WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 (UPI) — A dormant government appeal of a 2007 ruling that said the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is unconstitutional will be argued in court.

ATHENS, Greece, Jan. 5 (UPI) — The new chair of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe has called for strengthening the OSCE’s role in promoting dialogue to ensure security.

MOGADISHU, Somalia, Jan. 5 (UPI) — Several leaders in Somalia working toward reconciliation and peace have been killed as the ongoing rebel violence in the country continues to escalate.

MOGADISHU, Somalia, Jan. 5 (UPI) — An outbreak of violence in central Somalia has forced an estimated 50,000 people from their homes since the end of December.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 (UPI) — Lebanon has signed a deal to partner with the United States on nuclear non-proliferation through the installation of radioactive threat detection technologies.