WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Sunday's horrendous earthquake measuring 9.0 on the Richter scale, and the devastating tsunamis it unleashed, could turn out to be the world's worst disaster in
NEW DELHI, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- With the death toll soaring at least 85,000 in the tsunami havoc, the World Health Organization Wednesday warned that disease in the aftermath of the disaster c
NEW DELHI, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Desperate families sifted through piles of bodies by the seashore and at morgues Tuesday to find their dear ones who perished in Black Sunday's water fury acros
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Senior U.S. officials warned Wednesday that the death toll in the Asian tsunami disaster is much higher than what the media are reporting and that a cholera epi
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- The year 2005 will likely prove a disappointment for those looking for an early thaw in U.S.-European relations or wishing to see a chastened President George W
MANAMA, Bahrain, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Mubarak and Khalifah, two Saudi men in their early 30s, frequently visit the tiny kingdom of Bahrain to entertain themselves. Their favorite place is the Tarbou
DALLAS, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Texas legislators are not expected to wait for another court decision to push ahead with reforms in the state's troubled $30 billion school finance system. A district judge ruled Nov. 30 that the so-called "Robin Hood" system is unconstitutional and fails
MIAMI, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Florida researchers have been happily surprised to learn this year's historic hurricane season scrubbed coral reefs, freeing them of "menacing seaweed."
JERUSALEM, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Israeli officials are seeking ways to deal with a U.S demand that they confiscate parts of Harpy drones they have sold China and Chinese expectations that they
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- The U.S. government spends about $10 billion a year on travel. Some 70,000 employees are on the road on any given day -- at home and abroad. But all this exposu
MIAMI, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- The "Lord God" woodpecker, the holy grail of birding, might still be out there. Or it might not. Those with faith and hope like to think it is.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- While the GOP has clearly been emboldened by their election victories and the supposed "political capital" President Bush gained from his win, the high profile policy priorities established by Bush for his second term spell continued trouble for the legis
CHICAGO, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Mayor Richard M. Daley did not want Chicago saddled with the dubious distinction of being the U.S. murder capital for a second consecutive year.
"That was one of the mayor's edicts," Police Supt. Phil Cline said. "He did not want to be No. 1 in homicide
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- The death toll from Sunday's tsunami could reach as high as 30,000 in Sri Lanka, authorities said Wednesday. Meanwhile, relief workers continue to find more bod
DALLAS, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- President George W. Bush won a second term and helped expand Republican control of Congress in 2004, but the country remains polarized politically and the presi
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- As the old year dies and a new one is born, the winds of change are blowing through Washington's legal community, with Attorney General John Ashcroft stepping d
With the arrest of high-profile al-Qaida leaders, the terror organization has become more loosely decentralized and its capabilities have been somewhat degraded
DAMASCUS, Syria, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- It was a difficult year for Syria. Pressure from the United States to control its borders with Iraq increased, and the enactment of the Syria Accountability and
NEW YORK, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Persistent arrests of prominent al-Qaida leaders, plus increased intelligence sharing by America with other countries, have acted to prevent the world's most no
BRUSSELS, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- The year 2005 is likely to be a quieter and less epoch-making year for the European Union than 2004 -- but then again it is not every year that the bloc takes i
BEIJING, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- In early 2004 United Press International's Beijing Bureau completed 25 years in China and celebrated with a bit of history and what to expect here next year.
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- The year 2004 proved to be yet another where Mexico's growing pains as a fledgling democracy would vividly be on display.
TARTU, Estonia, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- The official Web site of Russia's Federal Security Service, the FSB, marked its fifth anniversary last week by posting a special report showing both how much in
ARLINGTON, Va., Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Yasser Arafat's death opens up an opportunity for peace in the Middle East. His failure to exploit a reluctant but promising offer from the Israelis at Camp Dav
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
