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JERUSALEM, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- The last part of the Israel Defense Force's examination of the war in Lebanon was submitted Friday, looking at the functioning of the General Staff.

CRAWFORD, Texas, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- U.S. President George W. Bush says the execution of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein is "an important milestone" for Iraq.

BAGHDAD, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Following the hanging execution of Saddam Hussein in Baghdad Saturday morning, there was uncertainty about how to dispose of the former Iraqi leader's body.

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., Dec. 29 (UPI) -- The Atlantic City Council voted Friday to delay making New Jersey casinos smoke-free until April.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Members of the U.S. armed forces are almost as negative about President George W. Bush's handling of the Iraq War as the general public, a poll found.

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BAGHDAD, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Saddam Hussein remained in U.S. custody at a military prison near the Baghdad airport late Friday in what could be his final hours.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- A former antiquities curator currently on trial in Italy accuses the Getty Museum in Los Angeles of leaving her to pay the price for its acquisition policy.

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EASTON, Pa., Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Three people attacked by a coyote in eastern Pennsylvania have had to get rabies shots because the animal tested positive for the deadly disease.

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DUBLIN, Ireland, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Recently declassified Irish government documents show that three threats were made against President John F. Kennedy's life during his 1963 visit to Ireland.

BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- A man who testified he was tortured by Argentina's former military dictatorship has gone missing, the second witness to disappear in recent months.

ABUJA, Nigeria, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Nigeria's population topped 140 million in the first census of the troubled West African nation in 15 years.