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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, May 8 (UPI) -- Two women in Cambodia charged with procuring prostitutes repeatedly sewed a teenage girl's vagina so she could be sold as a virgin, officials say.
ESLOV, Sweden, May 8 (UPI) -- A 2-year-old boy whose father forgot to drop him off at day care was found dead in a hot car, police in Sweden said Wednesday.
CAIRO, May 8 (UPI) -- An Egyptian court upheld Wednesday the acquittals of 25 Mubarak-era officials accused of killing and injuring protesters during a 2011 attack in Tahrir Square.
JUAREZ, Mexico, May 8 (UPI) -- Mexican authorities said they are investigating the shooting death of four men inside a Juarez restaurant.
CAIRO, May 8 (UPI) -- Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will remain in detention for an additional 15 days over graft charges, Egypt's Illicit Gains Authority said Wednesday.
SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates, May 8 (UPI) -- Police arrested a man in the stabbing of the imam of the mosque at American University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates, Gulf News reported Wednesday.
DOORN, Netherlands, May 8 (UPI) -- The search of a wooded area for two missing Dutch brothers whose father committed suicide has been called off, police in the Netherlands said Wednesday.
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, May 8 (UPI) -- Two organizations invested in keeping the memory of World War II alive said they are involved in a dispute over who owns papers written by Anne Frank's father.
KABUL, Afghanistan, May 8 (UPI) -- Afghan authorities should investigate the arrest and alleged torture of peaceful protesters by security forces, an international rights group says.
CHONGQUING, China, May 8 (UPI) -- Twenty-one government officials and executives of state-owned businesses in southwest China have been caught in a sex video scandal, local officials said.
GENOA, Italy, May 8 (UPI) -- Rescue crews discovered a seventh body Wednesday following an overnight accident involving a container ship in the Italian port of Genoa, officials said.
KABUL, Afghanistan, May 8 (UPI) -- At least three Afghan civilians died and a number of others were wounded after a roadside bomb exploded in Helmand province Wednesday, officials said.
KABUL, Afghanistan, May 8 (UPI) -- Alleged misconduct by coalition forces during an operation in which four insurgents were killed in Afghanistan is being investigated, officials said Wednesday.
AMETHI, India, May 8 (UPI) -- Police said they have arrested three people, including a liquor supplier, after five people died in Amethi, India, from drinking illegal alcohol.
BRUSSELS, May 8 (UPI) -- Police in three countries conducted raids and arrested 31 people suspected in a $51 million diamond heist at Brussels' Zaventem Airport, officials said.
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A trader wears a DOW 15,000 hat on the floor of the NYSE before the closing bell on Wall Street In New York City on May 7, 2013. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 15,000 for the first time in history. UPI/John Angelillo