NEW YORK, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- A top U.N. official has asked the Iraqi government to stay the executions of two formerly high-ranking government officials under Saddam Hussein. Louise Arbour requested that Iraqi President Jalal Talabani stop the colleagues of the executed Iraqi leader

LOS ANGELES, April 22 (UPI) -- Two centuries after Haiti declared its independence from France, the Caribbean island nation has yet to enjoy the prosperity that self-determination promises, a