TEL AVIV, Israel, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- The Israeli and Egyptian defense ministers this week considered establishing border coordination facilities to prevent incidents.
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Al-Qaida leader Ousama bin Laden praised Monday Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi as the head of the organization in Iraq and forbidden participation in the upcoming Iraqi
MEDINA, Ohio, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- A 60-year-old Ohio man whose car was knocked off a 30-foot-high overpass and landed in a snow bank was home within six hours on Christmas Day.
NAGOYA, Japan, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui began a week-long visit to Japan Monday amid strong protests from China, Kyodo News reported.
MOSCOW, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Russian security forces solved more than 1,500 terrorism-related crimes so far this year, Interfax news agency reported Monday.
HOBART, Australia, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Nineteen sperm whale carcasses were found on the west coast beaches of Australia's Tasmania Island Monday, the Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported.
KIEV, Ukraine, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe praised Ukraine's election rerun as "honest" Monday, Interfax news agency reported.
MOSCOW, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- The Russian police are uncovering more bribery and corruption than they did in past years, Interfax news agency reported Monday.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- The U.S. government is one of very few to not classify Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami, the Islamic Liberation Party, as a terrorist organization.
KIEV, Ukraine, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Ukrainian presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovych said Monday he will appeal the outcome of Sunday's election, Interfax-Ukraine news agency said.
UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- The U.N. emergency relief coordinator says the Southeast Asia tsunami death toll should surpass last year's 26,000 dead in the Bam, Iran, earthquake.
MOSCOW, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- President Vladimir Putin has ordered relief preparations for Russians caught in the Asian tidal wave disaster, Interfax news agency said Monday.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Tightened security measures along the U.S.-Canada border contributed to a 20 percent decline in drug busts this year, the first decrease since 2000. Statistics released by the Canadian Border Services Agency show that through Nov. 30 there were 866 major
KIEV, Ukraine, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- The European Union should boost its relations with Ukraine, a senior European official said Monday, Interfax-Ukraine news agency reports.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- A winter weather system expected to last the entire week was squeezing California Monday, delaying air travel and soaking rush-hour freeways.
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Uzbek President Islam Karimov said he opposes revolutions in former Soviet republics, Interfax news agency reported Monday.
LONDON, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- A poll by Britain's Channel 4 has named the series finale of "Friends" the best thing on television in 2004, the Daily mail reported Monday.
SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 27 (UPI) -- A California man was in jail Monday, awaiting a possible murder charge for allegedly beating up his pregnant girlfriend and causing her unborn child to die.
LONDON, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Children as young as 10 now face on-the-spot fines as high as $75 for antisocial behavior in seven judicial districts of England, The Guardian said Monday.
Snigdha Nandipati of San Diego, California watches confetti rain down as she wins the two-day Scripps National Spelling Bee championship, May 31, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Nandipati successfully spelled the word .* guetapens *, meaning to lure or ambush. UPI/Mike Theiler
