BUSH HONORS CHURCHILL

President George W. Bush greets the family of England's World War II Prime Minister Winston Churchill, after Bush spoke at an exhibition about Churchill at the Library of Congress in Washington on February 4, 2004. From left to right are Churchill's grandson Winston Churchill III, his wife Luce, and the elder Churchill's daughter Lady Mary Soames. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)

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Harvard gives Kennedy honorary doctorate

BOSTON, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., said the honorary doctorate of laws he received from Harvard University Monday was a special honor.

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Analysis: Russian-Italian nuclear energy ties deepen

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Washington for years has warned European Union member states about the danger of becoming overly reliant on Russian natural gas imports. Now Italy is seeking Russian expertise in another area of energy cooperation that is certain to unsettle Washington -- nuclear power.

WWII Polish PM may have been assassinated

WARSAW, Poland, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Prosecutors say they want to determine whether World War II Polish Prime Minister Wladyslaw Sikorski was assassinated or really died in an accident.

Outside View: Thank God (if) it's Obama

MANIPAL, India, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- In 2004 this columnist annoyed some of his U.S. friends by rooting for George W. Bush for the U.S. presidency over his rival, John Kerry. The reason was simple: It was the first presidential poll since Sept. 11, 2001, and a Bush defeat would have given oxygen to the fanatics now hiding in the Pakistan-Afghanistan border areas. They would have ascribed a Bush defeat to no factor other than themselves, as would thousands of others of like mindset.

U.N. helps prevent world war, but not much else

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 (UPI) -- Happy United Nations Day! It was 63 years ago Friday that the U.N. Charter went into effect. To paraphrase noted bard Paul McCartney, "Will we still need it, will we still feed it, when it's 64?"

U.S. should welcome Afghan-Taliban peace talks

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- As the military situation in Afghanistan deteriorates, there may be at least the possibility of better news on the political front.

Book: Howard kept Spain from joining WWII

MADRID, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- A new book claims British film star Leslie Howard was a secret agent killed after completing a covert mission to keep Spain out of World War II.

Analysis: What is happening in Syria?

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- Syria has long claimed that it is tied to Lebanon in more ways than one. Over the last two weeks this statement has proven to be far more on the money than Syria ever would have imagined -- or hoped for -- as the wave of terrorist attacks that reared its ugly head in Lebanon has now exported itself to Syria.