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BEIJING, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- China, on the 30th anniversary of its ties with the United States, says the two should promote relations to a new level to tackle the global financial crisis.
BRISBANE, Australia, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Hundreds of partying Australians were arrested and police investigated a possible gang rape when New Year's celebrations got out of hand.
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A reputed drug cartel boss is in custody in Mexico, authorities say.
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WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A spark from a welder is being blamed for a barn fire that wiped out 900 young pigs at a farm in Canada, authorities said.
OTTAWA, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Striking transit workers in Ottawa were ordered by a federal official Wednesday to vote on a labor contract offer their leaders rejected.
NORTH VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A 21-year-old snowboarder survived three nights on a Canadian mountain before being found Wednesday afternoon, authorities said.
ST. PAUL, Minn., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman's campaign asked the state Supreme Court Wednesday to require a review of all absentee ballots that may have been wrongly rejected.
SHIJIAZHUANG, China, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The ex-dairy executive at the center of China's tainted milk scandal has admitted producing and selling fake or substandard products, officials said.
FORT TEJON, Calif., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- An out-of-control truck carrying hazardous materials slammed into several vehicles in California Wednesday, injuring about a dozen people, authorities said.
MOGADISHU, Somalia, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Ethiopian troops appeared to be preparing to leave Somalia Wednesday, witnesses said.
ACCRA, Ghana, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Police turned water hoses on youthful protesters who descended on Ghana's Electoral Commission offices in Accra Wednesday afternoon, witnesses said.
MIAMI, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Veterans in Miami say the slaying of two homeless vets means the city must do more to protect men and women who fought for their country.
LONDON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Police in London say 50 officers were sent to control a bottle-throwing mob who crashed a girl's 18th birthday party after it was advertised on Facebook.
LONDON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The family of a 101-year-old British war hero says a hospital sent him home in a taxi wearing ill-fitting sleepwear and clutching a bag of dirty clothes.
CHICAGO, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Federal prosecutors asked a judge Wednesday for more time in their case against Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to indict the governor and his chief of staff.
JAKARTA, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Prosecutors say an Indonesian intelligence officer Wednesday was acquitted in the killing of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib.
BANGKOK, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- At least 55 New Year's revelers died when fire swept a popular Bangkok nightclub, police officials said.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The U.S. Justice Department said it filed a lawsuit on behalf of an Air Force reservist, accusing his employer of violating the reservist's employment rights.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Records show that four West Palm Beach, Fla., city workers were fired and several others disciplined for porn surfing and other misuse of city computers.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has warned colleagues to prepare for a strenuous schedule when Congress resumes in January.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Ten major drug defendants were extradited from Mexico to the United States Wednesday, the U.S. Justice Department said.
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PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Federal prosecutors in Oregon say a Portland man will be sentenced in February for calling in dozens of bomb threats.
SACRAMENTO, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- California's head wildfire fighter says the state is considering a radical change that would train residents in fire zones to pitch in rather than evacuate.
