CHICAGO, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- The American Society of Muslims is searching for a successor to W. Deen Mohammed to help integrate African-Americans into the mainstream Islamic world.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- A lawsuit filed in Washington, D.C., accused Iraq of playing a major role in the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon.
STARKE, Fla., Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Paul Hill, convicted of killing an abortion doctor and his guard, was executed shortly after 6 p.m. EDT Wednesday in the Florida State Prison.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- A three-judge federal appellate court panel in Philadelphia has temporarily blocked controversial new FCC media ownership rules from taking effect Thursday.
BEIJING, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Chinese officials have reportedly agreed in principle to allow their nation's currency to trade freely on international markets.
NEW YORK, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Secretary of State Colin Powell announced Wednesday the United States is offering a draft resolution seeking U.N. support for a multinational force in Iraq.
BARNAUL, Russia, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- It's been estimated 80 billion tons of garbage have accumulated in Russia -- a country also trying to deal with a litter problem.
TEL AVIV, Israel, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- In a move seen as a potential threat to Israel, Saudi Arabia has transferred much of its F-15 warplane fleet to a Northern base at Tabuk.
TEL AVIV, Israel, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Israeli warplanes fired missiles into southern Lebanon Wednesday during air-launched attacks on Hezbollah gun and mortar positions.
NEW YORK, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- A new book has uncovered documents said to show Henry Ford was more involved in his German operations during World War II than the company has admitted.
KHARTOUM, Sudan, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- U.N. officials say as many as 65,000 Sudanese refugees have fled to eastern Chad since April to escape ongoing fighting.
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- California gubernatorial hopeful Arnold Schwarzenegger said some statements he made to a men's magazine in 1977 were made up to promote a movie.
TAIPEI, Taiwan, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- A group of students wants the Republic of China to change its name to Taiwan to better distinguish it from the People's Republic of China.
CANBERRA, Australia, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Australian Federal Police officials say more than 120 Solomon Islands police officers are under investigation for crimes ranging from embezzlement to murder.
CANBERRA, Australia, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- An Australian National University terrorism expert says the world's passenger aircraft are much more vulnerable to surface-to-air missiles than to hijackings.
EAGLE, Colo., Sept. 3 (UPI) -- A group of seven media organizations wants to appeal an August order by a Colorado judge and make more of Kobe Bryant's court papers public.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- A secret report for the Joint Chiefs of Staff lays the blame for setbacks in Iraq on a flawed and rushed war-planning process, the Washington Times says.
SRINIGAR, India, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Fifteen people, including a suicide rebel, were killed and 25 others injured in India's Kashmir region in a revenge attack, Gulf Daily News reported Wednesday.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- There is increasing concern in the United States so-called rogue states will install biological warheads on a range of missiles, a report said Wednesday.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Pakistani officials say the backbone of the Taliban has been broken and dismissed reports the ousted Afghan militia was reorganizing in Pakistan.
