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LONDON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The United States considered using force to seize oil fields in the Middle East during an oil embargo by Arab states in 1973.

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SAO PAULO, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A Brazilian judge announced Wednesday U.S. citizens will be fingerprinted and photographed upon entering Brazil.

MALABA, Kenya, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- An American missionary was killed in Kenya Wednesday during a robbery attempt, the BBC reported.

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Nine percent of U.S. adults want to quit smoking, the Poughkeepsie, N.Y.-based Marist Institute said -- and if they do, they'll save a bundle.

LEEDS, England, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A arrest has been made in Leeds, England, in the murder of British policeman Ian Broadhurst and the attempted murder of two other officers.

BEIJING, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- China will send samples from a suspected SARS patient to an international laboratory for more testing, CNN reported Wednesday.

MONROVIA, Liberia, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- United Nations peacekeeping troops in Liberia have entered two major rebel-held towns for the first time.

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Finding a better job and becoming a better person top the list of New Year's resolutions for Americans who intend to make a resolution this year.

JERUSALEM, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The Israeli army has arrested a soldier for shooting and seriously wounding a British activist in April, the Israel Defense Forces said Wednesday.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- California's attorney general ordered an investigation Wednesday, requested by the country sheriff, to see if Michael Jackson's rights were violated.

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CRAWFORD, Texas, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The United States might set aside up to $4 billion in Iraqi reconstruction projects, a senior administration official told CNN Wednesday.

BAM, Iran, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Aid workers from the United States have joined teams from more than 20 countries in the devastated Iranian city of Bam.

RICHMOND, Calif., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Police in the San Francisco Bay-area believe the deaths of four members of a suburban family were the result of a murder-suicide.