ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Pakistani Army Chief Gen. Ashfaq Kayani and his generals are satisfied with the military's preparedness in its counterinsurgency operation, officials said.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- California Attorney General Jerry Brown says the state's regulatory framework has "too many rules" for businesses and the courts.
FORT HOOD, Texas, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Two civilian police officers said training and instinct took hold when they fired at the Fort Hood gunman last week.
BEIJING, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Human Rights Watch Thursday called on China to close what it called unlawful "black jails" where a large number of citizens are held incommunicado.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- A landmine explosion and an ambush by militants killed at least 10 Pakistani soldiers in separate incidents in the northwest region, security officials said.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama Wednesday rejected all four options presented by advisers in Pakistan strategy discussions, a White House source said.
ATLANTA, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Heavy rains that pushed Georgia creeks over their banks Wednesday prompted Virginia officials to declare a state of emergency.
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BAGHDAD, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Iraqi security forces arrested 10 suspects in a search for al-Qaida in Iraq leaders in Mosul, Baghdad and Ad Duluiyah, military officials Wednesday.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Repealing a ban on homosexuals serving openly in the U.S. military is to be included in the next Defense Department authorization bill, a lawmaker said.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- A former taxpayer-funded youth recreation center in Stockholm served as a recruiting center for a group of Muslim extremists, Swedish authorities allege.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- California's bogged-down execution process means death-row inmates can expect to live a long time and in better conditions than other inmates, officials said.
DENVER, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- A meeting by Colorado's state Board of Health to change the rules on medical marijuana wasn't held properly, a state judge says.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Nov. 11 (UPI) -- A jury in Arkansas Wednesday found Curtis Lavelle Vance guilty of capital murder in the slaying of Little Rock TV anchorwoman Anne Pressly.
HARTFORD, Conn., Nov. 11 (UPI) -- A Connecticut judge says he will decide soon whether a hunger-striking prisoner can be force-fed.