By Jennifer Glasse London 17 October 2009 Hindu women purchasing silver and gold ornaments on the eve of Dhanteras during the Diwali, the festival of lights in Hyderabad, India (file photo) Soaring gold prices are having an unexpected impact on a ma...
By Steve Herman New Delhi 17 October 2009 Maldivian President Mohammed Nasheed signs a document calling on all countries to cut down their carbon dioxide emissions, in Girifushi, Maldives, 17 Oct 2009 In an effort to highlight climate change, the Ca...
By Brent Latham Cairo 17 October 2009 Ghana has claimed its first ever FIFA Under-20 World Cup, defeating Brazil in a heart-stopping series of penalty kicks in Cairo, Egypt late Friday after a scoreless tie through 120 minutes of regulation play and...
By Cathy Majtenyi Central Somalia 17 October 2009 Somali children in the drought area Like the rest of eastern Africa, central Somalia is in the grips of a debilitating drought. As a result, more than half of the population is in need of emergency f...
By Edward Yeranian Cairo 17 October 2009 The U.S. Defense Department says that it's cancelling the deployment of a 3,500-member Army brigade to Iraq in January, amid improving security. Some violence continues, however, such as the explosion Saturda...
By Anne Look Dakar 17 October 2009 President Laurent Gbagbo Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo declared his candidacy in the country's long-delayed presidential elections, now scheduled for November. Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo's remarks were met...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 17 October 2009 An Israeli army artillery battery fires a smoke bomb into the Gaza Strip from the border, 06 Jan 2009 Israel is facing growing international pressure after the United Nations Human Rights Council approved t...
By Phil Mercer Sydney 17 October 2009 An Australian court has convicted five Muslim men of plotting to commit an act of terrorism. The men were found guilty of stockpiling bomb-making instructions and purchasing explosive chemicals in pursuit of wha...
By Sean Maroney Islamabad 17 October 2009 Pakistan army troops prepare to leave for patrolling during a curfew in Bannu, 17 Oct 2009 Pakistani officials say the military has launched its much anticipated ground offensive against the Taliban in the S...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 16 October 2009 As India's economy recovers from the global financial crisis, foreign investment is flowing back into the country, and stock markets - as in many other countries, are again buoyant. Stock broker reacts as...
By Ron Corben Bangkok 16 October 2009 Vietnam's economic recovery from the global financial downturn has been marked by large increases in government spending. Much of the expenditure has been directed towards infrastructure. But economists say the...
By Brian Wagner Miami 16 October 2009 More than three months into a political crisis in Honduras, business leaders are starting to feel the pain. Owners say the dispute between ousted President Manuel Zelaya and the interim government is scaring off...
By Jessica Desvarieux Cairo 16 October 2009 Cairo residents try to protect themselves against the smell Cairo's streets are always dirty, but in recent months the usual piles of trash have gotten larger. The government's slaughter of Egypt's pigs, w...
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 16 October 2009 School children eat free lunch at government school in Hyderabad on World Food Day,16 Oct 2009 Despite a goal set by world leaders nine years ago to cut the number of hungry people in half by 2015, the num...
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 16 October 2009 Fisherman rows canoe on Lake Chad (Nov 2006 file photo) The Food and Agriculture Organization held a special event Friday to raise awareness and mobilize funds to save Lake Chad, which was once one of the...
