ANKARA, Turkey, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Kurdish leaders in Iraq vowed to increase efforts to stop Kurdish militants from provoking an attack by Turkey, KUNA reported Monday.
WARSAW, Poland, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Two Polish peacekeepers were injured Monday in Iraq in another attack apparently meant to influence upcoming Polish elections, Polish Radio said.
MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Vernon Bellecourt, a longtime leader of the American Indian Movement, has died of complications from pneumonia at a Minneapolis hospital a the age of 75.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. first lady Laura Bush will travel to the Middle East, where she is expected to discuss cancer treatment, screening and awareness, her office said.
LONDON, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Witnesses testified they saw two cars traveling side-by-side into the Paris tunnel in which Princess Diana was killed just before that crash 10 years ago.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. authorities launched a corruption investigation centering on the U.S. Army's financial operation for Iraq located at Camp Arifjan in the Kuwaiti desert.
BRUSSELS, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- EU and Bulgarian officials worked out a solution to the euro’s Cyrillic spelling, allowing Montenegro to sign a key accord with the Western bloc.
JERUSALEM, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Israel's revised version of the Law of the Return sent to the Knesset is to include a clause entitling anyone who belongs to a Jewish community to immigrate.
CONCORD, N.H., Oct. 15 (UPI) -- A new poll showed presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Clinton with a 21-point lead over Democratic rival Sen. Barack Obama in the New Hampshire primary.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- New Zealand police arrested 17 people on firearms charges Monday in the country's first sweep using powers under the 2002 Terrorism Suppression Act.
WIESBADEN, Germany, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin said countries should stop "scaring" Iran and resolve a nuclear dispute through negotiations rather than fear.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Nine-term member of the U.S. House of Representatives David Hobson, R-Ohio, has announced he will retire when his term ends next year.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said a presidential veto won't stop Democrats from enacting an expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. Republicans are angry with disparaging remarks the retired former military commander in Iraq made about political accountability.
BANGKOK, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Human rights activists said it's important to keep an international spotlight on Myanmar even if the United Nations refuses to punish its military junta.
BRUSSELS, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- The European Union and Montenegro signed an association accord, the former Yugoslav republic’s key step in becoming member of the Western bloc.
BOSTON, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- A 15-year-old Boston youth faces an attempted murder charge after a high school football coach was shot in the leg during a dispute over a dog.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. officials are reviewing whether private security guards in Iraq could be considered unlawful combatants in violation of the Geneva Conventions.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- The U.S. Congress may be gridlocked on the subject of immigration reform but individual states are moving ahead with their own legislation.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Harvard University's 28th president was sworn in with a three centuries-old ceremony replete with keys, seals and charter in Cambridge, Mass.
MOSCOW, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. Secretary of State of Condoleezza Rice said she's concerned about Russia's increasing arms sales to Iran, Syria, Venezuela and other U.S. adversaries.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Los Angeles-area commuters faced delays Monday as some lanes of Interstate 5 were closed after a massive pile-up and fire burned out a truck tunnel last week.
NEW YORK, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- A growing number of independent media operators are broadcasting the message of al-Qaida as they seek to appeal to angry young Muslims.
