LONDON, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Author Ian Fleming, creator of the fictional spy hero James Bond, helped insert "new blood" into MI6, Britain's real-life intelligence agency, documents reveal.

LONDON, Aug. 15 (UPI) -- James Bond creator Ian Fleming used to claim, partly in jest, that he also helped create the CIA, but a new report indicates he probably wasn't kidding.

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- The tablets Charlton Heston carried in the classic Hollywood film "The Ten Commandments" have been sold for $69,000, auctioneers Profiles in History said.

BERLIN, June 5 (UPI) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, in his first official visit to the West, on Thursday in Berlin vowed to bring Russia closer to Europe, but warned that NATO's relations with Russia would be "ruined" if the alliance expanded further east.

UPI Almanac for Wednesday, May 28, 2008.

LONDON, May 27 (UPI) -- British author Sebastian Faulks said he wrote the new James Bond novel "Devil May Care" in six weeks.

LONDON, May 18 (UPI) -- The newest James Bond novel should financially benefit the family Ian Fleming, creator of the famed fictional British secret agent, the book's author says.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, April 5 (UPI) -- Goldeneye, a Jamaican getaway once used by James Bond creator Ian Fleming, is being upgraded to a $120 million private resort, its owner says.

LONDON, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- An elderly Russian says that as a young sailor he killed a legendary British spy when he caught him trying to place a mine on a Soviet ship.