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WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Decisions made by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration under President George W. Bush were primarily based on political factors, staffers say.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Murder rates, while holding steady among white U.S. teenagers, have climbed steadily among black teenagers since 2000, a study indicates.

ASHKELON, Israel, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- At least one person died and five were injured Monday when a missile fired from Gaza struck a construction site in Ashkelon, Israel, officials said.

BAIDOA, Somalia, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Somali President Abdullahi Yusef Ahmed, blamed for the country's deepening political crisis, resigned Monday, the Parliament speaker said.

SEOUL, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- A South Korean think tank says North Korea may increase military threats to win more concessions from the new U.S. administration but won't succeed.

BALTIMORE, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Baltimore Police were searching for a suspect who fired shots into a crowd of people on a street corner, wounding five.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- The Marriott Hotel in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad has been renovated, three months after it was hit by a suicide bombing attack that killed 56 people.

BEIJING, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- The United States and China have come a long way since setting up diplomatic ties 30 years ago, the U.S. ambassador to China said.

DHAKA, Bangladesh, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Bangladeshi voters cast ballots amid tight security Monday to elect a new government to replace the two-year rule of a military-backed interim government.

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.

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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.