PERM, Russia, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- The victims of a nightclub fire that killed more than 100 people in the Urals region of Russia were trapped behind locked doors, witnesses said Saturday.

BINGHAMTON, N.Y., Dec. 5 (UPI) -- A graduate student at the State University of New York, Binghamton was charged Saturday with killing a professor at the university.

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ROME, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- Two top Mafia leaders have been arrested in Italy, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said Saturday, refuting claims his government has ties to organized crime.

ROME, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- Almost 100,000 people took to the streets Saturday in Rome, demanding Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi deal with Italy's "real problems."

PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- A powerful blast near a fast-food restaurant in Peshawar, Pakistan, that killed four people Saturday was an accident, police said.

LEBANON, Ohio, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- A fast-moving fire in a building at the Lebanon Raceway in Ohio killed two men and 43 horses early Saturday, firefighters said.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the United States has not had any reliable intelligence on the whereabouts of terror mastermind Osama bin Laden for "years."

MILAN, Italy, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- Italian authorities have seized nearly $150 million in artwork they say had been concealed by convicted Parmalat founder Calisto Tanzi.

TORONTO, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- Police discovered a 10-month-old Toronto boy safe and well Saturday, a day after a 14-year-old girl allegedly abducted him.

RIVERSIDE, Calif., Dec. 5 (UPI) -- The Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles Saturday elected a lesbian bishop, church leaders said.

SPY HILL, Saskatchewan, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- A freight train carrying propane derailed early Saturday in western Canada, setting off a fire that burned for hours in Saskatchewan, officials said.

SANTIAGO, Chile, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- The body of popular Chilean singer Victor Jara, tortured and shot to death in a 1973 military coup, has been laid to rest once again in a Santiago cemetery.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- Sen. Max Baucus should be investigated for ethics violations for nominating his girlfriend to be a U.S. attorney, the Republican National Committee said.

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