'New Moon' sets midnight sales record ... Christmas scripts for 'EastEnders' stolen ... Lady Gaga signs onto Royal Variety show ... Singer Madden says Richie out of hospital ... News from United Press International.
FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Volunteers in Fairbanks, Alaska, can forge on as Santa's elves, responding to children's letters to the North Pole denizen, the U.S. Postal Service said.
JAKARTA, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- The United Nations' health agency says Indonesia needs financial help to recover from two earthquakes and prepare for future disasters.
LONDON, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Scripts for the special Christmas episodes of "EastEnders" were stolen from the home of one of the British TV series' writers, the BBC reports.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- A large percentage of Canadians are unhappy with their government's efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, results of a survey indicate.
UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- The world's nations need to work harder to safeguard citizens from disasters caused by climate change, a United Nations official said in New York.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- A parade of Democratic U.S. senators made the case for a healthcare reform bill in the nation's capital Saturday ahead of a crucial procedural vote.
EDINBURGH, Scotland, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- A judge in Scotland said a 26-year-old man will spend 12 years in prison for gouging out one of his ex-lover's eyes while trying to kill her.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi should be returned to a Scottish jail because he has not yet died, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., says.
JALALABAD, Afghanistan, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- The United States and Afghanistan have been providing aid to anti-Taliban militias in certain parts of Afghanistan, officials said.
MIAMI, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- University of Miami officials said the school was temporarily locked down after a group of individuals began firing a BB gun on campus.
MUMBAI, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- A mob angry over criticism of their right-wing leader by a Mumbai television station ransacked the broadcaster's offices, authorities say.
BLACKPOOL, England, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- U.S. singer Lady Gaga will be among the stars performing for Britain's Queen Elizabeth II at the upcoming Royal Variety Performance.
UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- A U.N. committee says Iran should release political prisoners arrested during protests over the country's disputed presidential election in June.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Ex-reality TV star Nicole Richie is out of a Los Angeles hospital and at home recovering from pneumonia, her boyfriend, Good Charlotte singer Joel Madden, says.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- "New Moon," the "Twilight" vampire movie sequel, broke the U.S. record for midnight ticket sales with $26.3 million, a distributor said.
BAGHDAD, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Iraqi security forces arrested five suspected members of the al-Qaida in Iraq and the Islamic State of Iraq terrorist groups Saturday, military officials said.
NORWICH, England, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- E-mails stolen by hackers prove some leading British climate change scientists falsified information to prove their case, skeptics of global warming say.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- A lawyer for Erin Andrews said in a Los Angeles courtroom the man who allegedly stalked the ESPN sportscaster also stalked another woman.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Democratic healthcare reform proposals will mean higher premiums and higher healthcare costs, a Republican U.S. senator said Saturday.
