TEHRAN, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- The leaders of the Iranian opposition movement must be considered the enemies of God and face execution under national law, a conservative leader said.
WALLINGFORD, Conn., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- A wrongly convicted Connecticut man who served 21 years for rape and murder has been released and a new suspect arrested and charged, authorities said.
HONOLULU, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- A 300-ton pile of trash on a Honolulu dock has officials worried, as a barge scheduled to load and haul it away has been rescheduled, authorities said.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- An official U.S. Army history says there were a number of missteps in the early part of the Afghan war that cost the United States the initiative.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- A Pennsylvania man, already sentenced to 120 years for child pornography, pleaded guilty to raping four children, court records show.
SALT LAKE, Utah, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- A $6 million classic car collection used by an accused Utah swindler to dupe investors will be auctioned off to the public, authorities say.
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Multiple car crashes caused by snow and freezing temperatures have closed a major tourist road in Grand Canyon National Park, U.S. rangers said Wednesday.
SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- A Utah lawmaker plans to introduce a law that would require abortion clinics to display ultrasound images so pregnant women can see them.
KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Corruption and a weak central government in Kabul leave many Afghan villagers with no other choice than to work with the Taliban shadow government.
MOSCOW, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- A gang of armed men opened fire on cash couriers outside a bank in southern Russian, making off with $1.3 million, authorities said.
ATOK, Philippines, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Fifty-five people aboard a Philippines bus were injured Wednesday when the vehicle plunged into a 65-foot ravine, police said.
JERUSALEM, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Heading into 2010, Israel's population stands at 7.5 million, continuing the yearly 1.8 percent increase seen for the last seven years, officials said.
SANAA, Yemen, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- The Yemeni foreign minister said pledges of support fell short of what his country needs to take on the threat posed by al-Qaida.
KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- The International Committee of the Red Cross announced it visited three Afghan soldiers held by the Taliban for the first time since the current conflict began.
RAMADI, Iraq, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Violence in Iraq left the governor of Anbar province in a Baghdad hospital Wednesday when a suicide bomber struck the provincial capital Ramadi.
HARTFORD, Conn., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- The number of women arrested for drunken driving in Connecticut is rising as arrests for men are falling, statistics indicate.
TEL AVIV, Israel, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Amid mounting concern that Israel may unleash pre-emptive strikes against Iran to attack its nuclear facilities, some Israeli commentators are preaching restraint.
DETROIT, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- FBI agents have talked to a Michigan man who claims a man helped a terror suspect board a Detroit-bound jetliner in The Netherlands, his wife says.
CHICAGO, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- A Chicago-area woman is suing the Chicago Transit Authority, alleging she was beaten because the "panic button" in a train car was disabled.
NEW YORK, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- A New York teenager who plunged a knife into the chest of a man who pursued her into a subway station has been charged with manslaughter, police say.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has taken what it says is the first step to ensure owners of polluting facilities foot the cleanup bill.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- The first lawsuit stemming from an alleged massive Ponzi scheme by a Florida attorney has been filed, court observers say.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Florida Republican Party Chairman Jim Greer was facing pressure from party donors Wednesday to resign, analysts said.
Syrian mourners gather around the bodies of people allegedly killed by Syrian government forces during a funeral procession in Maarat al-Noman, Idlib province, Syria, February 7, 2012. UPI
