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WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- The White House expressed its condolences to the people of Iran who suffered through a massive earthquake Friday, killing thousands.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- The White House said Friday it was monitoring the mad cow investigation, adding that it was too early to determine the economic impact of the outbreak.

CANBERRA, Australia, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Australian defense officials are considering putting air marshals on more international Qantas flights, The Australian newspaper reported Friday.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- U.S. officials have quarantined two calves from the Washington state cow that had mad-cow disease even though mother-to-calf transmission is unlikely.

NEW YORK, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Authorities say a stowaway aboard an American Airlines jet was found frozen to death in the plane's wheel well at Kennedy Airport.

TEHRAN, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Iran's government has indicated it would welcome assistance from the international community to cope with the earthquake that killed more than 5,000. The United

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- President George W. Bush is completing his third year in office with a 63-percent job-approval rating, the highest since Lyndon Johnson.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- President George W. Bush flew to his Texas ranch Friday after spending Christmas with his family at the Camp David presidential retreat in Maryland.

ISTANBUL, Turkey, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Turkish police have broken up the group behind last month's bomb attacks in Istanbul, city governor Muammer Guler announced Friday.

BEIJING, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- A man who murdered 17 young boys in order to experience the "sensation of killing" was executed by gunshot Friday, the Xinhua agency reported.

TAMPA, Fla., Dec. 26 (UPI) -- The University of South Florida at Tampa has issued a study advocating a review of the practice of locking up disturbed children.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- President Bush's campaign has reportedly settled on a plan to portray Democratic challenger Howard Dean as an angry, reckless and pessimistic candidate.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- A survey found that Holocaust-denial activity decreased in the United States in 2003 but increased in the Arab world, where it often has government sponsorship.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Investigators are trying to determine if the crash of a cargo plane at Tallahassee last summer was caused by a color-blind co-pilot.

SOUTHAMPTON, England, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- The world's biggest and most expensive cruise liner, Queen Mary 2, arrived Friday at its new home port of Southampton, Sky News reported.