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NEW YORK, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A young black artist who combines Renaissance art references with the garishness of hip-hop culture is getting his first solo museum exhibition at the Brooklyn

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Instability in Iraq, elections in Afghanistan, a dormant peace process in the Middle East, tense ties with Europe, attempts to stop Iran and North Korea from ac

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The simple to answer to the question of why oil prices rose in 2004 is -- demand vs. availability.

NEW DELHI, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- In 1999, Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer thought India was plagued by high levels of piracy and was not the best place to hire new staff.

AMMAN, Jordan, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Jordan hopes it will not have to struggle for survival in the year ahead with Iraqi and Palestinian elections bringing forward new leadership that could restore peace in the region.

MOSCOW, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Ukraine ends the year a changed country. The election of opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko as president, after three intensely fought ballots sets Ukraine

TEL AVIV, Israel, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The triple handshake among U.S. President Bill Clinton, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat at the While House in 1993 sug

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The horrendous tsunami catastrophe in South Asia has led to a rallying of human solidarity and compassion at its very best this week. But after the dead are bur

NEW DELHI, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The death toll from the killer tsunamis shot up Friday to 135,000 killed and rendering as many as 5 million homeless as entire new villages are found devastated

MOSCOW, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- In many ways 2004 has marked Vladimir Putin's first real year in power in Russia. For him and his nation, this year has been fraught with tragedy, change and co

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Mel Gibson's film "The Passion of the Christ" was seen by many believers as the most important religious event of 2004. On that, Catholics, evangelical Christians, and even some moderate Muslims will agree.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Sri Lanka's flag flew half mast Friday as the nation mourned some 30,000 victims of the tsunami that hit the eastern and southern coasts of the island nation, w

GAZA, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Nov. 11, 2004 is a date that will remain forever etched in the memory of many Palestinians. It is the day Yasser Arafat, the man who for decades symbolized the

SEOUL, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- For North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, 2005 could be a decisive year in determining the fate of his isolated regime, which has been in a prolonged standoff with the United States over his nuclear ambitions.

AMMAN, Jordan, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Jordan survived another year amid the deteriorating conditions in Iraq and the continued Palestinian-Israeli bloodshed across its western border by containing the growing popular anger at the U.S. and Israeli occupations.