COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- Sri Lankan protesters demanding the military release retired Gen. Sarath Fonseka faced police tear gas and water cannons Wednesday in Colombo, witnesses say.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- Pakistan, keen to safeguard its stake in Afghanistan after the Americans leave, wants Washington to give it a big part in resolving the war, officials said.
KINGMAN, Ariz., Feb. 10 (UPI) -- An Arizona prosecutor has agreed not to use any evidence seized in a raid on a Texas ranch at the upcoming trial of polygamist leader Warren Jeffs.
JUNEAU, Alaska, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- Alaskan legislators are considering new ethics regulations aimed at getting rid of some ambiguities that came up when Sarah Palin was governor.
NEW DELHI, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- The Indian government, responding to rising public outcry, has put off for now the introduction of genetically modified brinjal or egg plant in the country.
TIJUANA, Mexico, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- Five Tijuana police officers were arrested Tuesday, a day after Mexican federal police detained two reputed drug cartel leaders, authorities said.
LONDON, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- Muslim women should be free to wear face-covering burkas and niqabs on British streets, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said Tuesday.
BEIJING, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- A Chinese activist, who probed construction of earthquake-flattened schools, got a five-year sentence arising from the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests.
STRASBOURG, France, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- The European Parliament approved the new European Commission with a 488-137 vote Tuesday.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- Two tons of ammonium nitrate, which can be used in explosives, disappeared in a clerical error, not through theft, Canadian police said Tuesday.
LAYTON, Utah, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- A 15-month-old Utah girl died Tuesday, three days after her 4-year-old sister was killed by apparent pesticide poisoning, officials said.
ALBANY, N.Y., Feb. 10 (UPI) -- The New York Senate, in a rare act, voted 53-8 Tuesday night to oust Sen. Hiram Monserrate, who was convicted of a misdemeanor for roughing up his girlfriend.
BEIJING, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- China seeks only peaceful development and has no desire for a hegemonic role in the world, a government spokesman said.
NEW YORK, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- A New York city councilman entered a not guilty plea Tuesday to federal charges of money laundering, extortion and fraud.
CHICAGO, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Descendants of an Indian chief who became a prominent Chicago citizen say they were cheated out of land granted to him by President John Tyler.
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, Feb. 9 (UPI) --
U.S. actor Andrew McCarthy says he was escorted by a guard at gunpoint out of Ethiopia's Lalibela church after leaving his admission ticket at his hotel.
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