KIEV, Ukraine, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Despite Russian opposition, Ukraine's Foreign Ministry says the top priorities for the country are ascension into NATO and the European Union.
PERTH, Australia, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Accused Nazi war criminal Charles Zentai is being held in Perth, Australia, awaiting extradition to Hungary and a 64-year-old murder charge, officials say.
ATLANTA, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- In an effort to put a face on pandemic planning, the stories of 50 people who survived the 1918 Spanish Flu are available online, U.S. health officials said.
When complaints over the lack of municipal services are raised, concerned parties begin to issue statements with timetables for their availability and the necessary fixes.
ENGLEWOOD, N.J., Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Police in Englewood, N.J., said they arrested a man who phoned 911 and reported a robbery after a gas station clerk refused to give him a refund for condoms.
NEW YORK, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Between Comedy Central talk show hosts Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, Stewart deserves a higher salary, respondents to a U.S. survey said.
BAGHDAD, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- The Iranian envoy to Baghdad said Iraq passed legislation to compel the dissident People's Mujahedin of Iran out of the country in six months.
ERBIL, Iraq, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- The status of Kirkuk in northern Iraqi Kurdistan will never be settled until the Kurdistan Workers' Party is dealt with first, Kurdish supporters say.
ERBIL, Iraq, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Officials in the security arm of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan party Thursday denied allegations the force had carried out guerrilla raids in the region.
BAGHDAD, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Visiting officials to Iraq praised the country for its economic and political development as well as improved security, the Iraqi premier said Thursday.
CAIRO, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Displaced Iraqis living in Egypt refused financial incentives offered by the Iraqi government to entice them to return home, several refugees said.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- The recent dispute between Russia and Georgia over South Ossetia has highlighted the fragility of Western energy corridors through Georgia. Now Turkey, a stalwart U.S. NATO ally, is reconsidering its energy relations with Iran, a move certain to unsettle Washington.
WINTER PARK, Colo., Aug. 21 (UPI) -- A healthy baby girl was delivered in the women's bathroom of a Winter Park, Colo., McDonald's restaurant, the new mother said.
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SULAIMANIYA, Iraq, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Residents in northern Sulaimaniya province sent a letter to the Iraqi government calling for the execution of "Chemical Ali" and others for war crimes.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- U.S. singer Janet Jackson, hoping to avoid any further wardrobe malfunctions, says she's launching a new line of fashion lingerie.