BRUSSELS, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- The incoming European Commission president has proposed redefining the duties of controversial conservative justice commissioner Rocco Buttiglione.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Swift Vets and POWs for Truth said Thursday they had purchased nearly $5 million in television time for anti-Kerry ads in critical swing states.
BOGOTA, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Colombia's famed writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez has pulled a fast one on those selling pirated copies of his new book by changing the ending.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Makers of flu vaccines will be partially shielded from lawsuits under a provision in the corporate tax cut law recently approved by Congress.
UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Nepalese Maoists and government forces are observing a nine-day truce to celebrate the Dashain festival, a move welcomed by the U.N. secretary-general. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Thursday in a statement the cease-fire was "a positive first step tow
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- House and Senate negotiators on a massive reorganization of the nation's intelligence system have so far been unable to move forward with a compromise bill.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- A national poll of college students Thursday indicated college voters prefer Sen. John Kerry over President Bush by 13 points.
MOSCOW, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- A human rights group announced Thursday the number of racist skinheads in Russia has surpassed 50,000, the Interfax news agency reported.
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif., Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Two Japanese mountain climbers were killed this week when an early-season Pacific storm swept through California's Yosemite National Park.
MINSK, Belarus, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Russia voiced its opposition Thursday to U.S. sanctions against Belarus, saying such a move belongs with the United Nations, Itar-Tass reported.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- U.S. President George W. Bush now polls even with Democratic presidential nominee John F. Kerry in Florida, Thursday's Quinnipiac survey reported.
VIENNA, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Iran reportedly is making steady progress toward producing nuclear fuel and could make a significant amount of enriched uranium within a year.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- U.S. President George W. Bush appeared to have opened up a lead in Wisconsin, a 2004 battleground state, according to Thursday's Gallup Poll.
TAMPA, Fla., Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Florida Senate candidate Betty Castor is pulling an ad linking President Bush with a Palestinian fundraiser, but her opponent said she was "insincere." Castor, a Tampa Democrat, said she was pulling all negative ads and challenged Republican candidate Mel
KHARTOUM, Sudan, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Sudan's government and Darfur rebels are likely to restart talks Thursday as the African Union said it would increase its forces in the restive region.
TAMPA, Fla., Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Florida's university presidents are planning to ask the state Legislature for a technology fee in case a tuition-hike proposal fails.
KABUL, Afghanistan, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- With more than half the ballots counted, Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai appeared Thursday to have won by a landslide, the BBC reported.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Oct. 21 (UPI) -- The Florida Southern Christian Leadership Conference has sent a letter to the Justice Department complaining of voter harassment by Republicans.
DETROIT, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- President George W. Bush has taken a 5-point lead over Democratic Sen. John Kerry in Michigan, 47 percent to 43 percent, a Detroit News poll found.
TOKYO, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Japan's Empress Michiko fretted publicly about popular Crown Princess Masako's battle with depression and urged her to overcome it, The Telegraph reports.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Oct. 21 (UPI) -- A Fort Lauderdale, Fla., judge says he will rule as soon as he can on a case challenging the state's use of touch-screen voting machines.
ARTESIA, N.M., Oct. 21 (UPI) -- A new academy was dedicated Thursday in New Mexico to consolidate all training under one roof for U.S. Border Patrol agents.
