CANBERRA, Australia, July 5 (UPI) -- The Royal Australian Navy says it has removed four sailors from their ships amid allegations they took part in a sex contest.
BEIJING, July 5 (UPI) -- The global economic downturn has not cost China its advantages in foreign trade, a senior Chinese commerce official says.
KHARTOUM, Sudan, July 5 (UPI) -- An International Criminal Court prosecutor says his work against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir will not be impacted by the African Union.
LOS ANGELES, July 5 (UPI) -- The director of programming for Outfest says the Los Angeles festival of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender movies is broadening its boundaries.
BEIJING, July 5 (UPI) -- Protesters in Beijing demanded Sunday that Indonesia release 75 Chinese fishermen detained two weeks ago, observers said.
LONDON, July 5 (UPI) -- U.S. pop star Madonna asked fans at her London concert to recognize the accomplishments of the late singer Michael Jackson.
MUMBAI, July 5 (UPI) -- Indian child actor Azharuddin Ismail says he likes his new home in Mumbai, but misses his friends from his former shantytown home.
MOSCOW, July 5 (UPI) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says there's no pardon in the works for imprisoned oil magnate Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who was once the country's richest man.
BEIJING, July 5 (UPI) -- College graduates in China who once shunned the idea of working in agriculture now are helping villagers improve their fortunes, officials said.
LOS ANGELES, July 5 (UPI) -- A friend of Michael Jackson's family says the late U.S. pop singer's coffin may be encased in concrete to prevent fans from digging up his grave.
NEW YORK, July 5 (UPI) -- U.S. music manager Allen Klein, who managed the British rock band the Beatles, has died at the age of 77, his publicist says.
LONDON, July 5 (UPI) -- An Anglican bishop who is resigning in protest over the church's stance on homosexuality says gays must "repent and change."
LONDON, July 5 (UPI) -- Participants in an upcoming public art exhibit in London say they are ready to pose as living statues in Trafalgar Square.
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla., July 5 (UPI) -- A monorail train driver died after two trains collided early Sunday at Disney World near Orlando, Fla., officials said.
LONDON, July 5 (UPI) -- Children under age 5 who live in Britain's poorest neighborhoods are four times more likely to be obese than affluent children, health officials say.
NASHVILLE, July 5 (UPI) -- Tennesseans are saddened by the death of former Tennessee Titans quarterback Steve McNair, officials said as police investigated his slaying Sunday.
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BEIJING, July 5 (UPI) -- Flooding from dangerously high rivers in southern China has killed at least 15 people and displaced more than 400,000, authorities said Sunday.
WASHINGTON, July 5 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama Sunday was preparing to leave on a trip to Russia for his first nuts-and-bolts negotiations with rival leaders, analysts say.
KABUL, Afghanistan, July 5 (UPI) -- Two British soldiers were killed in a clash with Taliban militants in central Helmand in Afghanistan, military sources said.