BEIJING, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- China, on the 30th anniversary of its ties with the United States, says the two should promote relations to a new level to tackle the global financial crisis.
BRISBANE, Australia, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Hundreds of partying Australians were arrested and police investigated a possible gang rape when New Year's celebrations got out of hand.
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A spark from a welder is being blamed for a barn fire that wiped out 900 young pigs at a farm in Canada, authorities said.
OTTAWA, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Striking transit workers in Ottawa were ordered by a federal official Wednesday to vote on a labor contract offer their leaders rejected.
NORTH VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A 21-year-old snowboarder survived three nights on a Canadian mountain before being found Wednesday afternoon, authorities said.
ST. PAUL, Minn., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman's campaign asked the state Supreme Court Wednesday to require a review of all absentee ballots that may have been wrongly rejected.
SHIJIAZHUANG, China, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The ex-dairy executive at the center of China's tainted milk scandal has admitted producing and selling fake or substandard products, officials said.
FORT TEJON, Calif., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- An out-of-control truck carrying hazardous materials slammed into several vehicles in California Wednesday, injuring about a dozen people, authorities said.
MIAMI, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Veterans in Miami say the slaying of two homeless vets means the city must do more to protect men and women who fought for their country.
LONDON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Police in London say 50 officers were sent to control a bottle-throwing mob who crashed a girl's 18th birthday party after it was advertised on Facebook.
LONDON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The family of a 101-year-old British war hero says a hospital sent him home in a taxi wearing ill-fitting sleepwear and clutching a bag of dirty clothes.
CHICAGO, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Federal prosecutors asked a judge Wednesday for more time in their case against Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to indict the governor and his chief of staff.
JAKARTA, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Prosecutors say an Indonesian intelligence officer Wednesday was acquitted in the killing of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The U.S. Justice Department said it filed a lawsuit on behalf of an Air Force reservist, accusing his employer of violating the reservist's employment rights.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Records show that four West Palm Beach, Fla., city workers were fired and several others disciplined for porn surfing and other misuse of city computers.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has warned colleagues to prepare for a strenuous schedule when Congress resumes in January.
SACRAMENTO, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- California's head wildfire fighter says the state is considering a radical change that would train residents in fire zones to pitch in rather than evacuate.
U.S. President Barack Obama signs the Ultralight Aircraft Smuggling Prevention Act of 2012 as former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, her husband Mark Kelly (R) and Vice President Joe Biden look on in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on February 10, 2012. UPI/Pat Benic...
