LOS ANGELES, July 6 (UPI) -- Debbie Rowe, mother of two of Michael Jackson's children, after first saying she would go now says she won't attend his Tuesday memorial in Los Angeles.
SUMEDANG, Indonesia, July 6 (UPI) -- Officials in Indonesia's West Java province have declared a state of emergency in the fight against AIDS.
URUMQI, China, July 6 (UPI) -- The death toll from rioting in China's Xinjiang-Uighur region, home to Muslim Uighurs, has been raised to 156, regional officials said Monday.
MOSCOW, July 6 (UPI) -- The United States and Russia agreed to help Afghanistan with economic and security objectives, and provide transit across Russia for U.S. military equipment.
KABUL, Afghanistan, July 6 (UPI) -- Militant attacks in Afghanistan Monday killed six U.S. soldiers, officials said.
BRUSSELS, July 6 (UPI) -- The European Commission said it is studying reforming derivatives trading to increase transparency in a complex market.
STANFORD, Calif., July 6 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say rare sheep called "hair sheep" could be a key to improving medical diagnostic tests conducted in the developing world.
NEW YORK, July 6 (UPI) -- Atlanta Braves infielder Martin Prado's prowess at the plate produced his first National League Player of the Week award Monday.
LOS ANGELES, July 6 (UPI) -- Michael Jackson's family is working with Forest Lawn Memorial Parks and Mortuaries on plans for the King of Pop's remains, officials said.
CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 6 (UPI) -- South Carolina police were looking into whether a man officers shot to death in North Carolina Monday was linked to five killings in the state, officials said.
BASTAD, Sweden, July 6 (UPI) -- Seeded players Sorana Cirstea of Romania and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia were among the first-round winners Monday in the first Swedish Open.
TOKYO, July 6 (UPI) -- Japanese toy makers said custom-made figurines created to resemble those that purchase them are selling out rapidly.
ROCHESTER, Minn., July 6 (UPI) -- Mayo Clinic and University of California-San Francisco medical researchers say they have found a connection between DNA alterations and brain cancer.
FRANKFURT, Germany, July 6 (UPI) -- European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet said he was "very clear" in his support of the U.S. dollar as the primary central bank reserve currency.
BUDAPEST, Hungary, July 6 (UPI) -- Sixth-seeded Ukrainian Alona Bondarenko started out with a win over Croat Karolina Sprem Monday in first-day action of the GDF Suez Grand Prix event.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., July 6 (UPI) -- Eunjung Yi's first LPGA win this weekend has allowed her to soar 98 places in the women's golf world rankings as the top eight spots remained unchanged.
ALBUQUERQUE, July 6 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've discovered table salt so brittle it crushes easily between a thumb and forefinger can become super-elastic in the nanoworld.
NEW YORK, July 6 (UPI) -- Forward Christopher Higgins reached a contract agreement Monday with the New York Rangers.
PETERBOROUGH, England, July 6 (UPI) -- A rare Lamborghini Gallardo automobile burst into flames as stunned bar patrons in Peterborough, England, gaped at the spectacle, witnesses said.
TURIN, Italy, July 6 (UPI) -- Italian automaker Fiat said Monday it had sign a deal with Guangzhou Automobile Group -- known as GAC -- to build an assembly plant in south-central China.