SEDONA, Ariz., Oct. 16 (UPI) -- Verizon and AT&T put special towers on U.S. Sen. John McCain's Arizona ranch after his wife, Cindy McCain, requested cellphone service, the companies said.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- Lawyers for Rep. Rick Renzi, saying politics play a big role in his case, claim the FBI taped delicate talks about House leadership races, court papers said.
HARARE, Zimbabwe, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and a key opposition party were close to a deal Thursday to create a coalition government, officials from both sides said.
ANKARA, Turkey, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- Five Turkish soldiers died Thursday in an ambush by Kurdish rebels on a mini-bus with troops aboard in southern Turkey, Turkish military officials said.
MONTREAL, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- A Canadian court in Montreal found a self-proclaimed pastor guilty of sexual assault with regard to his supposed marriage to a 10-year-old girl.
DAWSON CREEK, British Columbia, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- A former Canadian intelligence official disagrees with the Mounties and says a weekend gas pipeline bombing in British Columbia was an act of terror.
KABUL, Pakistan, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- A suspected U.S. missile strike Thursday killed up to four people in Pakistan's South Waziristan tribal region, witnesses and officials said.
BAGHDAD, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- A draft Iraqi security agreement calls for U.S. combat troops to leave the country in 2011, an Iraqi government spokesman said.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- A second-floor wooden balcony on a home in Vancouver, British Columbia, collapsed because it was overcrowded, rescue officials said.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- Democratic nominee Barack Obama narrowly beat Republican John McCain in the final U.S. presidential debate, results from a snap Politico poll indicated.
CHICAGO, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- Federal investigators are investigating the crash of a medical helicopter ferrying a 1-year-old girl to a Chicago hospital, officials said.
PRINCETON, N.J., Oct. 16 (UPI) -- Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama is expanding his lead over Republican John McCain in the latest Gallup Poll Daily result.
OTTAWA, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- Party sources say the leader of Canada's Liberal Party, Stephane Dion, will resign soon in Ottawa following a drubbing in Tuesday's federal elections.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- A suicide bomber in Pakistan rammed his explosives-laden car into a police compound in the northwest region Thursday, killing four people, police said.
BEIJING, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- Chinese authorities said Thursday tests on samples of exported frozen green beans showed no evidence of pesticide residue as claimed in Japan.
LIMON, Honduras, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- A tropical depression that brought stiff winds and downpours to Honduras and surrounding region dissipated Wednesday night and early Thursday, forecasters said.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- A spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban told the BBC the militants operating in the nation's troubled northwest region are willing to talk with the government.
BEIJING, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- Visiting Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari signed several agreements in China but it was not known if a nuclear cooperation deal was among them.
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y., Oct. 16 (UPI) -- The following is a transcript of the U.S. presidential debate between Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama Wednesday at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y.
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y., Oct. 16 (UPI) -- Barack Obama and John McCain picked apart each other's healthcare plans Wednesday during their final U.S. presidential debate.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- Swedish authorities revealed a 43-year-old Swedish citizen suspected of leading an Islamist network was killed by U.S. forces in Iraq.
LONDON, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- Britain's Toy Retailers Association predicts the hottest toys this holiday season will include a 17-year-old potty-going baby doll.
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y., Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Barack Obama and John McCain concluded their third U.S. presidential debate Wednesday as they began, discussing the economy.
