By Daniel Schearf Singapore 12 November 2009 Finance and trade ministers meeting in Singapore for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum have agreed the global economic recovery is still fragile and more coordinated efforts are needed for susta...
By Paula Wolfson Tokyo 12 November 2009 President Barack Obama waves as he boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, 12 Nov 2009 U.S. President Barack Obama has arrived in Japan, the first stop on an Asian journey that will also ta...
By Kent Klein White House 12 November 2009 President Barack Obama delivers a statement on the economy at the White House, 12 Nov 2009 U.S. President Barack Obama says he will hold a wide-ranging jobs summit in December, to discuss ways to put more p...
By Laurel Bowman Washington 12 November 2009 Nidal Malik Hasan (2007 file) (picture provided by the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences) As the alleged Fort Hood shooter recovers, questions are surfacing, including what made Major N...
By David Gollust Manila 12 November 2009 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton talks to reporters during Manila press conference, 12 Nov 2009 U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says she or President Barack Obama might meet Burmese leaders in the c...
By David Gollust Manila 12 November 2009 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton talks to reporters during Manila press conference, 12 Nov 2009 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Thursday vowed continued U.S. support for the Philippine government's fight...
By Sean Maroney Islamabad 12 November 2009 The U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan has reportedly expressed in writing his concerns about deploying additional American troops to the country. Media reports quote U.S. officials as saying the ambassador is...
By Ricci Shryock Dakar 12 November 2009 Red Cross officials say an outbreak of dengue fever in Cape Verde is the worst ever in West Africa. Hospitals in Cape Verde are running out of room for their patients this week, says the Red Cross' West and Ce...
By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 12 November 2009 Russian President Dmitri Medvedev (file photo) Russian President Dmitri Medvedev is calling for sweeping economic, social, political, and military modernization of his country. In his second annual State of...
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 12 November 2009 Doctors estimate that more than 10,000 babies are born with a heart defect each year in Kenya. For most poor children and their families, life-saving operations are too expensive or unavailable. In this edi...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 12 November 2009 11th annual Landmine Monitor Report A new report finds significant progress has been made in eradicating antipersonnel landmines since the Mine Ban Treaty came into force 10 years ago. The International Campai...
By Steve Herman New Delhi 12 November 2009 Government officials in Colombo confirm the chief of Sri Lanka's armed forces has quit his post, but are not commenting on speculation he is poised to challenge the island nation's president in an upcoming...
By Margaret Besheer United Nations 12 November 2009 Shirin Ebadi (file photo) Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi urged the international community Wednesday to throw its support behind a U.N. General Assembly resolution condemning the lack of human rights...
By Dorian Jones Istanbul 12 November 2009 Relations between Turkey and Iran appear to be getting closer and those ties are raising concerns among some of Turkey's Western allies. This past weekend, Turkish President Abdullah Gul said at a meeting in...
By Edward Yeranian Cairo 12 November 2009 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (file photo) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad says Iran and the West have entered a period of cooperation concerning its nuclear program. The Iranian president did...
