David Gollust | State Department 25 November 2009 The Obama administration says the 10-month moratorium on new settlement construction starts in the West Bank announced by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday falls short of the com...
Jim Malone | Washington 25 November 2009 Attorney General Eric Holder testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Justice Department oversight. Attorney General Defends Decision...
Governments attribute the delay to President Robert Mugabe's seizure of white-owned farms, including hundreds which belonged to South Africans Peta Thornycroft | Southern Africa 25 November 2009 Laborers tend to tobacco crops on a white-owned tobacc...
Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, called for a renewal of revolutionary spirit against outside enemies, who he accused of waging a soft war against the Islamic Republic Edward Yeranian | Cairo, Egypt 25 November 2009 Iran's Supreme Lead...
Voter lists for weekend elections strongly challenged as inaccurate Joe DeCapua | Washington, DC 25 November 2009 Namibian National Society for Human Rights Namibia holds national elections Friday and Saturday, when voters will choose a president an...
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says he welcomes Pakistani steps to rein in extremists. But he says Pakistan must do everything it can to punish those who planned and carried out the Mumbai attacks last year. Ravi Khanna | Washington 25 Novembe...
A new report by UNICEF and the Zimbabwean shows reduced access to key social services for the poorest women and children especially those in rural areas. Ish Mafundikwa | Harare 25 November 2009 Children gather eggs at a rubbish dump in Mbare, a tow...
As part of the Seoul government's effort to make the city more accessible for women, it has created thousands of parking spaces just for women. Jason Strother | Seoul 24 November 2009 As part of the Seoul government's effort to make the city more ac...
Rivers and canals in the Indonesian capital run black and putrid from the garbage that builds up along their edges. So clogged are they with waste that they often can not carry rainwater away from the city, leaving it flooded. Sara Schonhardt | Jaka...
Kakamega Forest in Western Kenya one of country's last remaining stands Cathy Majtenyi | Nairobi, Kenya 24 November 2009 Mondia, found in Kakamega Forest, is a vine that has for centuries been used as a flavoring agent and medicine Kakamega Forest i...
Dr. Anthony Fauci and Michele Molonye-Kitts say U.S. funding has led to advancement in global AIDS treatment James Butty | Washington, DC 24 November 2009 The director of the U.S. National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said progress...
Astronauts aboard the orbiting space station and the shuttle Atlantis spent most of the day relaxing after long hours of unloading cargo and working on building the International Space Station. The astronauts spent some time November 24 talking to r...
Faiza Elmasry | Washington, DC 24 November 2009 From biology to ecology to medicine, the biosciences are recognized globally as dynamic drivers of modern economic progress. For young college graduates, majoring in one of the biosciences can open a w...
Comedy Central's Daily Show brings its brand of satire to Tehran Sahar Sarshar | Washington, DC 24 November 2009 The Daily Show with Jon Stewart According to a recent poll by Time Magazine - most Americans watch funny news versus real news because t...
Jan Sluizer | Yosemite National Park 24 November 2009 Yosemite National Park, in California's Sierra Nevada mountain range, was one of the nation's first wilderness parks, created in 1890. It has granite cliffs towering over deep valleys, spectacula...
