WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Assuming for the moment that Michael Jackson is brought before a jury on charges of molesting a teenage boy, his trial will highlight one of the most significant changes in the modern defense process.
UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- The international political landscape appears headed on a different track this coming year, particularly following the Iraq war, Iran's pledged cooperation with
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Can Kim Jong-il's hermit kingdom be inherited and sustained? This is the question of the moment, as North Korea faces a serious dilemma that could determine the fate of the communist regime: how to cope with U.S. pressure over its nuclear ambitions.
TEHRAN, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- The 6.3-magnitude quake that jolted the Silk Road city of Bam in southeastern Iran last Friday brought the historic city and its 2,200-year-old mud-brick citade
GAZA, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- At the dawn of 2004 few Palestinians expect the new year to be any different from preceding ones. What is perceived as mounting Israeli hostile measures in the
HONG KONG, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- An estimated 37,000 people turned up for a pro-democracy rally in Hong Kong on Thursday, giving up their New Year holiday to tramp through the streets in an eff
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Berlitz is one of those brand names that, through usage, has evolved into a generic term like hoover, scotch tape, or xerox. Over the years "going to Berlitz" h
SEOUL, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- North Korea indicated on Jan. 1 it was feeling a sense of crisis that threatens the very survival of the besieged communist regime in the wake of its economic m
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- With the tremendous advances in media technology, you might expect that the century-old process at the core of the film industry -- projecting moving images on theater screens -- would be as obsolete as such one-time rivals for the entertainment dollar as
UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- "Three words, Iraq, Iraq, Iraq," was the response of John Negroponte, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, when asked by United Press International, "What
SAO PAULO, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- For a nation that was supposed to plummet into a socialist death spiral this year, Brazil managed to prove some skeptics wrong.
SINGAPORE, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- When the Thai Rak Thai party and its leader Thaksin Shinawatra swept to power in Thailand three years ago on the back of a populist and nationalistic message, t
SINGAPORE, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Though Taiwan is on the path of an economic recovery, the upcoming presidential election in March will weigh on investors' sentiments and likely delay any inves
SEOUL, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- In 2004, South Korea's President Roh Moo-hyun may be forced to step down and quit politics. The embattled leader, suffering plummeting popularity since taking o
AMMAN, Jordan, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Caught between a U.S. occupation across its eastern border in Iraq and an Israeli occupation across its western border in the Palestinian territories, Jordan ha
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- The U.S. occupation of Iraq has left the Middle East region in limbo. With U.S. soldiers now at the doorstep of several Arab countries, many fear their future i
DAMASCUS, Syria, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Syria is bracing itself to enter into a long-awaited partnership agreement with the European Union in early 2004 under which the country will be bound to introduce reforms and open up its closed economy.
BAGHDAD, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- It is very difficult to make political, security and economic projections for Iraq in 2004. However, Iraqis look forward to the transfer of powers in June 2004
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Chief Justice William Rehnquist, in a year-end report released Thursday, ripped a federal law he said comes close to intimidating federal judges who hand down lighter sentences.
