BAGHDAD, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. air strikes are increasing in Iraq as some U.S. troops are preparing to withdraw from that country, a published report says.
LONDON, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Winston Churchill wanted to put Adolf Hitler in the electric chair if he fell into Allied hands, and favored letting Gandhi starve, reports say.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- California continued to struggle with New Year's storms Sunday, with rains threatening to trigger mudslides on burned-out mountainsides around Los Angeles.
MOSCOW, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Russia's state-owned energy company began shutting off natural gas supplies to Ukraine Sunday after the countries failed to agree on a price hike.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Information gathered by the National Security Agency in its secret wiretapping program has been passed on to other agencies, The Washington Post reported.
NEW YORK, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- People around the world marked the end of 2005 with festivities that ranged from a jazz funeral in New Orleans to an alcohol-free night in Moscow.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Highways were closed, rivers overflowed their banks and thousands of people were without electricity after a New Year's Eve storm in Northern California.
