By Challiss McDonough Beirut 18 July 2006 Western nations are moving to evacuate thousands of their citizens from Lebanon as Israel's air strikes there intensify. The airport and seaports have been closed after being repeatedly bombed, and most of t...
By Pearse Lynch Nairobi 18 July 2006 The Sudanese government says it will not submit to international pressure to allow a United Nation's peacekeeping force into the war torn region of Darfur. The latest rejection of peacekeepers comes amid warnings...
By Margaret Besheer Ainkawa, Iraq 18 July 2006 Caught up in the sectarian attacks claiming dozens of Iraqi lives each day is the country's small Christian community. The Dora neighborhood of Baghdad has traditionally been home to many Iraqi Christia...
By Leta Hong Fincher Washington, DC 18 July 2006 watch Policy Crises report The Bush administration is facing a series of simultaneous foreign policy crises from the Middle East to the Korean peninsula. The U.S. military is already heavily committed...
By Carol Pearson Washington, DC 18 July 2006 watch Air Pollution report Scientists at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research observed the highest air pollution on record above the Arctic Circle in May. Air pollution has been link...
By Deborah Block Washington, DC 18 July 2006 watch Middle East report Israeli military planes bombed the port of the Lebanese capital of Beirut and other sites in Lebanon Monday. It was the sixth day of an offensive against the Hezbollah militant gr...
By Sonja Pace Haifa 18 July 2006 View Bush Mideast comments (Real) - Download 10mb A barrage of Hezbollah rockets hit northern Israel, killing one man and injuring at least 14 others, while Israel continued its bombardment and air strikes of Lebanon...
By Zulima Palacio Branson, Missouri 18 July 2006 watch Christmas in July report Santas everywhere Five hundred forty seven Santa Clauses, Mrs. Santas, elves and helpers recently staged what they called theFirst International Convention of Santas. It...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 18 July 2006 Sabo Adamu who is a young tailor works at his father's shop at Ruga area of Abuja, July 17, 2006 Civil servants in Nigeria have issued an ultimatum to the federal authorities to halt planned job cuts or risk a...
By Kate Pound Dawson /Michael Coren Hong Kong / Pangandaran, Indonesia 18 July 2006 Destroyed fishing boats are seen after a tsunami swept past the beach in Kebumen, Central Java, Indonesia, Tuesday, July 18, 2006 A major earthquake off the Indonesi...
By Kane Farabaugh Breeze Point, NY 18 July 2006 watch Wounded Warriors report Water sports, such as water skiing, are possible for amputees While modern medicine on the battlefield has helped reduce the number of casualties, close to 20,000 U.S. ser...
By Lisa Bryant Paris 18 July 2006 U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, left, gestures as he adresses the media while standing next to EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso at EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Tuesday July 18, 2006 U.N. Sec...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 18 July 2006 India has deferred peace talks with Pakistan in the wake of the deadly train bombings in Mumbai, accusing its neighbor of abetting terror attacks in India. The bomb blasts have cast a shadow over a two-year...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 18 July 2006 Diplomatic efforts to end the latest conflict in the Middle East intensified, Tuesday, as United Nations diplomats met with senior Israeli officials in Jerusalem, after holding talks in Beirut. The talks took pla...
By Michael Coren Jakarta 18 July 2006 Hundreds of thousands of people in central Indonesia still spend each night under plastic tarps - more than six weeks after their homes were destroyed in an earthquake. The government hopes to house about 1.2 mi...
