PARIS, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy says his country will not maintain diplomatic ties with Syria until Lebanon has a consensus president.
MINSK, Belarus, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Belarus has strongly opposed potential sanctions from the United States, even threatening to expel the U.S. ambassador should they take place.
LOVELAND, Colo., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Sheriff's deputies took 27 animals from a Colorado horse rescue ranch where they were found starving and with frozen water.
BAGHDAD, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- U.S. troops killed six suspected members of al-Qaida and captured 14 others in weekend operations in Iraq, the military said Sunday.
MIDDLETOWN, Conn., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Angry residents of Middletown, Conn., are protesting a proposed Army base takeover of 40 acres of nearby meadow and forest.
BOSTON, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- A nationally recognized neurosurgeon denies accusations he discriminated against three female Indian neurosurgeons at a top Boston hospital.
TUSCUMBIA, Ala., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- A helicopter on a search mission crashed in Alabama Sunday, with initial reports by authorities indicating there were no survivors.
DES MOINES, Iowa, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Observers watching the Democratic presidential race in Iowa say it's one of the most costly in Iowa caucus history as rivals dig deep for new voters.
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Police apprehended a man who allegedly robbed three banks in Santa Clara, Calif., after testing saliva found on a discarded mask for DNA.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Authorities were looking for a gunman who killed a customer and wounded an assistant manager at a Hooters restaurant in Tennessee.
AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Timothy McVeigh, convicted in the bombing of a federal building in Oklahoma City, showed little remorse when detailing the event, legal records show.
SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Former Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt held meetings aimed at blending his religious beliefs with his state's government, a report based on archival records said.
NATIONAL CITY, Calif., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- The driver of a trailer truck loaded with three new cars swam to safety when his rig plunged off the end of a pier and sank in San Diego Harbor.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Sri Lankan Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa suggested an air strike may have wounded or killed Tamil Tigers leader Velupillai Prabhakaran.
ATLANTA, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Atlanta police sought a man who allegedly put another man in a coma when an altercation erupted over videotaping of the mayor's daughters outside a nightclub.
DES MOINES, Iowa, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- A poll released Saturday suggests a dead heat in Thursday's Iowa caucuses between the three leading Democratic presidential hopefuls.
LARKANA, Pakistan, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- The husband and teenage son of former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto will keep her Pakistan People's Party going beyond her death.
LARKANA, Pakistan, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- The family of late Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto Sunday urged her followers to continue her struggle for democracy.
Los Angeles Kings Jeff Carter and Matt Greene react after Carter scores the game winning goal in overtime against the New Jersey Devils in game 2 of the NHL Stanley Cup Finals at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey on June 2, 2012. The Kings defeated the Devils 2-1 and lead the series 2-0. UPI/John Angelillo
