WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- A genocide prevention task force suggested the United States take a greater role globally to prevent the type of slaughter seen in Darfur and the Congo.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Former U.S. Rep. Jim Leach and former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright will represent President-elect Barack Obama at this week's financial summit.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- Washington should not set a deadline for withdrawing troops from Iraq in the midst of the conflict, former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright says.

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright says GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin "distorted the truth" by misquoting her.

WASHINGTON, June 2 (UPI) -- A new blue-ribbon commission set up by Congress to offer the next administration advice about keeping nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction from falling into the hands of rogue states and terrorists held its first meeting in Washington last week.

UPI Almanac for Thursday, May 15, 2008.

ATHENS, Ga., March 28 (UPI) -- Closing the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, would improve the United States' reputation worldwide, five former secretaries of state said.

SINGAPORE, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- UPI Editor at Large Arnaud de Borchgrave interviewed Singapore's Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew on Feb. 2. The following is the text of the interview.

CHICAGO, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright says she wishes President Bush the best of luck with his Mideast push.