MOSCOW , May 24 (UPI) -- Moscow recognizes the Libyan Transitional National Council as the legitimate overseer of the future of the country , the Russian foreign minister said Tuesday. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said after meeting with Libyan o …

KISSIMMEE , Fla., Sept. 13 (UPI) -- A man who spent almost 12 hours on top of a police communications tower in Kissimmee , Fla. , climbed down quietly around noon Tuesday , police said. Joseph Gonzalez , 27, was hospitalized for a psychiatric evaluation, a …

NEW YORK , Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Several blocks of New York's outer boroughs remained buried in snow despite a promise from the city to have the Christmas 2010 blizzard fully cleared Thursday. Amid allegations sanitation workers slowed down cleanup efforts to p …

FUSHUN , China , Jan. 19 (UPI) -- An explosion at an oil refinery in northeast China Wednesday left at least one person dead , two missing and some 30 others injured , local officials said. The blast at the No. 2 plant of the Fushun Petrochemical Co. in Li …

BEIJING , April 12 (Xinhuanet) -- There have been no blasts or assassination incidents in northwestern China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region over recent years, according to a news conference held here on Monday. The current security situation in thi …

BAGHDAD , Jan. 4 (UPI) -- Delays in appointing a minister of defense in Iraq are creating major security challenges for the new government , a member of the Iraqiya slate complained. Iraqi lawmakers in December ended the longest political stalemate in mode …

COLEMAN, Alberta , Aug. 15 (UPI) -- Winnipeg Jets center Rick Rypien was found dead in his Alberta , Canada, home Monday, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said. Authorities discovered the 27-year-old after receiving a phone call at 12:30 p.m. local time a …

MONTREAL , May 9 (UPI) -- The Quebec separatist movement "is still an option" despite a loss in a national election , Canada's outgoing foreign affairs minister said. Minister of Foreign Affairs Lawrence Cannon , who lost his Quebec district of Pontiac in …

ANKARA , Turkey , Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Nine militants believed to be with the black-listed Kurdistan Workers' Party , or PKK , were killed by Turkish forces in the south of the country , Ankara said. The PKK has been waging a bloody separatist campaign against …

NEW BRAUNFELS , Texas , March 9 (UPI) -- A Texas woman who left her baby daughter strapped in a car seat while she went to work found her child dead 9 hours later , police in New Braunfels said. Police said the mother , identified by the New Braunfels Her …