AACHEN, Germany, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- An 88-year-old veteran of the SS in World War II is on trial in Germany on charges of killing three Dutch civilians during a 1944 crackdown on the Resistance.
RAMALLAH, West Bank, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad has a plan to establish a de facto Palestinian state in the West Bank by 2011, throwing 16 years of futile peacemaking out the window.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- The U.S. Federal Reserve is under political attack in part due to massive amounts of aid given to the financial sector, Vermont Sen Bernie Sanders said.
LEXINGTON, Ky., Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Kentucky prosecutors declined to say if they would seek the death penalty for a former state lawmaker indicted in the killing of his ex-girlfriend.
TEHRAN, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Establishing a formal relationship with the United States is not possible until Washington makes good on its promises to change, Iranian officials said.
BRUSSELS, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Appointments to the three new top EU posts created by the Lisbon Treaty could be made at a Nov. 19 summit in Brussels, officials say.
BERLIN, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Dena, the German Energy Agency, has warned that key investments in the electricity sector are being scrapped because of the country's nuclear revival.
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Nov. 11 (UPI) -- People without a high school diploma may be more likely to get H1N1 flu and the vaccine might be less effective in them, U.S. researchers suggest.
LONDON, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Three more members of the 28-member British government's official drug abuse advisory panel say they have resigned in a political struggle.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- A hybrid option for additional resources in Afghanistan is under consideration Wednesday by U.S. President Barack Obama and his top military strategists.
HILLSBORO, Ore., Nov. 11 (UPI) -- A judge in Oregon said he would not grant bail to a woman accused of killing a pregnant woman and cutting the fetus from the victim's abdomen.
PHOENIX, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Leaders and some members of a supermarket workers union in Phoenix appear at odds over an impending strike.
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- The Dutch government granted permission to German utility RWE to build an offshore wind farm off the coast of northern Holland.
BANGKOK, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Thailand moved a step closer to breaking off relations with Cambodia after Phnom Penh officially refused to extradite former Thai premier and fugitive Thaksin Shinawatra.
CHICAGO, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Playboy magazine alleges in a lawsuit against a Chicago lawyer she is attempting to steal a catch-phrase made popular by the adult publication.
BAGHDAD, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- The next government in Iraq will not have the authority to cancel oil contracts signed by the current administration, said Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
BOULDER, Colo., Nov. 11 (UPI) -- A 1.5-megawatt wind turbine designed by General Electric was commissioned for a research project at a technology center in Colorado examining wind energy.
DURHAM, N.C., Nov. 11 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists seeking a vaccine for the human immunodeficiency virus say a study of HIV antibodies is leading them in a new direction.
MOSCOW, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Executives from Italian giant Eni and Russian gas monopoly Gazprom met in Moscow to discuss the preliminary framework for the South Stream gas pipeline.
SACRAMENTO, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Aerospace company Aerojet and Solar Power Inc. announced plans to add another 2.4 megawatts of power to its solar farm in Sacramento.