AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, March 17 (UPI) -- Russia's Hermitage Museum has opened a permanent branch in Amsterdam, where Czar Peter the Great got many of his ideas about modernizing 16th century Russia.

LONDON, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Buckingham Palace has placed on display a collection of works by the Russian jeweler Carl Faberge accumulated by three generations of the House of Windsor.

Today is Thursday, July 17, the 198th day of 2003 with 167 to follow.

NEW YORK, July 11 (UPI) -- Russian sacred icons - second only to Faberge bibelots as the most popular form of Russian art in America - are getting an unusual exhibition in the form of the

Entertainer Liza Minnelli fell and broke her right kneecap while leaving a hotel in Italy Sunday night.

On this date one year ago, six weeks after the Sept. 11 terrorist assault on the United States, President Bush signed new legislation giving law enforcement agencies expanded authority in their fight against suspected terrorists. The measure, passed overh

The weekly UPI Blast from the Past package for Oct. 21-27.

Today is July 17.

Today is Wednesday, July 17, the 198th day of 2002 with 167 to follow.