LONDON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Britain's foot-and-mouth epidemic appears to be over and the government on Monday declared all but one of England's counties free of the disease that has ravage
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Islamabad on Monday denied suggestions that the arrest by Pakistani authorities of a suspected terrorist leader was not a peace overture to India.
LONDON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, the 101-year-old mother of Britain's reigning monarch, missed a weekend church appearance but is well, Buckingham Palace said
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Army soldiers from the 101st Airborne (Air Assault) Division will replace the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit in Kandahar, Afghanistan, U.S. Central Command said
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The bright rational optimism of the late 19th century survived almost one seventh of the way into the 20th. The cheerful hopes of the late 20th century were snu
TEL AVIV, Israel, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A plan was introduced Monday to have Israel's president address the Palestinian Legislative Council and launch an expanded cease-fire.
NEW DELHI, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- India on Monday ruled out the possibility of a meeting between its prime minister and Pakistan's president on the sidelines of a South Asian regional summit in
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Nearly 100 civilians were killed in U.S. strikes on an Afghan village in the eastern province of Paktia, the Afghan Islamic Press reported Monday.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The Sri Lankan government and separatist Tamil Tigers on Monday moved toward creating a cordial atmosphere for talks on finding a political solution to their et
TEL AVIV, Israel, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A plan to have Israeli President Moshe Katsav address the Palestinian Legislative Council and launch an expanded cease-fire was announced Monday. Katsav was exp
MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The U.S. military is sampling DNA from al Qaida suspects captured in northern Afghanistan before transferring them to more secure facilities around Kandahar.
A soldier with the Army's 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment, The Old Guard, places a flag at a gravesite in Arlington National Cemetery as part of the Flags-In Memorial Day ceremony on May 24, 2012 in Arlington, Virginia. American flags were placed at each of the more than 220,000 grave markers in honor of those who served and Memorial Day. UPI/Kevin Dietshc
