SEOUL, July 10 (UPI) -- The cyber attacks that garbled dozens of South Korea Web sites over the past three days appeared to have been halted late Friday, officials said.
BEIJING, July 10 (UPI) -- China's General Administration of Customs said Friday that exports and imports have both fallen dramatically in the past 12 months.
WEST COLUMBIA, S.C., July 10 (UPI) -- Police in West Columbia, S.C., say they are investigating reports of at least four cat killings in the area.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, July 10 (UPI) -- Pakistan's military has the ability to broker cease-fire negotiations between Taliban leaders in Afghanistan and the United States, a military spokesman says.
LOS ANGELES, July 10 (UPI) -- The president of the Media Enterprises marketing company says two new TV commercials featuring the late U.S. pitchman Billy Mays will debut soon.
SEOUL, July 10 (UPI) -- The South Korean Defense Ministry is to spend $20.32 million to improve security for its computer systems after this week's cyberattacks on its Web sites and those of financial institutions.
ZAGREB, Croatia, July 10 (UPI) -- Croatian police arrested a 50-year-old Czech tourist for taking photos of naked children on a Krk Island beach in the northern Adriatic Sea, officials said.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass., July 10 (UPI) -- U.S. publisher Merriam-Webster has announced new words added to its Collegiate Dictionary, including "staycation" and "waterboarding."
WASHINGTON, July 10 (UPI) -- The outgoing NATO commander says multinational troops in Afghanistan are still handcuffed by dozens of caveats against fighting Taliban insurgents imposed by their parliaments and governments. It took 18 months for Gen. John Craddock to persuade allied governments to reduce the number from 80 to 73. Craddockâs valedictory.
DARLINGHURST, Australia, July 10 (UPI) -- A New South Wales Supreme Court jury in Australia has found the former fiance of jailed model Charlotte Lindstrom innocent in a hit man case.
SACRAMENTO, July 10 (UPI) -- Several major U.S. banks said Friday would be the last day they would honor IOUs issued by the state of California.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 10 (UPI) -- Treating strokes in U.S. children annually costs at least $42 million, the first-ever cost analysis of pediatric stroke said.
MOORESTOWN, Pa., July 10 (UPI) -- The Food and Drug Administration is checking a Pennsylvania factory following the death of a worker who fell into a vat of boiling chocolate.
DETROIT, July 10 (UPI) -- One effect of the economic downturn in Michigan has produced more breeding grounds for mosquitoes in cities like Detroit, an entomologist says.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, July 10 (UPI) -- A Swedish Saab dealer says an iPod nano is a prime suspect in a fire that engulfed a parked car in the western part of the country.
MIAMI, July 10 (UPI) -- The head of the Miami-Dade school district says he wants to work with government and law enforcement to combat the practice that teenagers call "sexting."
OSTERFARNEBO, Sweden, July 10 (UPI) -- Residents of a rural district in eastern Sweden said pesticide rules adopted to protect nearby nature reserves have brought swarms of mosquitoes to their homes.
WATERLOO, Ill., July 10 (UPI) -- An Illinois insurance agent said his serial-stowaway cat has ridden more than 300 miles under the hood of his car.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, July 10 (UPI) -- Residents of Kingston, Jamaica, say the killing of a New Zealander in a robbery has them on edge.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, July 10 (UPI) -- One in three women shown to have breast cancer undergo unnecessary surgery and chemotherapy, scientists in Europe said.