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WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- The population of the United States grew by 1 percent a year to an estimated 293.7 million people on July 1, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Wednesday.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- A U.S. traffic safety group says teenage drivers are often incapable of driving sport utility vehicles safely, the Washington Post reported Tuesday.

LONDON, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Record numbers of Britons turned out with horses and hounds to hunt fox in what could be Britain's last legal Boxing Day hunt, The Telegraph reported. Many hunts in England and Wales reported a major increase in support from members of the public, with a

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Honduran authorities arrested nine suspects allegedly involved in last week's slaying of 26 bus passengers, El Heraldo reported Tuesday.

OCHO RIOS, Jamaica, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Jamaican police Tuesday tried to determine why a car plunged into a ravine killing six people, including a 7-month-pregnant woman.

LVIV, Ukraine, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Ukraine's central election commission said Tuesday, with all votes counted, Viktor Yushchenko won the country's presidential election.

CAIRO, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- A meeting of Arab foreign ministers scheduled for next month will be largely devoted to settling a dispute between Libya and Saudi Arabia.

BRUSSELS, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- European leaders expressed cautious optimism for the election process and results in Ukraine, which is still sharply divided between East and West.

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TIKRIT, Iraq, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- At least 18 Iraqi policemen were killed by insurgents in several attacks on police stations, Voice of America reported.

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Three Canadian provinces were digging out from a brutal winter storm Tuesday as Newfoundland prepared to take its own hit.

RAMALLAH, West Bank, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- The Palestinian Central Elections Committee said Tuesday it received special ballot boxes for the upcoming presidential poll from Canada.

GAZA, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- An Israeli drone fired a rocket at a leading Hamas militant Tuesday but a Palestinian security source said the target survived.

BAGHDAD, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- A major party representing Iraq's minority Sunni Muslims, the Iraqi Islamic Party has announced it is pulling out of next month's elections.

PETROPAVLOSK, Russia, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Russian seismologists said the Shiveluch volcano in the eastern Kamchatka peninsula began erupting Tuesday, sending hot ash up to 6,500 feet.