HARARE, Zimbabwe, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- A 25-year-old in a small Zimbabwean village killed a woman, whom he accused of being a witch, by hitting her with a burning log, authorities have alleged.
PARIS, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- French Justice Minister Rachida Dati says she will not identify the father of her unborn child, prompting speculation about the unknown man's identity.
FLUSHING MEADOWS, N.Y., Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Rafael Nadal, looking for his third consecutive Grand Slam title, takes the world's No. 1 ranking into Saturday's semifinals at the U.S. Open.
HARARE, Zimbabwe, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe says the Movement for Democratic Change must join the proposed unity government or be left out completely.
TAIZ, Yemen, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- The Yemeni government is holding 35 Ethiopian refugees and is planning on returning them to their homeland, security sources allege.
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- "The Dark Knight: The IMAX Experience" has crossed the $55 million mark in worldwide gross box office receipts in seven weeks, IMAX Corp. said Friday.
OTTAWA, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Canadian job gains and U.S. job losses brought the countries' jobless rates to the same level for the first time in 26 years, the governments said Friday.
JERUSALEM, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Israeli forces at the Qalandiya checkpoint near Jerusalem say they were forced to disperse nearly 100 Palestinians who were throwing rocks at them Friday.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Alicia Molik, who was ranked in the Top 10 among women's tennis players until a series of injuries limited her play, retired Friday from competitive tennis.
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said in Beirut that "as long as Israeli threats persist" his group won't surrender its weapons.
CHICAGO, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- A man who spent the last 26 years in prison for a crime he did not commit says he wants an apology from Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- The U.S. employment picture worsened in August with a 0.4 percent jump in the unemployment rate to 6.1 percent, the U.S. Labor Department said Friday.
LONDON, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- A Boston, Mass., collector says he paid $495,000 at a London auction for the guitar believed to be the first Jimi Hendrix set on fire during a concert.
WOODSTOCK, Ill., Sept. 5 (UPI) -- The school dorm in Woodstock, Ill., where "War of the Worlds" broadcaster Orson Welles once slept is facing demolition, former residents say.
LAGOS, Nigeria, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- A former executive of a U.S. company has pleaded guilty to bribing Nigerian officials to share in a $6 billion project, officials in Lagos say.
NEW YORK, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Prominent New York bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. is considering splitting the firm into one healthy and one less-healthy company, sources said.
LAVAL, Quebec, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Intellectual work such as reading or writing induces a substantial increase in calorie intake, Canadian researchers suggest.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Officials in Florida say an obscure state law is helping them prepare for the next major hurricane or tropical storm by better securing area gas stations.