BAGHDAD, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- A poll of Iraqis shows unanimous concern for poor security, with 45 percent saying the country is headed in the wrong direction, USA Today reported.
AMMAN, Jordan, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Jordanian lawyers said Thursday the Iraqi interim government is planning a quick and phony trial for ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.
CHONGQING, China, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- A street argument swelled to a mass riot in China's southwestern city of Chongqing as citizens protested official bullying, local reports said Thursday.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Pakistan has asked the United Nations to legally define terrorism, and to focus on the root causes of the problem, in a speech to the world body this week.
NEW DELHI, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- China has endorsed India's application for a seat on the U.N. Security Council, a strategic step forward in bilateral relations, the Times of India reports.
TOKYO, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Typhoon Tokage, Japan's worst storm in 10 years, cleared the islands Thursday morning leaving at least 57 people dead, 32 missing and more than 300 injured.
BANGALORE, India, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- The Indian bandit Veerappan, killed in a police shootout Monday, may have left money and treasure buried underground in the forest, local reports say.
SAITAMA, Japan, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Japanese police have arrested three Iranians suspected of earning $1.8 million over 18 months through drug trafficking in the country.
DHAKA, Bangladesh, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- A Bangladesh court Wednesday sentenced three former army officers to death for the murder of four politicians nearly thirty years ago, The Hindu reported.
BEIJING, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Chinese police have arrested 12 illegal blood dealers and closed 46 blood collection centers in an effort to curb the spread of HIV/AIDS and other diseases.
TOKYO, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Japanese police have arrested four people for allegedly using overseas satellite broadcasts to beam pornography into the country.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- Lawmakers will reconvene Thursday to continue their fraught efforts to hammer out a compromise bill implementing the recommendations of the Sept. 11 commission.
JAKARTA, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Indonesia's new president announced his Cabinet late Wednesday, including trusted professionals, four generals and four women among his top advisors.
BEIJING, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- A gas explosion in a coal mine in central China's Henan province Wednesday night left 56 dead and 148 missing, Xinhua reported Thursday.
EAU CLAIR, Wis., Oct. 20 (UPI) -- The White House says President George W. Bush never told TV evangelist Pat Robertson that he did not expect casualties from the Iraqi invasion.
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Oct. 20 (UPI) -- Two more US Airways jets at the Charlotte, N.C., airport have been found with holes in their fuselage, similar to one previously found on another plane.
NEW YORK, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- Chris Arlotta Enterprises Ltd. of New York, N.Y., Wednesday recalled 2,900 of its mattress pads because they failed to meet federal flammability standards.
KIRKSVILLE, Mo., Oct. 20 (UPI) -- A commuter plane carrying 15 people on a flight from St. Louis to Kirksville, Mo., crashed, killing at least eight people aboard, officials said.
JAKARTA, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Indonesia's new president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, warned in his inaugural address Wednesday the road ahead will be difficult and full of challenges.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- Paul Nitze, a military expert and diplomat who served in administrations ranging from Franklin Roosevelt to Ronald Reagan, has died at the age of 97.
SAO PAULO, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- Brazil raised its benchmark interest rate one-half point Wednesday to 16.75 percent in an effort to curb inflation amid recent economic growth.
AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- A series of bays along the Texas Gulf coast could suffer serious damage in the future unless action is taken soon, an environmental group warned Wednesday.
UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- A senior Middle East commission official says the United Nations cannot answer Iraq's requests for a greater presence because of unstable security situation.
