JERUSALEM, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Police arrested three Israelis, including two 16-year-olds, Wednesday in the West Bank on suspicion of threatening Palestinians, Ha'aretz reported.
CONCORD, N.H., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- New Hampshire nearly got its sixth full meningitis case in the last two weeks, the Manchester Union Leader reported Wednesday.
NEW YORK, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A man was found dead Tuesday night in the wheel well of a British Airways plane at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, officials said.
BANGKOK, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Thailand will reduce the number of engineers and increase the number of combat soldiers and medics in Iraq, the Bangkok Post reported Wednesday.
TAMPA, Fla., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, a candidate for Democratic nomination for president, is courting the Muslim vote in Florida this week.
SEOUL, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The new year will see major changes in South Korea as the country begins implementing a five-day school and work week, the Korea Times said Wednesday.
MIAMI, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The daughter of the late civil rights leader Hosea Williams says she plans to build a museum on the site of her father's home in Atlanta.
CHICAGO, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A Chicago man whose municipality bans homeowners from keeping guns, used one to stop a suspected burglar and has received some unexpected support.
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A Zimbabwean man who died with ebola-like symptoms Christmas Day did not have the virus, the Johannesburg Mail and Guardian reported Wednesday.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Pennsylvania's state treasurer has switched to the Democratic Party, setting up a run against Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., in 2006.
MANILA, Philippines, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The Philippines plan to deport two American brothers arrested for suspected links to terrorism, the New York Times reported Wednesday.
TRENTON, Ga., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Six northwest Georgia men have been indicted on civil rights charges for lighting a burning cross at the home of a woman who was dating a biracial man.
BOLOGNA, Italy, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Parcels sent from Italy's Bologna region to European Union officials were being blocked Wednesday after a series of letter bombs, the BBC reported
, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- U.S. cities are taking aim at celebratory gunfire this New Year's Eve, threatening armed revelers they will party in jail if they discharge weapons.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Monica Lewinsky, former White House intern and girlfriend of President Bill Clinton, won't be getting any help from the government paying her legal bills.
HAMBURG, Germany, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- German police were searching Wednesday for Islamic militants planning car bomb attacks on a military hospital in Hamburg and a U.S. army airport in Frankfurt.
TAIPEI, Taiwan, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Officials in Taipei have tightened security measures amid reports that Taiwan could become a target of an al-Qaida terrorist attack.
BUJUMBURA, Burundi, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Burundi rebels have demanded the highest ranking Catholic in the country to leave within 30 days, the BBC reported Wednesday.
PARIS, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- France's controversial bid to ban Muslim headscarves in public schools has received approval from the head of the biggest university in Islam.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- An avalanche on New Zealand's Mount Tasman overtook six mountain climbers Wednesday, killing four of them, ABC News reported.
Over 70 foreigners and a few local Chinese take part in the annual Red Dress Hash, an charity event held around the world by Hashers, on the historic streets of Beijing on June 3, 2012. China's capital has launched a 100-day crackdown on foreigners who stay or work illegally in the city. Authorities said those who entered China illegally, overstayed their visas or worked without proper permits would be punished. UPI/Stephen Shaver
