WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- The prospect that U.S. sanctions on Libya will be lifted once Col. Muammar Gadhafi's nuclear effort has been scrapped is good news for a luxury hotel in -- of a
BETHLEHEM, West Bank, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- Christmas in Bethlehem promises to be bleak again this year, as it has been since the start of the second intifada in 2000, judging by what a group of internati
MIAMI, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- "Terri's Law" may be doomed, at least in the eyes of its supporters, and the focus of the case of the 40-year-old woman who has been kept alive by a feeding tub
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- It was a remarkable journey for the 27-year-old coup-maker, born in 1942 to a Bedouin herdsman in an insignificant tribe. Inspired by the late great pan-Arab de
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- Santa Claus in on radar again this year as he carries out his holiday duties, being tracked by the North American Aerospace Defense Command.
KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- In Afghanistan's northwestern province of Badakshan, farmers are preparing for what is expected to be a record crop of opium in the spring.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- The "triple firewall" protecting 280 million Americans from mad cow disease is down, but then it was never there in the first place.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- With Republican leaders emboldened by their victory on prescription drug coverage for Medicare, the Bush administration and party leaders in Congress are seekin
The ruined stone walls of a historic 260-year-old Virginia grist mill are being stabilized with a process also being used to help preserve ruins of a famous mission church at San Juan Capistrano, Calif.
CHICAGO, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's holiday wish is for federal approval of a pilot program to import cheaper prescription drugs from Canada.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- Britain is now the richest of the big European countries, as measured by GDP -- or gross domestic product -- per head, ahead of Germany, France and Italy, but s
RAFAH, Gaza, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- Salah Abu Taha, a 65-year-old resident of the Rafah refugee camp, stood helpless before all that's left of his three-story house that was razed by the Israeli A
JAKARTA, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- Human right groups have cited a dramatic increase in the number of rights violations following the imposition of martial law in Indonesia's restive Aceh provinc
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- The current litigation and debate between Daimler-Chrysler and disgruntled shareholders including billionaire Kirk Kerkorian shows how important it is to choose the right word, and how costly it can be when one doesn't.
SAO PAULO, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- The photo of Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his wife, Marisa, in front of the pyramids of Egypt made all the national press. The photo is symbolic of the president's international strategy.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Call it the Curse of Thatcher, though some might see it as a blessing. The spirit of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is looming triumphantly ove
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- A fierce debate is raging within the ranks of al-Qaida whether to attack the Saudi Arabian regime directly, or to concentrate their attacks on Americans. One re
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- An international court, not a tribunal held by the U.S.-backed Iraqi Governing Council, should try former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, a Washington D.C. atto
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- The United States has begun preparation for turning over governance of Iraq to an interim government, the State Department said Tuesday.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- The heightened terror alert in the United States is also being heeded in Iraq, especially Baghdad, where a recent slowing in attacks on U.S. forces suggests ins
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Americans were heading into a Code Orange Christmas Tuesday amid heightened security at airports and increased protective measures put in place around landmarks and key infrastructure facilities.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Senior Pentagon officials rejected a federal court's assertion that the controversial anthrax vaccination program uses military personnel "like Guinea pigs" and
Surfers ride the waves at Fort Point by the south tower of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco on May 24, 2012. The bridge is set for its 75th anniversary celebration on May 27. UPI/Terry Schmitt
