KATMANDU, Nepal, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Tens of thousands of demonstrators have rallied in the Nepalese capital, Katmandu, demanding peace talks between the government and Maoist rebels.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Relief workers assisting survivors of the Asian tidal waves warn of greater tragedy ahead if wide scale disease breaks out.
TOKYO, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Japan has formed a panel to decide whether or not a woman could be allowed to sit on the Chrysanthemum Throne in the absence of a male heir.
LONDON, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Thousands of men and women in England and Wales took part in hundreds of post-Christmas hunts, which could be one of the last hunts before the 2005 ban.
SYDNEY, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- A poll finds two-thirds of Australians favor the government's plan to have indigenous communities sign behavioral contracts in exchange for support.
BEIJING, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- A white paper released Monday in China said it was the sacred responsibility of the Chinese armed forces to stop Taiwan independence.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., is calling for clemency for six Ohio National Guard troops court-martialed for taking vehicles and parts for their unit in Iraq.
JAKARTA, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- The Indonesian military and Aceh separatists have agreed separately to a temporary halt in hostilities after Sunday's earthquake and tsunami disaster.
JAKARTA, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- International aid agencies have not being allowed to enter conflict-wracked Aceh to help thousands of victims from the quake, the Jakarta Post reported.
CASTLE ROCK, Colo., Dec. 27 (UPI) -- A girls basketball coach, who faced 55 felony sex-assault charges for allegedly having sex with three players, was found hanged in his Colorado cell.
NEW YORK, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- A New York man, who allegedly stabbed his grandmother 40 times Christmas Eve because he thought she poisoned his food, does not recall the slaying.
LOD AIR FORCE BASE, Israel, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Israel is flying three aircraft with doctors, nurses and medical supplies to Sri Lanka, which suffered thousands of fatalities from a weekend earthquake.
MULHOUSE, France, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- At least 15 people have died and several remain missing from a suspected natural gas explosion in an apartment building in Mulhouse, France.
CHICAGO, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- A Christmas weekend cold snap is blamed for the death of one of two homeless men whose bodies were found outdoors Sunday, the Chicago Tribune said.
EVANSTON, Ill., Dec. 27 (UPI) -- The family of an Evanston, Ill., man vacationing in Thailand when the country was hit by a powerful tsunami Sunday are hoping for word about their missing son.
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- An endangered monkey that escaped from the San Diego Zoo was found the same day in a tree just off the property and was safely returned.
DOUGLAS, Ariz., Dec. 27 (UPI) -- The U.S. Border Patrol has said it wants to erect an 18 mile secondary fence on the Mexican border in Douglas, Ariz., the Arizona Daily Star reported Monday.
HEBRON, Ky., Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Comair said Monday it hopes to fly 10 to 15 percent of scheduled flights after a computer crash forced 1,100 flights to be cancelled Christmas Day.
TEL AVIV, Israel, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Police briefly detained a Palestinian presidential candidate, Mustafa Barghouthi, who campaigned in Jerusalem Monday.
POWDER SPRINGS, Ga., Dec. 27 (UPI) -- A funeral was held Monday for a Powder Springs, Ga., boy killed in a tragic accident while Christmas caroling, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Osama bin Laden praised Abu Musab al-Zarqawi Monday, dubbed him al-Qaida's Iraqi head and said cooperating in the Iraq elections would be the act of an infidel. In an audio tape broadcast by the Qatar-based al-Jazeera satellite television station and moni
A visitor to Laumeier Sculpture Park walks past Tony Tasset's "Eye" work of art in St. Louis on June 1, 2012. Modeled after Tasset's own eye, the gigantic, blue eyeball creates a tension as the sculpture stares larger than life, across the landscape. UPI/Bill Greenblatt
