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MOSCOW, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Those who think stronger Russia-West partnership is crucial for international stability should be pleased with the results of the outgoing year. Though it began

MOSCOW, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- 2005 began very favorably for the Kyoto Protocol but has gradually changed from positive to pessimistic.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- An interview given by former Syrian Vice President Abdel Halim Khaddam Friday to an Arab TV insinuating that Syria played a role in the assassination of former

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- After a grim year of slow growth, riots and terror attacks from its Muslim immigrant underclass, rows over its budget and two thumping rejections by Dutch and French voters of its planned new constitution, the European Union's leaders can hardly wait for

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A reform movement is slowly transforming Saudi Arabia's rights and opportunities for women from the ballot box to the business community.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- It was a year when the United States achieved all of its political goals in Iraq and made major progress in developing the new Iraqi military forces. Yet as the

BRUSSELS, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The U.S. ambassador to Belgium hosted an extraordinary event here recently, one that exposes the shortcomings of the Bush administration's militarized "war on t

KEHL AM RHEIN, Germany, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Record unemployment, nasty business scandals, and an inconclusive general election followed by the appointment of the country's first female leader -- Germany h

TEL AVIV, Israel, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- This summer's withdrawal and the subsequent shake up in the country's political parties are the two most important events that occurred in Israel in 2005 and wh

NEW YORK, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Exxon holds firm on standoff with Venezuela

BAGHDAD, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- The Iraqi capital was rocked by new insurgent attacks that killed 6 people and wounded 23 Friday.

SEOUL, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- South Korea's parliament Friday decided to cut its troop levels in Iraq by almost one third.

CAIRO, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- At least 20 Sudanese migrants were killed Friday when thousands of Egyptian police attacked their camp.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- A doubling of the tax deduction for charitable giving in Hurricane Katrina's wake should make 2005 the best giving year ever in the United States.

BAGHDAD, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Iraq's oil industry was in chaos this week after Sunni insurgents threatened tanker truck drivers with death.