WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- A physician and agriculture expert was tapped to lead the U.S. Agency for International Development, ending a 10-month search to fill the foreign policy post.

BRUSSELS, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- A citizens initiative contained in the new Lisbon Treaty will raise both political and legal problems for the European Union, a discussion paper says.

PARIS, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Commemorations marking the end of World War I in 1918 were conducted around the world Wednesday, including European capitals and theaters of war.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- A New Jersey man charges his constitutional rights were violated in the first lawsuit seeking damages for rendition of a U.S. citizen, court papers show.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden honor U.S. veterans Wednesday, participating in a remembrance service at Arlington National Cemetery.

JERUSALEM, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Thousands gathered in Ramallah to participate in a rally marking the fifth anniversary of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat's death, officials said.

SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- An inmate on death row in Utah has asked a judge to bar his victim's son from speaking at hearings, arguing he does not have that right under state law.

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Federal prosecutors say they won't retry a Southern California student for his role in the torching of 125 sport utility vehicles in an environmental protest.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- A judge in Washington has ordered the author of "Muslim Mafia" to remove allegedly stolen documents from his Web site.

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- U.S. and Afghan forces found huge amounts of ammonium nitrate in Kandahar, enough to make thousands of bombs used in killing coalition forces, officials said.

VICTORVILLE, Calif., Nov. 11 (UPI) -- California detectives say they don't yet know why someone fatally attacked an ex-Marine who served multiple tours in Iraq and survived a knife attack at home.

ELDORADO, Texas, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- The first dissident Mormon to be convicted of sexually assaulting a child at a Texas compound was sentenced to 10 years in prison Tuesday.

NEW YORK, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- A Columbia University professor faces charges of assaulting a university employee during an argument in a New York bar about white privilege, officials said.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- There have been more than 40 crashes on a new S-curve on the Bay Bridge over San Francisco Bay where a truck plunged over the edge this week, officials say.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Presumably, the Obama administration will soon decide on its strategy and accompanying plan for Afghanistan and the region. No matter what it does, there are three certainties. First, Obama's choices range from bad to worse. Second, the plan will be savaged by critics of both the left and right. Third, implementation and not troop numbers, however important, will define success or failure.