SRINAGAR , India, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- State assembly elections in Indian-administered Kashmir produced no clear winner and the two leading parties were expected to form a coalition.
SACRAMENTO, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- The author of California's new law on cyberbullying at school says it will enable educators to head off situations that could be spinning out of control.
FALLUJAH, Iraq, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Suicide bombers struck in Fallujah and Mosul, Iraq, Sunday, killing at least five people and wounding 27 more, authorities said.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Sunday that even in hindsight, Iraq's Saddam Hussein had to go, to further stability in the Middle East.
EDINBURGH, Scotland, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Authorities in Scotland Sunday held a man suspected of abducting a nurse found trapped in the trunk of her car for several days.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- A suicide bomber detonated his explosives at a military checkpoint in Sri Lanka Sunday, killing at least eight people and injuring 17, authorities said.
SACRAMENTO, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Some California crops meant to be organically produced turned out not to be organic due to use of a fertilizer containing a synthetic chemical, records show.
KODIAK, Alaska, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- The U.S. Coast Guard sent a helicopter Sunday to airlift three crew members from a Chinese tanker injured when their ship ran into heavy weather in the Pacific.
DETROIT, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Thousands of southeastern Michigan residents were without power Sunday after strong winds pushed through the Detroit area, officials said.
KHOST, Afghanistan, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- NATO says a suicide bomber was clearly aware Afghan school children were nearby when he detonated car loaded with explosives.
JACKSON HOLE, Wyo., Dec. 28 (UPI) -- A Wyoming skier this weekend became at least the sixth person to die in an avalanche in North America this winter, authorities said.
ELDORADO, Texas, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Members of a polygamous sect in Texas says when their ranch was raided by authorities their temple was desecrated and officials pushed them into poverty.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- U.S. first lady Laura Bush says she isn't laughing off the incident in Iraq in which a reporter disrupted a news conference by hurling his shoes at her man.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- An influential Republican senator said Sunday that getting credit markets back in action is still a critical need for the overall U.S. economy.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama is committed to the Middle East peace process despite renewed violence along the Gaza Strip, a senior adviser said Sunday.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Illinois' lieutenant governor predicted Sunday the state's embattled governor, Rod Blagojevich, will be out of office by mid-February.
TIJUANA, Mexico, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- The Tijuana police department has returned 500 officers to their posts in the Mexican border city's troubled east side after more than a month break.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Israel's foreign minister said Sunday the weekend assault on the Gaza Strip was the consequence of Palestinian insincerity about the Middle East peace process.
HARARE, Zimbabwe, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Opposition officials in Zimbabwe say the government has given into the demands of their party leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, for a new passport.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- When Barack Obama takes the oath of office, becoming the first African-American U.S. president, he will be standing amid stonework laid by slaves.
Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler
