HOHHOT, China, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- The alleged owner of an illegal detonator factory where two deadly blasts occurred has been arrested, Chinese officials said Friday.
NEW YORK, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- New York-based CBS chose not to interrupt a rerun of the "Late Show With David Letterman" when former U.S. President Gerald Ford died.
MECCA, Saudi Arabia, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Millions of Muslim pilgrims have journeyed to Mecca for the annual five-day Hajj and some privately funded groups are finding better accommodations than others.
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Netherlands brothel owners are fighting the Amsterdam city council in court after a decision to close one-third of the sex businesses in the city.
BUDAPEST, Hungary, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Hungarian Customs officers confiscated 31 pounds of heroin when a Serbian national allegedly tried to sneak the drugs into Serbia.
NEW DELHI, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Investigators in India say that a domestic servant may have killed many more than the six children he has admitted abusing and strangling.
MOGADISHU, Somalia, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Thousands of enthusiastic supporters greeted Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi as he entered the capital city Friday.
NEW YORK, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- The heads of major U.S. news outlets are debating how much of Saddam Hussein's execution they will broadcast, the Hollywood Reporter said Friday.
KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Mullah Mohammad Omar, the supreme leader of the Taliban, criticized calls for cross-border tribal councils between Pakistan and Afghanistan as a trap.
FARMINGDALE, N.Y., Dec. 29 (UPI) -- A man was killed when a suspect fleeing police crashed a car into the living room of the dead man's New York home, the New York Post reported Friday.
SOFIA, Bulgaria, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- An EU commissioner has asked Tripoli to recall death sentences handed down by a Libyan court against five Bulgarian nurses.
PRAGUE, Czech Republic, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Three Czech parliamentary parties have agreed to form a center-right coalition government, six months after general elections ended in a deadlock.
DUBLIN, Calif., Dec. 29 (UPI) -- One of former U.S. President Gerald Ford's two attempted assassins from September 1975 may be eligible for parole from her California prison next year.
LONDON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Officials in England are looking for a mystery man in connection with the death of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, the Times of London reported.
CRAWFORD, Texas, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan was arrested along with four other protesters outside of U.S. President George Bush's Texas ranch.
GALVESTON, Texas, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Divers were unable to repair a broken pipeline that has leaked 43,000 gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, the Houston Chronicle reported Friday.
RALEIGH, N.C., Dec. 29 (UPI) -- The North Carolina State Bar Association filed an ethics complaint against the prosecutor in the Duke sexual assault case.
HOUSTON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Houston police, working on an anonymous tip, seized more than 7 tons of marijuana and charged a truck driver with drug trafficking.
BAGHDAD, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- A housing crisis has gripped Iraq, with more than 1.6 million people displaced within the country since the start of the war in 2003.
DENVER, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Colorado residents and travelers were battling Friday against a fresh snowstorm as Southern California dealt with strong winds and fire dangers.
Contestants (L-R) Cooper Barth of West Long Branch, New Jersey, Eboseremhen Eigbe of Galloway, New Jersey, Jacob Bayly Hunter of Sante Fe, New Mexico and Massound Sharif of Albany, New York, all await their turns to compete during the 3rd round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. UPI/Mike Theiler
