WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- Democrat Caroline Kennedy isn't qualified to be one of New York's U.S. senators, one of the state's leading Republicans said Sunday.

ALBANY, N.Y., Dec. 11 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. Gary Ackerman says replacing U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton with Caroline Kennedy, daughter of the late President John F. Kennedy, is unacceptable.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is expected to appoint seasoned U.S. diplomat and former U.S. Ambassador to Algeria and Syria Christopher Ross as his personal envoy for Western Sahara. This appointment hopefully will continue the momentum of the current negotiations process to end the three-decades-old conflict between Morocco and the Polisario Front, an Algerian-backed rebel movement that has challenged Morocco's historical sovereignty over a Colorado-sized desert territory in North Africa (sometimes known as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic).

NEW DELHI, July 3 (UPI) -- A U.S. congressional delegation is in India to discuss a timeline for implementing an agreement on the country's civilian nuclear technology.

WASHINGTON, April 2 (UPI) -- The threat of a nuclear attack on a major U.S. city is genuine and is escalating, government officials and terrorism experts say.

WASHINGTON, March 6 (UPI) -- The U.S. Congress already authorized a long-term security agreement with Iraq when it authorized use of force against Saddam Hussein, the White House argues.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- A U.S. government watchdog report monitoring Iraqi reconstruction said foreign donors contributed barely 16 percent of promised aid to the war-torn nation.

LISBON, Portugal, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Israel's foreign minister said at a summit in Lisbon, Portugal, that Egypt must put a stop to weapons smuggling from that country into Gaza.

WASHINGTON, April 2 (UPI) -- There are growing signs the Bush administration is becoming impatient with Pakistani's military president, Pervez Musharraf, USA Today reports.