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MELBOURNE, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Two conjoined twins separated in a 32-hour operation in Australia appear to be making a good recovery, the woman who has been caring for them says.

NEW DELHI, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Three explosions in the northeastern Indian province of Assam killed at least five people and injured scores more Sunday morning, police said.

LONDON, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- The British Conservative Party's lead over Labor has dwindled to 6 percentage points, a poll released Sunday said.

RAMAPO, N.Y., Nov. 21 (UPI) -- An anchor for the New York City cable news channel NY1 has been found guilty of an attempted assault on his wife at their home north of the city.

SYDNEY, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- About 140 bushfires burned Saturday across the Australian state of New South Wales as high temperatures and gusty winds created dangerous conditions.

GAZA, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Israeli military aircraft struck targets in the Gaza Strip overnight Saturday after a rocket was fired from Palestinian territory into Israel, officials said.

HARBIN, China, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- A gas explosion in an underground coal mine in northeastern China killed at least 87 miners and left 21 trapped in a shaft, officials said.

JERUSALEM, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- For a second Saturday in a row, ultra-Orthodox Jews rallied outside an Intel computer chip plant in Jerusalem, protesting work done on the Sabbath, police said.

SAULT STE. MARIE, Ontario, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Roman Catholic Bishop Brian Dunn, who replaces Raymond Lahey, the Canadian bishop facing child pornography charges, said Saturday the job will be challenging.

CALGARY, Alberta, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Two small explosive devices went off in Calgary Saturday, prompting police to empty about 25 units in two nearby apartment buildings as a precaution.

CALGARY, Alberta, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Two cars collided head-on on a divided highway in Canada Saturday afternoon, killing four people with a child the only survivor, police said.

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OSLO, Norway, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- A drug-resistant mutation of the H1N1 influenza virus has been found in hospital patients in Wales, the British National Health Service says.

VATICAN CIY, Vatican City, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Pope Benedict XVI and Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams held a "cordial" meeting Saturday, their first since the Vatican targeted disaffected Anglicans.

BUCHAREST, Romania, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Millions of Romanians will go to the polls Sunday in the first round of the country's presidential election amid political turmoil, authorities say.