LVIV, Ukraine, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- The magnificent western Ukrainian city of Lviv was bedecked with orange Monday as supporters of Viktor Yushchenko celebrated victory in this weekend's historic
BANGKOK, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Frantic search and rescue operations were mounted Monday for thousands of foreign tourists and Thai coastal residents missing or cut off after massive tsunami w
NEW YORK, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Veteran British playwright Michael Frayn's distinguished political biography, "Democracy," has hit Broadway in the gut with its powerful re-examination of a hea
NEW DELHI, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Tsunami waves have left a trail of disaster in southern India, killing more than 3,200 people and the toll is expected to climb with several other hundreds repo
HONG KONG, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- The world's largest earthquake in 40 years struck near the Indonesian island of Sumatra Sunday, sending powerful tsunami waves roiling across the Indian Ocean and causing an estimated 7,000 deaths in six nations.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- The tidal waves tragedy that took at least 9,000 lives on the shores of the Indian Ocean Sunday morning was triggered by the worst earthquake recorded around th
A tsunami of extraordinary violence caused by an underwater quake measuring 8.9 on the Richter scale -- the most powerful quake in the last 40 years -- struck a
LVIV, Ukraine, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Ukrainians began voting Sunday in landmark presidential elections which could herald a turning point in the fortunes of the country and alter the balance of pow
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- Back in the halcyon days before the beginning of the second Gulf War in March 2003 the Heritage Foundation, a leading conservative Washington think tank, publis
NEW YORK, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- Tony DeSare, a tenor who also composes songs, is the freshest face on the saloon circuit, scoring his first big time success in a current engagement at the Café
NEW YORK, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- A visually stunning show of portraits by Gilbert Stuart -- including 14 he painted of George Washington -- is on view at the Metropolitan Museum, tracing the lo
NEW YORK, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatist August Wilson is nearing completion of his 10-part cycle of plays concerning the black experience in the United States in the 2
SEOUL, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- Calls for more international efforts to rescue North Korean asylum-seekers stranded in China are gaining momentum after the recent U.S. legislation of a human r
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- A Pakistani military court has sentenced one soldier to death and another to 10 years hard labor for conspiring to assassinate President Pervez Musharraf, the m
SEOUL, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- South Korea's military prosecutors have unveiled a high-profile promotion scandal in the country's army, which rocked the country facing lingering threats from
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- Every year around Christmas time that adorable little Virginia O'Hanlon, eternally 8 years old, e-mails us the same question. And every year, with apologies to the late, great New York Sun, we're pleased to answer.
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- Ukrainian voters go to the polls Sunday in the most significant political event in Europe of 2004 and potentially the most momentous in the history of this bele
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Last week's very visible award of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, to three of the chief architects of the war in Iraq an
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- European Union governments are hoping to pressure a reluctant Bush administration into taking a more active role in the Middle East peace process.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- The homeland security official charged with the complex and sorely lagging task of cataloguing the nation's potential terrorist targets and working out which of them are most at risk announced Thursday that he was stepping down.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- The revelation that Rosneft is behind the Yugansk takeover confirms that Vladimir Putin is determined to establish strong state control over the Russian oil ind
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- The announcement Thursday that Democrat Christine Gregoire had, for lack of a better word, "won" the November gubernatorial election in Washington state was ant
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
