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PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A bankruptcy judge in Oregon has ruled that the Archdiocese of Portland, not its member parishes, owns Roman Catholic churches and schools.

NEW YORK, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- New York City police say an alleged rapist sexually attacked a 16-year-old girl, robbed her and then tied her to a rooftop satellite dish.

CANBERRA, Australia, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A poll in Australia finds that even supporters of Prime Minister John Howard believe the country should not have become involved in Iraq.

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NEW YORK, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Two men came to the rescue of a New York City police officer being beaten by a man on a subway platform.

LONDON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Snow and rain have fouled roads and closed airports in much of England and Scotland.

NEW YORK, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A New York City mother has been accused of squeezing the chest of her 1-year-old son until his ribs broke and then throwing him in his crib, police said.

OTTAWA, Alberta, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Canadian investigators will question the finance minister regarding a leak of a tax-cutting plan to the public to determine whether insider trading occurred.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The Food and Drug Administration has recalled toxic pet food that killed at least 23 dogs in the United States and was exported to 29 other countries.

LONDON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- In what appears to have been a sudden burst of anti-materialism among British Christmas shoppers, more gave gifts of charity this year.

MOSCOW, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- In a move to end a deepening crisis, Russia reportedly has offered to delay a massive natural gas hike for Ukraine for three months.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Two election workers of the Organization of American States have been kidnapped in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, along with one of their wives, the BBC reports.

MIAMI, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The 27th tropical storm of the year, Zeta, was in the eastern Atlantic Ocean Saturday, moving west near 5 mph with 60 mph winds. The National Hurricane Center in Miami reported at 11 a.m. the eye of the storm was 1,060 miles southwest of the Azores.

PALU, Indonesia, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A deadly bombing in an Indonesian market is being blamed on religious intolerance.

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