JAMMU, India, April 27 (UPI) -- A man in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir paid nearly $1,700 at an open auction for the right to use a license plate reading AK-47, an official says.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- More than 20 people died in U.S. missile strikes in Pakistani villages close to the Afghanistan border Saturday, Pakistani officials said.
MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- Former professional wrestling star Brock Lesnar Monday was released by the Minnesota Vikings.
MINNEAPOLIS, July 27 (UPI) -- The Minnesota Vikings Tuesday announced the signing of former professional wrestling champion Brock Lesnar.
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., July 27 (UPI) -- Brock Lesnar, the former World Wrestling Entertainment champion, signed a contract Tuesday with the Minnesota Vikings.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- A U.S. human rights group Wednesday charged Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's government of "becoming increasingly intolerant" of press freedoms.
CINCINNATI, June 20 (UPI) -- A judge in Cincinnati sent Anthony Brock to prison for six months for not paying $95,000 he owes in child support.
NEW DELHI, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- A Pakistani biographer of suspected terror mastermind Osama bin Laden says the Saudi dissident is alive.
DAMASCUS, Syria, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- A Syrian opposition leader was released Sunday after being detained by authorities for three days, according to a human rights activist.
DAMASCUS, Syria, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Syrian opposition sources said Saturday that an opposition figure was arrested by security authorities earlier in the week. The sources told United Press International that Fayek al-Mir, 51, was seized on Thursday night.
