Analysis: Saddam's execution badly timed By CLAUDE SALHANI UPI International Editor WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (UPI) --

Reports form Iraq say Saddam to hang soon BAGHDAD, Dec. 29 (UPI) --

Russian MPs condemn Saddam death verdict MOSCOW, Dec. 29 (UPI) --

Russia to simulate manned flight to Mars MOSCOW, Dec. 29 (UPI) --

Outside View: Moscow's banner year By MARIANNA BELENKAYA UPI Outside View Commentator MOSCOW, Dec. 29 (UPI) --

Analysis:' Israel-PA to backchannel talks' By JOSHUA BRILLIANT UPI Correspondent TEL AVIV, Israel, Dec. 29 (UPI) --

Iraq poll: U.S. troops departure is asset BAGHDAD, Dec. 29 (UPI) --

Policy Watch: Can a Surge Succeed? By MARK N. KATZ WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (UPI) --

Analysis: S.Korea in leadership crisis By LEE JONG-HEON UPI Correspondent SEOUL, Dec. 29 (UPI) --

Russia blames ex-oligarch with spy killing MOSCOW, Dec. 29 (UPI) --

German presidency to try Cyprus settlement NICOSIA, Cyprus, Dec. 28 (UPI) --

Israeli-PA fighting claims 683 in 2006 TEL AVIV, Israel, Dec. 28 (UPI) --

Egyptian arms reach PA forces via Israel TEL AVIV, Israel, Dec. 28 (UPI) --

Analysis: Israel's options vs.Iran's bomb By JOSHUA BRILLIANT UPI Israel Correspondent TEL AVIV, Israel, Dec. 28 (UPI) --

Analysis: Europe's 2006 By STEFAN NICOLA UPI Correspondent BERLIN, Dec. 28 (UPI) --

Analysis: Syria, Iran won Lebanon war By MARIANNA BELENKAYA RIA Novosti political commentator MOSCOW, Dec. 28 (UPI) --

Fleeing Somalis perish off Yemen coast GENEVA, Switzerland, Dec. 28 (UPI) --

Palestinian journalists in Gaza crossfire GAZA, Dec. 28 (UPI) --

Politics & Policies: Threats irks business By CLAUDE SALHANI UPI International Editor WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 (UPI) --

Yearend review: N. Korea in standoff By LEE JONG-HEON UPI Correspondent SEOUL, Dec. 28 (UPI) --

U.N.: Sudan accepts Darfur hybrid force UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 28 (UPI) --

U.N. fails to reach accord on Somalia UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 28 (UPI) --

Germans mad at politics, EU enlargement BERLIN, Dec. 28 (UPI) --

Political spy scandal in Germany MUNICH, Germany, Dec. 28 (UPI) --

Analysis: Israel to strike Gaza militants By JOSHUA BRILLIANT UPI Israel Correspondent JERUSALEM, Dec. 27 (UPI) --

Outside View: What happened to the Arabs? By BOUTHAINA SHAABAN UPI Outside View Commentator DAMASCUS, Syria, Dec. 27 (UPI) --

Italy minister blasts Saddam death penalty BERLIN, Dec. 27 (UPI) --

U.K. puts Iraq troops on high alert BASRA, Iraq, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- British military officials are preparing for terrorist attacks after they blew up a police building in southern Iraq thought to house a torture center.

Walker's World: Why President Fox failed By MARTIN WALKET UPI Editor Emeritus WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 (UPI) --

Saudi writer fights for women's rights WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 (UPI) --

New war in Arab world, says Amman paper AMMAN, Jordan, Dec. 27 (UPI) --

Review of the Arab press AMMAN, Jordan, Dec. 27 (UPI) --

Azerbaijan cracks down on Christian group BAKU, Azerbaijan, Dec. 27 (UPI) --

Analysis: Arabian Medicis By ARNAUD DE BORCHGRAVE UPI Editor at Large WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- A struggle for power is underway in the House of Saud as the son of a slave, now the kingdom's national security adviser, and the recently resigned ambassador to the U.S., disagree on U.S. policy in Iraq and on what to do about Iran's nuclear ambitions.

Analysis: War looms in the Horn of Africa By CLAUDE SALHANI UPI International Editor WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 (UPI) --

Germany calls for end to Somalia war BERLIN, Dec. 27 (UPI) --

Iran summons U.K. envoy over Blair remarks TEHRAN, Dec. 27 (UPI) --

Defectors forecast N.Korea collapse SEOUL, Dec. 27 (UPI) --

Seoul cuts fund for N.Korea next year SEOUL, Dec. 27 (UPI) --

Analysis:Israel moves to strengthen Abbas By JOSHUA BRILLIANT UPI Israel Correspondent JERUSALEM, Dec. 26 (UPI) --

U.N. council Somalia emergency meeting UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 26 (UPI) --

Atlantic Eye: Putin's draconian democracy By MARC S. ELLENBOGEN PARIS, Dec. 26 (UPI) --

Review of the Arab press AMMAN, Jordan, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Arab press roundup for Dec. 26:

Walker's World: Why President Fox failed By MARTIN WALKER UPI Editor Emeritus WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 (UPI) --

Analysis: Middle East predictions in 2007 By CLAUDE SALHANI UPI International Editor WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- It's that wonderful time of the year again. No reference to Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or the Muslim Eid al-Adha intended. I refer instead to the year-end predictions political analysts traditionally make, in which they project what the year ahead may h

New U.N. chief urges patience over N.Korea SEOUL, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- The U.N.'s next Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Tuesday called for more patience to resolve North Korea's nuclear issue peacefully.

S.Korea's Roh under fire SEOUL, Dec. 26 (UPI) --

U.N. dues assessments approved UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 22 (UPI) --

U.N. gives radiation emergency guidelines UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 22 (UPI) --

U.N. urges peace in Somalia UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 22 (UPI) --