By Zulima Palacio Washington 23 October 2009 Davis points to a grass shrimp barely visible in her palm Every year erosion and sea level rise are claiming about two meters of shoreline along the Chesapeake Bay on the East Coast of the United States....
By Jennifer Glasse London 23 October 2009 Demonstrators in London protest TV appearance by Nick Griffin The appearance of a far-right politician on a BBC political program has sparked controversy. Anti-fascist protesters broke through the BBC gates...
By Ron Corben Bangkok 23 October 2009 The Thai king, the world's longest-serving monarch, has made his first public appearance since being hospitalized more than a month ago. The appearance is expected to be widely welcomed after weeks of concern ov...
By Daniel Schearf Hua Hin, Thailand 23 October 2009 A Thai military police officer talks on his radio while guarding a hotel where the ASEAN Summit is taking place in Cha-Am of Hua Hin district, southern Thailand, 23 Oct 2009 Leaders of Southeast As...
By Jim Malone Washington 23 October 2009 President Barack Obama (undated photo) In addition to the pressing issues of Afghanistan and health care reform, President Barack Obama has been squeezing in a little campaigning on behalf of Democrats runnin...
By Roger Hsu Philadelphia, PA 23 October 2009 Anne Mahlum Like many big American cities, the officials of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania have spent a lot of time and money on programs to help the city's homeless. But one Philadelphian, 27-year-old Anne...
By Elizabeth Lee Washington 23 October 2009 According to the World Health Organization, one in three women in the world will experience violence in her lifetime. Human Rights groups are urging members of Congress to pass the International Violence A...
By Kurt Achin Seoul 23 October 2009 A high-level North Korean official is traveling to the United States for meetings that may help push forward stalled diplomacy with Washington. The trip coincides with South Korean media speculation of talk betwee...
By Stefan Bos Budapest 23 October 2009 US Vice President Joe Biden gestures while delivering a speech at the Central University Library in Bucharest, Romania, 22 Oct 2009 U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has called on America's European allies to step-...
By Al Pessin Bratislava 23 October 2009 United Nation's special envoy to Afghanistan Kai Eide The top United Nations envoy for Afghanistan says more foreign troops are needed to help secure the country, and to train its army and police forces. The e...
By Al Pessin Bratislava, Slovakia 23 October 2009 NATO defense ministers Friday endorsed the kind of broad counterinsurgency approach for Afghanistan that is the basis for the pending troop request by the NATO and the U.S. commander there, General S...
By Peter Heinlein Kampala 23 October 2009 Uganda's Pres. Yoweri Museveni (L) and AU Commission chair Jean Ping in Kampala before opening of AU Summit on Refugees, 22 Oct 2009 An Africa Union summit in Kampala has adopted a landmark convention on the...
By Scott Stearns Dakar 23 October 2009 Preliminary results from legislative elections in Niger indicate a big win for the ruling party in a vote boycotted by the opposition. West African leaders suspended the country from its regional economic bloc,...
By Phil Mercer Sydney 23 October 2009 An Australian man accused of killing a Jewish youth in Hungary during the Second World War is in jail, awaiting possible extradition. Charles Zentai denies the murder accusations and has been fighting extraditio...
By Scott Bobb Harare 23 October 2009 Zimbabwe farm Almost 10 years ago, Zimbabwe embarked on a controversial land reform program that the government said was aimed at distributing fertile farmland owned by a few thousand white farmers to thousands o...
