BAGHDAD, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- The capture of ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and the collapse of his Baath Party, which ruled the country with an iron fist for 30 years, was a turning
HERZLIYA, Israel, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- A senior analyst likened the state of affairs in the Israeli-Palestinian dispute to the costly trench warfare of World War I. "Each side believes the other has
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- The year 2003 will be remembered as one where bulls raced bears toward the finish line, and though the economy showed bullish momentum at the end of the year problems still remained. Such as the nine million Americans who remain unemployed and are still l
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- The United States said Monday Pakistan had taken a conscious decision to join the fight against terrorism and would stay in the fight even if the current Pakist
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Iran has formally accepted the U.S. offer to help it cope with a devastating earthquake that has killed tens of thousands of people, the State Department said M
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Iran's press has already erupted in a tidal wave of fury over the massive death toll in the earthquake-shattered city of Bam. And the scathing criticisms alread
LIMA, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- The surprise appointment of new Prime Minister Carlos Ferrero Costa, a parliamentarian from the governing Posible Peru Party to replace the former prime ministe
NICOSIA, Cyprus, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Two middle-aged Cypriot-Turks leisurely left the Greek side of Nicosia, walked past the pockmarked Ledra Palace Hotel that serves United Nations' peacekeepers,
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- How will the Iranian people react to the catastrophic earthquake that killed at least 20,000 people and injured maybe twice that number in the historic city of
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Intelligence indicates the threat of terrorism will stay high -- and the terrorism alert level will remain orange -- until at least the end of the holidays, Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said Monday.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- The likelihood of another round of six-party talks between China, the United States, Russia, Japan, South and North Korea remains bleak. The first meeting in Au
ATLANTA, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- The last few days have brought about many a stunning turnaround in the world of nuclear non-proliferation. First, it was the news of Iran agreeing to submit its
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Italy's Parma football club is not having a good season. For one thing, it is losing one of its key players, the Japanese midfielder Hidetoshi Nakata to nearby Bologna. For another, its main shareholder has gone into bankruptcy.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- The Justice Department is attempting to restart the Pentagon's anthrax vaccination program, which was halted last week when a federal judge issued an injunction against the mandatory program. The Justice Department on Wednesday filed a request for clarifi
CHICAGO, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- News Advisory: "The Chicago Bears will hold a press conference in the Halas Hall theater today at 1 p.m." So ends the Dick Jauron era.
MIAMI, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- There were details to be worked out but it became apparent Monday that Lionel Tate will accept a second offer of a plea bargain, saving him from life in prison.
CHICAGO, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- They may be made of plastic but some gift cards begin shrinking almost immediately because of dormancy fees and service charges and should the cards expire the holder is simply out of luck. Better be sure to read the fine print.
In a tiny Leipzig church, Iranian exiles are praying fervently for their distant homeland, a country whose regime is sending out agents to harass them, spy on t
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Rauf Denktash, president of the Turkish-Cypriot enclave of northern Cyprus, has appointed the leader of a pro-European party to form the next government.
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif., Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Southern California was bracing Monday for the arrival of a powerful winter storm expected to trigger further mudslides and flash floods even as the search continued for victims of deadly flooding on Christmas Day.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- The recent spate of terrorist bombings from Turkey through Iraq to Afghanistan, indicate that while al-Qaida has been damaged by the U.S.-led war against terror
BELGRADE, Serbia, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Serbia's extreme nationalist Radical Party led by indicted war criminal Vojislav Seselj, now being tried before a U.N. court, polled by far the most votes in ea
Police remove a tresspasser after runing on the field in the seventh inning during a game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium in St. Louis on May 24, 2012. UPI/Bill Greenblatt
