bagdad , 30 janvier ( ap) - les responsables des élections en irak a émis des ordonnances pour le silence de campagne vendredi pour les élections provinciales à titre d'observateurs surveiller les urnes pour le scrutin samedi % ala haute commission électo …

CHENGDU , China, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- Authorities say 60 giant pandas removed from China's Sichuan Province after a 2008 earthquake should be back in a regional nature preserve by 2012. Local authorities said three of the 63 pandas that resided at the Wolong …

KATHMANDU, Nepal, May 5 (UPI) -- Nepal's president says he has set a Saturday deadline for the country's political parties to come up with a new consensus government. President Ram Baran Yadav , who precipitated a constitutional crisis by reinstating the …

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- The director of the Smithsonian Institution's new African-American museum says his site will house the casket of slain civil rights figure Emmett Till. Lonnie Bunch III, director of the new National Museum of African American H …

LOS ANGELES , Jan. 25 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Justice and the Canadian Bureau of Competition have approved a proposed merger between Live Nation and Ticketmaster. The approvals clear the way for the formation of a new company, to be named Live Nati …

BUFFALO , N.Y. , Nov. 17 (UPI) -- Parts of New York were coated with up to about two feet of Lake Erie-effect snow Monday , meteorologists said. With a lake snow warning for another six inches in effect for some areas of western New York until 6 p.m. EST …

MANILA , March 9 (Xinhuanet) -- Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Friday declared a 30-days unilateral ceasefire against the New People's Army (NPA) to allow for peace talks over the release of an army major held captive for over a year. The s …

ANKARA , July 15 (Xinhua) -- Turkey's anti-drug police seized a large amount of drugs in two operations in Turkey on Friday , the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported.In a joint operation of narcotic teams from eastern province of Van and southern p …