KABUL, Afghanistan, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- At least 150 bodies were pulled from vehicles buried by an avalanche in the Salang Pass in the Hindu Kush mountains of Afghanistan, officials said Wednesday
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SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- Google's decision to start a social networking site called Buzz pits the Internet navigator directly against Facebook and Twitter, U.S. analysts are saying.
TEHRAN, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- Iran's nuclear energy chief says his country remains willing to discuss with the West the possibility of sending Iranian uranium abroad for enrichment.
VIRGIL, Ill., Feb. 10 (UPI) -- A 4.3-magnitude earthquake rattled northern Illinois in the western suburban area around Chicago Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
NEW YORK, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- The snowstorm that dumped as much as a foot of snow in some parts of the U.S. midsection bore down Wednesday on the East Coast, forecasters said.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- The Sri Lankan military, which arrested former Gen. Sarath Fonseka this week, said Wednesday his family has unhindered access to him.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- Leaders of the African-American community are set to travel to Washington Wednesday to discuss jobs and the economy with President Barack Obama.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- Sri Lankan protesters demanding the military release retired Gen. Sarath Fonseka faced police tear gas and water cannons Wednesday in Colombo, witnesses say.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- Pakistan, keen to safeguard its stake in Afghanistan after the Americans leave, wants Washington to give it a big part in resolving the war, officials said.
KINGMAN, Ariz., Feb. 10 (UPI) -- An Arizona prosecutor has agreed not to use any evidence seized in a raid on a Texas ranch at the upcoming trial of polygamist leader Warren Jeffs.
JUNEAU, Alaska, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- Alaskan legislators are considering new ethics regulations aimed at getting rid of some ambiguities that came up when Sarah Palin was governor.
NEW DELHI, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- The Indian government, responding to rising public outcry, has put off for now the introduction of genetically modified brinjal or egg plant in the country.
TIJUANA, Mexico, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- Five Tijuana police officers were arrested Tuesday, a day after Mexican federal police detained two reputed drug cartel leaders, authorities said.
LONDON, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- Muslim women should be free to wear face-covering burkas and niqabs on British streets, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said Tuesday.
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