WASHINGTON, June 19 (UPI) -- The U.S. public is more creative and forward-thinking in its views on how the nation's homeland security dollars should be spent than federal bureaucrats.
NEW YORK, June 19 (UPI) -- Thanks to Fatah's ineptitude and corruption, Israel's shortsightedness and the Bush administration's misguided policies, Hamas is now in control of the Gaza Strip, setting the stage for potentially ominous developments.
PARIS, June 19 (UPI) -- Honeywell has signed on to help defeat "brownout," the loss of vision due to swirling dust, a major factor in U.S. helicopter mishaps in Iraq and Afghanistan.
SEOUL, June 19 (UPI) -- North Korea is once again turning up the military tension on the peninsula by test-firing a missile amid signs of progress in the nuclear standoff.
JERUSALEM, June 19 (UPI) -- Christians living in the Gaza Strip maelstrom are appealing for protection following a series of attacks on schools and churches by Muslim extremists.
WASHINGTON, June 19 (UPI) -- Housing starts in May fell for the first time in several months but building permits were higher, the U.S. Department of Commerce reported Tuesday.
JERUSALEM, June 18 (UPI) -- Hamas' takeover of the Gaza Strip presents the Palestinians with a new phenomenon: One nation, two states, and rival political concepts.
NEW YORK, June 18 (UPI) -- Bank of America said it is re-branding its wealth management business, changing the name to U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management.
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WASHINGTON, June 18 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court will decide next term the case of a South Carolina man seeking to recover pension money lost because of alleged bad plan management.
LOS ANGELES, June 18 (UPI) -- The Naval Surface Warfare Center awarded an $8 million contract for engineering services for Aegis missiles to Technology Service Corp. in Los Angeles.
UNITED NATIONS, June 18 (UPI) -- The United Nations reaction to the rockets launched from southern Lebanon to the northern Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona was as expected, condemnation.
UNITED NATIONS, June 18 (UPI) -- The U.N. agency dedicated to helping Palestinian refugees says its Gaza Strip operations have returned to their usual levels.
BAGHDAD, June 18 (UPI) -- Iraq's Electricity Ministry vows to improve power to citizens despite missed goals and a regular onslaught of attacks on infrastructure and personnel.
HOUSTON, June 18 (UPI) -- The former executive of Enron's Internet unit who testified in the fraud case against the Houston company's officials was sentenced to 27 months in prison.
UNITED NATIONS, June 18 (UPI) -- Over the weekend, members of the U.N. Security Council took their argument for a 23,000-member hybrid U.N.-African Union peacekeeping force in embattled Darfur to Sudan's capital of Khartoum and personally delivered it to President Omar al-Bashir.
SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 18 (UPI) -- Yahoo! Inc. said Monday Terry Semel will step down as chief executive officer and be replaced by Jerry Yang, co-founder of the California Internet icon.
WASHINGTON, June 18 (UPI) -- U.S. experts say the Bush administration is unlikely to accept Russian President Vladimir Putin's offer of sending real-time radar data on possible Iranian missile launches from a base in Azerbaijan.
NEW YORK, June 18 (UPI) -- The price for crude oil topped $69 a barrel Monday, posting its strongest closing level in nine months on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
TEL AVIV, Israel, June 15 (UPI) -- Having completed the military takeover of the Gaza Strip, Hamas' political leadership moved to restore order and gain respectability as Palestinians headed for
NEW DELHI, June 18 (UPI) -- India's renewable energy sector is garnering attention as global and domestic power utilities are showing interest in investing in green energy following government directives and a proposed renewable energy portfolio standard.
