By Cathy Majtenyi Kiambu District, Kenya 11 June 2007 In Kenya's Kiambu District, activists and local government and education officials are working hand-in-hand to rescue boys and girls laboring in the area's coffee, tea, and other plantations. Cat...
By Brian Wagner Caracas 27 May 2007 Supporters of television station Radio Caracas Television, RCTV, protest in Caracas, 26 May 2007 Venezuelan officials are readying to launch a new television station that will replace the nation's oldest private br...
By Nico Colombant Kaduna, Nigeria 20 April 2007 Nigeria's next president is almost certain to be a northerner, as the ruling party candidate and the two main opposition leaders for Saturday's election are from that region. But analysts say replacing...
By Tabinda Naeem Washington, DC 26 January 2007 watch Amber Alert report Dylan and Shasta Groene Every day thousands of children around the world are reported missing. Authorities in the United States have devised a special method to alert the publi...
By Jim Bertel Washington, DC 22 December 2006 watch The Nativity Story report The Nativity Story A new film features some familiar Hollywood plot lines: a scandalous teenage pregnancy and young runaways fleeing the law. What makes this different fro...
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 12 December 2006 Child prostitutes are escaping life on the streets with help from a Los Angeles charity called Children of the Night. Mike O'Sullivan reports, the group has helped thousands of youngsters in the 27 yea...
By Stephanie Ho Washington 15 November 2006 The non-profit group , One Laptop per Child has unveiled a low-cost, high-durability laptop computer that it says it wants to put into the hands of children across the globe. Children's laptop from One Lap...
By Bill Rodgers Washington 20 October 2006 A top State Department official says the United States will be assessing whether it will continue to be engaged in the United Nations Human Rights Council - following what the official called a disappointin...
By Jim Malone Washington 28 March 2006 Navy Lieutenant Commander Charles Swift, lead attorney for Salim Hamdan, leaves Supreme Court Lawyers for a suspected member of al-Qaida argued at the U.S. Supre...
Tim Johnston With almost half the votes counted from last Monday's Indonesian elections, the incumbent ruling party is maintaining a very slight lead. But the results could bring radical change to Ind...