WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Unless America pumps up foreign language education, both the nation's global competitiveness and national security could be at risk. Part 1of 2.

WINCHBURGH, Scotland, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- A cow wandered onto a highway in Scotland, causing a five-car pileup, officials say.

LONDON, June 7 (UPI) -- Englishman Henry Allingham has become the oldest man throughout Europe after celebrating his 112th birthday, relatives say.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- Organizers of the Wellington, New Zealand, rugby sevens are putting a dress code in place for the first time in the history of the tournament.

INVERNESS, Scotland, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- A ferry that until recently operated on Loch Ness in Scotland was shipped to Kazakhstan by air Thursday so the president can tour a copper mine in style.

NEW YORK, March 30 (UPI) -- The New York rock club Sin-e, which helped to launch the careers of Sara McLaughlin and David Gray, will close its doors for the last time Sunday.

KIRKUK, Iraq, April 25 (UPI) -- U.S. officials are concerned that a growing number of Shiite militia forces are converging on the northern, oil-rich Iraqi city of Kirkuk.

WASHINGTON, May 6 (UPI) -- Investigators with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Inspector General's office are looking into allegations that cow brains and other risky materials that could carry mad cow disease might be entering the human food supply in violation of agency polic

LONDON, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Rock groups have banded together to raise money for famine relief in Sudan's Darfur region, the BBC reports.