NEW DELHI, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- The Indian army is set to order an unspecified number of Akash anti-aircraft missiles to replace its aging Russian SAM-6 Kvadrat air defense missile system.
ADELPHI, Md., Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Maryland's university system defied a legislative call to police campus pornography, saying the rule was indefensible and would prompt free-speech lawsuits.
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Nov. 12 (UPI) -- The resignation of Bank of America's chief executive "clearly" caught the U.S. bank's board of directors off guard, investment advisers said.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- The White House will host a jobs and economic growth forum to address job creation and spurring the U.S. economy, President Barack Obama said Thursday.
DALLAS, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- A U.S. paleontology student says he has determined central Africa's tropical Congo Basin was arid and treeless during the Late Jurassic period.
MOGADISHU, Somalia, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Armed gunmen in separate incidents shot and killed officials in Bosaso and Garowe in Somalia's Puntland region, officials said Thursday.
LIMESTONE, N.Y., Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Residents in western New York say advocates of a less-intrusive national government should look closer to home for scaling back.
LONDON, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- The U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan advised President Obama against a troop surge, questioning if Afghan leaders could be effective partners, officials said.
NEW YORK, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- U.S. markets were mixed Thursday morning after six consecutive days of gains in New York.
HAWKE'S BAY, New Zealand, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Anthony Kim defeated Sean O'Hair on the first playoff hole Thursday and claimed the $1 million first prize at the Kiwi Challenge tournament in New Zealand.
BRUSSELS, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- The European Commission has warned member states they would have to take steps to curtail rising national deficits.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Nov. 12 (UPI) -- A Northwestern University physician is to become the first orthopedic surgeon to orbit the Earth when he lifts off on space shuttle Atlantis.
MOSCOW, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Modernizing the Russian economy is vital for the country's survival in the 21st century, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Nov. 12 (UPI) -- The six astronauts who will be aboard space shuttle Atlantis on its STS-129 mission began their pre-launch activities at Cape Canaveral, Fla., Thursday.
CAPE MAY, N.J., Nov. 12 (UPI) -- U.S. Coast Guard crews Thursday searched a rough Atlantic Ocean off Cape May, N.J., for three people after their fishing boat sank, authorities said.
LONDON, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- The Council of Mortgage Lenders said the fear of foreclosure in Britain had eased, predicting repossessions more than 35 percent lower than estimated earlier.
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Saudi Arabia has eased reprisals against al-Houthi rebels positioned along its mountainous southern border, a Saudi government source said.
KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- The Taliban has stepped up use of visual arts on the Internet and television in a campaign to win the Afghan propaganda war, officials say.
NASHVILLE, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Taylor Swift, at 19 years of age, has become the youngest person selected the Country Music Association's Entertainer of the Year.
ATLANTA, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Lou Dobbs, a mainstay at CNN almost continually since the news network was launched in 1980, abruptly quit his prime-time program.