WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Rough weather moved into the northeastern United States Monday as the snowbound Plains states dug out from the latest blizzard.
HAVANA, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Ailing Cuban President Fidel Castro Monday marked the 48th anniversary of the revolution that brought him to power by asserting he is recovering well.
KYODO, Japan, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- One of the men responsible for the 1970 hijacking of a Japan Airlines flight has died of liver cancer in the Chiba prefecture of Japan.
NEW DELHI, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- The two suspects in the killings of at least 17 children in India will be held by police for another 10 days while the investigation continues.
CHICAGO, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- The Chicago Fire Department reported 177 emergency calls were received from pilots bound for O'Hare International Airport in 2006.
JERUSALEM, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- The United States and European Union are warning Israel not to proceed with plans to expand a disputed settlement in the West Bank.
MONROE, Ohio, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- The children of a deceased singer are suing his sister -- a Monroe, Ohio, preacher who claims she and her brother were cured of cancer through prayer.
BUCHAREST, Romania, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Romania's leaders welcomed entry into the European Union Monday as a return to a democratic and peaceful family of Europe.
HAYWARD, Calif., Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Larger California dispensaries of medical marijuana claim they are being unfairly targeted by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency.
SOFIA, Bulgaria, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Bulgaria's president hailed his post-communist Balkan country's entry into the European Union Monday as a "heavenly moment."
NEW DELHI, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- India and Pakistan Monday maintained their 16-year-old New Year's day tradition of exchanging information on their nuclear programs.
LONDON, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Rain and heavy winds forced the cancellation of many New Year's outdoor civic celebrations in Scotland, Northern Ireland and England.
NEW YORK, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Clean-up of New York City's Times square began early Monday after an estimated 1 million people noisily celebrated the arrival of 2007.
MANILA, Philippines, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Filipinos' love of fireworks and discharging guns led to 907 of them being injured between Christmas and New Year's, officials in Manila said Monday.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- The arrival of the New Year saw various U.S. states enact new laws that affect the minimum wage, concealed weapons and trust funds for pets.
BEIJING, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- The New Year saw China enact 59 new federal and provincial laws Monday, ranging from mandatory review of death sentences to human rights.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- The Chief Justice of the United States used his year-end report on the state of U.S. courts to urge a pay raise for federal judges.
