By Robert Berger Jerusalem 18 September 2009 Israeli women receive food aid for Jewish new year holiday in Jerusalem, 17 Sep 2009 The High Holy Days have begun in Israel. Israel is marking Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, beginning 10 days of rep...
By Elizabeth Arrott Cairo, Egypt 18 September 2009 Mural of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi will make his debut at the United Nations General Assembly later this month, after many years in the diplomatic wilderness. Mr. G...
By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 18 September 2009 Russian President Dmitri Medvedev (f) and Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (b) Two recent high-profile articles are making news in Russia this month; one is a frank and widely distributed assessment t...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 18 September 2009 The U.N.'s Human Rights Chief is calling for an investigation into Yemeni air strikes that killed dozens of civilians. U.N. aid agencies say the humanitarian situation of the civilian population caught in the...
By Dan Robinson Washington 18 September 2009 Ayad Allawi (file photo) Iraqi officials testifying before a committee of Congress have urged the United States to be cautious in how it withdraws military forces from their country. Iraqi Prime Minister...
By Ayaz Gul Islamabad 18 September 2009 Pakistani local residents gather at the wreckage of a market and vehicles after a suicide car bomb blast near the garrison city of Kohat, 18 Sep 2009 Authorities in northwestern Pakistan say that a suicide car...
By Daniel Schearf Bangkok 18 September 2009 Prisoners listen to briefing as they are released from notorious Insein prison in Rangoon, 18 Sep 2009 Burma's military government has set free several political prisoners as part of an amnesty for more th...
By Brian Wagner Miami, Florida 18 September 2009 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (l) and Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez (r) Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez is leading a new diplomatic effort to strengthen ties with a set of distant partne...
By Jessica Desvarieux Cairo 18 September 2009 Iranian opposition supporters attend protest in Tehran, 18 Sep 2009 Thousands of Iranian opposition supporters marched through the streets of the capital Friday, ignoring government warnings not to turni...
By Scott Stearns Dakar 18 September 2009 Opponents of Gabon's President-elect Ali Ben Bongo want the country's constitutional court to annul the results of last month's vote. They are alleging massive fraud. Andre Mba Obame Former Interior Minister...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 18 September 2009 A boy stands in a Menik Farm displaced persons camp in Vavuniya, Sri Lanka (May 2009 file photo) Sri Lanka has pledged to send home nearly 300,000 ethnic Tamils being held in refugee camps. The assuranc...
By Anne Look Dakar 18 September 2009 Burkinabe President Blaise Compaore speaks to Ivory Coast National assembly, 17 Sep 2009 Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaor visited Ivory Coast this week. Mr. Compaor is leading regional efforts to organize th...
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 18 September 2009 Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi during a press conference in Rome, 19 Sep 2009 The killing of six Italian soldiers in Afghanistan has re-ignited the debate over whether troops should be withdraw...
By Alan Boswell Nairobi 18 September 2009 Black smoke rises from inside AMISOM base in Mogadishu after two powerful explosions rip through AU peacekeepers force commander building in Somalia, 17 Sep 2009 A day after a brazen suicide attack in the Af...
By Zulima Palacio Washington 17 September 2009 World population is growing - highest in underdeveloped countries A new report indicates that, in less than two years, global population will reach seven billion people, a number that imposes new challe...
