LIMA, May 26 (UPI) -- A judge in Peru has ordered U.S. citizen Lori Berenson released after 15 years in prison, but also ordered her to remain in Peru for five years.
SALT LAKE CITY, May 25 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. Jim Matheson, D-Utah, Monday ripped GOP Senate hopefuls Tim Bridgewater and Mike Lee for proposing the resumption of nuclear testing in the state.
SYDNEY, May 25 (UPI) -- The Australian government said it has had no passenger complaints about new rules requiring disclosure when carrying restricted pornography into Australia.
KABUL, Afghanistan, May 25 (UPI) -- A key al-Qaida leader and several other militants died Tuesday in a fierce gun battle in Afghanistan's Paktia province, military officials said.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, May 25 (UPI) -- Heavy rains in Haiti this week threaten the safety of hundreds of thousands of people living in makeshift tents since January's devastating earthquake.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, May 25 (UPI) -- The death toll mounted Tuesday in the third day of fighting between security forces and drug cartel gunmen in Jamaica's capital.
GAZA CITY, Gaza, May 25 (UPI) -- Israeli troops near the Gaza border escaped injury after one of their vehicles rolled over a bomb apparently planted by militants, a military spokesman says.
JERUSALEM, May 25 (UPI) -- Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert underwent several hours of questioning Tuesday in connection with a Jerusalem real estate deal, a spokesman says.
LONDON, May 25 (UPI) -- Britain's Queen Elizabeth II said Tuesday cutting the deficit and putting the country back on a path of economic growth are the government's top priority.
BRAITHWAITE, England, May 25 (UPI) -- A school bus accident in northwest England has killed three people and injured 39 others, four of them critically, police in Cumbria say.
MANILA, Philippines, May 25 (UPI) -- A top Philippine lawmaker is urging his colleagues to officially declare the winner of the country's recent presidential election.
SYDNEY, May 25 (UPI) -- Police in Australia say a circus acrobat accused of spreading HIV has given authorities the names of 12 women with whom he had unprotected sex.
PLESSISVILLE, Quebec, May 25 (UPI) -- Authorities in Quebec, Canada, say they believe a man intentionally caused back-to-back accidents that left him, his son and two other people dead.
BAGHDAD, May 25 (UPI) -- Gunmen pulled off a deadly robbery at a gold market Tuesday in Baghdad, killing at least 15 people, police said.
WARSAW, Poland, May 25 (UPI) -- Poland's worst flooding in more than a decade has claimed the lives of at least 15 people and caused about $2.4 billion in damage, government officials say.
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WASHINGTON, May 25 (UPI) --
The Kennedy Center in Washington says it plans to present writer-actress Tina Fey with the 2010 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.
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NEW YORK, May 25 (UPI) --
June delivery crude oil prices regained some traction Tuesday, climbing above $69 per barrel after a steep overnight drop on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
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