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LONDON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair has rejected a call to hold an emergency meeting of the G8 group of wealthy nations to discuss aid to countries hit by the Ind
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A restaurant worker has been charged with abducting and killing a 12-year-old girl who lived in the same Indianapolis apartment complex.
PHUKET, Thailand, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- An Australian woman had to choose which of her two sons to hold when they were caught by the tsunami at a beach resort in Thailand.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- President Bush has signed an executive order increasing pay for all federal workers, including the Cabinet and Congress, the Washington Post reports.
KIEV, Ukraine, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Ukraine and Moldova have abolished visa requirements for each other, Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported Friday.
SYDNEY, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Australians and New Zealanders ringing in the New Year's stopped the party for one minute at midnight to remember those killed by the Indian Ocean tsunami.
BOGOTA, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The head of Colombia's leading armed rebel group in captivity, Ricardo Ovidio Palmera, was extradited Friday to the United States.
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BEIJING, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- China will donate an another $60 million to South Asia's tsunami victims, Premier Wen Jiabao said Friday according to the official China Daily.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A Kansas woman accused of kidnapping an 8-month fetus from a strangled pregnant woman will remain in custody while awaiting an indictment.
MOSCOW, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Russia is still pushing for the creation of a European crisis center, the Foreign Ministry announced Friday.
MOSCOW, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A top aide to President Vladimir Putin visited the trial of Mikhail Khodorkovsky Friday, Interfax news agency reported.
VILNIUS, Lithuania, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- As the year ends, Lithuania begins shutting down its only nuclear power station.
MINSK, Belarus, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- France has urged Belarus not to limit the freedom of Belarussian children to travel abroad, Interfax-West news agency said Friday.
