JAKARTA, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Explosions rocked at least two Indonesian cities marking the New Year of 2002, leaving at least one person seriously injured and caused some damage, police and
NEW DELHI, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Both India and Pakistan made little gestures of peace on New Year's Eve although their troops continue to face each other on the border. In a New Year message,
JAKARTA, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Explosions marred New Year celebrations in Indonesia where one man was injured and some property were damaged in bomb attacks on the first day of the year.
BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Argentina rang in the new year on Monday in the midst of a deepening political and economic crisis following the recent resignations of two presidents in a litt
BRUSSELS, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A confident Romano Prodi, president of the European Commission, declared Tuesday that Europe will be the strongest economy in the world following the the launch
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- The United Nations Mine Action Program on Monday said it has received a list of 103 sites in Afghanistan where coalition planes dropped cluster bombs.
FRANKFURT, Germany, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- As the euro currency era dawned Tuesday for 300 million residents of West Europe, millions living across the eastern half of the continent had good reason to fe
FRANKFURT, Germany, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- As the euro currency era dawned Tuesday for 300 million residents of West Europe, millions living on the eastern half of the continent had reason to feel like a
BELGRADE, Serbia, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Serbia's prime minister said President George W. Bush was instrumental in the Paris Club decision to write off two-thirds of Yugoslavia's debt despite Russian o
LONDON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Senior British officials on Monday kept diplomatic pressure on India and Pakistan to exercise restraint in their escalating military confrontation.
BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Argentina struggled to pull out of a political and economic tailspin on Monday after the country's interim president resigned due to lack of political support f
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- An undisclosed number of Marines were en route to Baghram, an area north of Kandahar, where U.S. intelligence believes elusive Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Om
LONDON, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Within 48 hours, most of Europe will be back to where their great-grandfathers were in that halcyon summer of 1914. It will be possible to board a train in Berl
PARIS, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Europeans from Finland to the tip of Italy may not have heard of graphic artist Robert Kalina, but they will soon become very familiar with his work. Kalina, 46, designed the first euro banknotes that within days will go into circulation throughout the Eu
BRUSSELS, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- As 12 European Union member states greet the introduction of the euro with fireworks and other celebrations Monday, the Britain's Labour government is reported to be launching a public relations campaign to win over a skeptical nation to the European sing
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- An undisclosed number of Marines were en route to Baghram, an area north of Kandahar, where U.S. intelligence believes elusive Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Om
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- It was certainly not the best of years. It was a very bad year. But the most frightening thing about it was that it was not the worst of years. It prepared the
MUSCAT, Oman, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The Gulf Cooperation Council on Monday appointed Abdul Rahman ibn Hamad al-Attiya as secretary-general for the six-member organization.
Opposition Syrian Free Army members hold their guns as they attend a protest against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Jrjanaz near Idlib in Syria on February 11, 2012. UPI
