SEOUL, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- North Korea has intensified the personal security of its leader, Kim Jong Il, when he travels around the country, in an apparent bid to prevent a possible attack as public discontent is mounting following tougher social crackdowns.
JERUSALEM, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Israeli military officials said the period of inactivity for Hezbollah fighters along the northern border with Lebanon is a misleading calm.
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn., Nov. 10 (UPI) -- A suburban Minneapolis day-care provider safety-pinned children to mattresses and used pajamas as straitjackets, authorities say.
ISTANBUL, Turkey, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- A military approach to Afghanistan is not enough to guide the embattled nation on the road to recovery, participants at a regional summit in Istanbul said.
PRAGUE, Czech Republic, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Three Czech soldiers serving with the NATO-led force in Afghanistan have been suspended for wearing Nazi symbols.
ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 10 (UPI) -- A former U.S. astronaut and the love rival she is accused of attacking were set to appear together in a Florida courtroom Tuesday, observers say.
PINE PLAINS, N.Y., Nov. 10 (UPI) -- A suspected gunman was in custody and no one was injured after a principal was held hostage Tuesday at a school in Pine Plains, N.Y., officials said.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Representatives of multinational corporations says they're trying to preserve language in a spending bill that would dilute a U.S. ban on federal contracts.
OTTAWA, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- A Canadian government channel about war veterans on the YouTube video Web site has attracted tens of thousands of hits before Remembrance Day.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Nov. 10 (UPI) -- A high-powered Florida attorney used ill-gotten gains to buy luxury sports cars, an 87-foot yacht and a $6.45 million home, U.S. prosecutors say.
KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai's new term in office hasn't begun on a happy note as new pressures and problems, both from at home and abroad, pile on his already weakened government while his deadly nemesis, the Taliban, shows no signs of relenting on its bloodletting.
DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla., Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Three Florida teenagers accused of setting fire to a 15-year-old boy have been charged as adults with attempted murder, authorities said.
LAC LA BICHE, Alberta, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- The Royal Canadian Mounted Police are appealing for help in a year-old investigation into the discovery of a man's burned body in a remote area in Alberta.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- U.S. President Obama and his senior advisers will consider five strategies for Afghanistan and Pakistan at their next meeting, administration officials said.
