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The United Nations is observing World Food Day (Saturday, Oct. 16). Food prices have been climbing in recent months because of bad weather in several major agricultural regions. Experts predict there will be more extreme weather as climate changes, j...
Maybe its happened to you. You go for a walk in the woods and, after wandering around for a few hours trying to find your way back to the car, you realize that youve basically been walking in circles. Well, youre not alone. Because scientists have fo...
Crews are drilling holes hoping to ventilate toxic gas from a West Virginia mine where 25 miners were killed. Four miners are being missing. Once the mine is ventilated, officials say teams will need four to five hours to reach the area where rescue...
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Carol Van Dam. With thousands feared dead from yesterdays massive earthquake in Haiti, the Pentagon is gearing up to send thousands of troops, cargo planes and ships to help the battered nation. President Obama promis...
By Deborah Block Little Rock, Arkansas 24 September 2007 Fifty years ago this month, a high school in the U.S. southern city of Little Rock, Arkansas became a crucial battleground in the struggle for civil rights. Despite prejudice and hostility from...
By Phil Mercer Sydney 01 June 2007 An Australian tribunal has awarded compensation to a Thai woman who was forced to work as a prostitute in Sydney when she was 13. It is the first time a victim of sex trafficking has received damages from the tribun...
By Margaret Besheer Baghdad 16 December 2006 Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki made the call at national reconciliation conference of Shi'ites, Sunni Arab and Kurdish politicians to halt communal bloodshed Iraqi political figures took the first t...
