MOSCOW, May 18 (UPI) -- Belarus has said it is ready to swap a 50 percent stake in state-controlled gas distributor Beltranshaz for Gazprom's gas assets. "We are prepared to transfer a 50-per-cent stake in Beltranshaz to a Russian-Belarusian gas transit j …

SUMATRA , Indonesia, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Heavy rains in Indonesia will greatly reduce the dangerous haze that had spread through Malaysia and towards Singapore, a report said. The air pollution was caused by clearing fires set by farmers, plantation owners a …

WASHINGTON , June 1 (UPI) -- Iraqi insurgents fear democracy, and that is why they are attacking innocent people, President George Bush said Tuesday. The president told a White House news conference he was confident that Iraqi troops would be "up to the t …

TEHRAN , Aug. 22 (UPI) -- Iran's outgoing Supreme National Security Council chief , Hasan Rohani, said Iran wants to re-operate a second nuclear center after agreement with Europe. "The Islamic Republic of Iran is seeking to resume activities at the nucle …

BOCHUM, Germany, March 27 (UPI) -- Human sperm may smell their way to the egg, scientists reported Thursday. An international team of scientists found synthetic compounds mimicking the scent of lily of the valley and other flowers caused the sperm to make …

Investors who bought the $5.2 billion of long-term bonds that California sold Wednesday already have booked a tidy paper profit on them. That raises the question of whether the state overpaid in the deal. Short answer: Yes canada goose down, it did. Calif …

WASHINGTON,les ugg, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- Former ABC News "Nightline" correspondent Dave Marash has signed with the Arab News network al-Jazeera's new English-language network. Marash, 63, told The Los Angeles Times al-Jazeera is "a thoroughly respectable news …

DALLAS, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- The Dallas Morning News has admitted inflating circulation figures by as much as 5 percent. The practice led to the resignation of an executive vice president canada goose jacka online, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram said. The proble …

Argentina's president not only defended this nation's recent ban on some Brazilian products from import, but threatened to expand it. Nestor Kirchner said during a meeting of regional nations belonging to the Mecosur trade bloc, which include Argentina an …

MIAMI, April 6 (UPI) -- The ConocoPhillips Co. has agreed to a $70 million settlement with residents of Pensacola, Fla., over a toxic plume generated by a fertilizer plant. The plume spread from the old Agrico Chemical Co. plant in central Pensacola to Ba …