By Saqib ul-Islam Washington 12 October 2009 Amreeka's stars, pictured on the movie's promotional poster What is it like for a mother and her teenage son to settle in America? And what if they are Palestinian and their arrival coincides with the ons...
By Alan Silverman Hollywood 12 October 2009 Michael Stuhlbarg stars as physics professor Larry Gopnik in writer/directors Joel Ethan Coens A Serious Man Film making brothers Joel and Ethan Coen, Oscar-winners for the 2007 thriller No Country For Old...
By Phil Mercer Sydney 12 October 2009 A group of Afghan asylum seekers who survived an explosion that killed five people in the Timor Sea are to be granted refugee status in Australia. The government, however, has signaled it will deport anyone conv...
By Jennifer Glasse London 12 October 2009 US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks to reporters at Farmleigh House, Dublin, 11 Oct 2009 U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton says Washington is committed to the goals set out for Afghanistan, but...
By VOA News 12 October 2009 US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen in Dublin, 11 Oct 2009 U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is meeting with Northern Ireland's political leaders in Belfast Monday. The talks c...
By Sonja Pace London 12 October 2009 U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has praised the peace process in Northern Ireland, saying it serves as an example for other conflict areas that bitter enemies can resolve differences peacefully. Secretary...
By Ravi Khanna Washington 12 October 2009 Pressure is building on the Afghanistan battleground and in Washington as President Obama considers whether to meet a request for tens of thousands more troops to fight the Taliban insurgency and convince Af...
By Maram Mazen Khartoum 12 October 2009 Three of four Islamists (excluding man in center) accused in 2008 killing of US diplomat and his Sudanese driver, raise their hands and shout slogans as they walk out of Sudanese court (June 2009) A court in S...
By Elizabeth Arrott Cairo 12 October 2009 The Iranian government is rejecting Western pressure to move quickly on disclosing information about its nuclear program. At the same time, it is facing renewed opposition from candidates in the June preside...
By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 12 October 2009 Somalia's al-Shabab extremists have renewed their threat to launch attacks on Kenya. This time, the threat follows allegations the Kenyan government is recruiting ethnic Somalis in northeastern Kenya to fight al...
By Scott Stearns Dakar 12 October 2009 Guinea's capital has been shut down by a strike called to mourn opposition demonstrators killed by government troops two weeks ago. Labor leaders called the strike as a day of prayer to remember what they say a...
By Brian Padden Jakatra 12 October 2009 Victims of the recent earthquake that hit the Indonesian island of Sumatra are getting help from their neighbors to the north, survivors of the 2004 tsunami. In addition to providing material support, these gr...
By Sean Maroney Islamabad 12 October 2009 Pakistani security personnel, volunteers help victims injured in suicide bomb blast arriving at hospital in Peshawar, 12 Oct 2009 Pakistani police say a suicide bombing near the country's troubled Swat Valle...
By Mike O'Sullivan American Samoa 12 October 2009 Two boys walk through a damaged village in American Samoa The U.S. military, civilian agencies and private aid organizations have been providing assistance for tsunami-ravaged sections of American Sa...
By Scott Bobb Harare 12 October 2009 Teachers across Zimbabwe struck for three weeks last month over demands for higher pay. The country's unity government is coming under increasing pressure as it struggles to raise funds for education and other ba...
