richard M. Daley did not want Chicago saddled with the dubious distinction of being the U.S. murder capital for a second consecutive year.
"That was one of the mayor's edicts," Police Supt. Phil Cline said. "He did not want to be No. 1 in homicide
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- The death toll from Sunday's tsunami could reach as high as 30,000 in Sri Lanka, authorities said Wednesday. Meanwhile, relief workers continue to find more bod
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Walt Disney is using its 50th anniversary to launch its first global advertising campaign for its theme parks, the Wall Street Journal said Wednesday. Designed as a feel-good extravaganza, the effort seeks to draw customers to Disney's 10 theme parks.
OVERLAND PARK, Kan., Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Time Warner Cable said Wednesday it would offer wireless telephone service on a trial basis with Sprint next year in the Kansas City, Kan., area.
DALLAS, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- President George W. Bush won a second term and helped expand Republican control of Congress in 2004, but the country remains polarized politically and the presi
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- As the old year dies and a new one is born, the winds of change are blowing through Washington's legal community, with Attorney General John Ashcroft stepping d
The silhouetted moon covers the sun during an annular eclipse over the skies of Monument Valley National Park, Arizona on May 20, 2012. The eclipse was seen by millions of viewers from China and Japan to the Western USA as the earth's rotation positioned the Far East and USA under the moon's shadow. The two hour long even reached maximum coverage, or annularity, for approximately four minutes as the sun was blocked by the moon at 6:34 PM local time. .UPI/Joe Marino-Bill Cantrell
