Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sits before testifying in front of a state-appointed inquiry commission into the Israeli naval raid on a Gaza aid flotilla, in Jerusalem, 9 Aug 2010 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu testified before...
Rwandan president Paul Kagame holds a press conference in Kigali, Rwanda, as citizens vote for president Monday for the second time since the country's 1994 genocide, 9 Aug 2010 Voting is underway in Rwanda's second presidential election since the 19...
Rwandan president Paul Kagame holds a press conference in Kigali, Rwanda, as citizens vote for president Monday for the second time since the country's 1994 genocide, 9 Aug 2010 Voting is underway in Rwanda's second presidential election since the 19...
Officials in Pakistan say continued heavy rains have worsened the situation across the country where raging floodwaters have killed more than 1,600 people and affected 15 million others. Sean Maroney | Nowshera, Pakistan 09 August 2010 Flood relief c...
Women take a break from digging for diamonds in Marange, eastern Zimbabwe, 1 Nov 2006 (file photo) International diamond regulators have arrived in Harare ahead of the first legal sale of controversial diamonds from eastern Zimbabwe. A review mission...
Congresswomen Carolyn Maloney, Melissa Bean and Debbie Wasserman Schultz, all Democrats, share a house in a neighborhood near the US Capitol There are more than 430 members in the U.S. House of Representatives, but only 73 of them are women. Many of...
While big Hollywood movies tend to dominate the entertainment scene, there are hundreds of smaller films done each year that are targeted to specific audiences, in specific categories. One of those is the so-called Urban Film category, popular with A...
President Barack Obama talks with Gelberg Signs employee Elaine Hart during his tour of the facility, Friday, Aug. 6, 2010, in Washington. President Barack Obama says the U.S. unemployment report for July shows some encouraging signs, even though the...
Sixty-five years after the United States dropped nuclear bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima, and Nagasaki -- at the end of World War II - the U.S. view on nuclear weapons has changed. The Obama Administration is pushing for a nuclear-free worl...
A new poll examines public opinion on issues pertinent to Arabs in the Middle East. A new poll indicates that most Arabs disapprove of President Barack Obama and are discouraged by U.S. policies in the Middle East. The results also show that Arabs th...
An Egyptian vendor prepares the display of traditional lanterns for sale at his shop in Cairo, Egypt, in preparation for the upcoming Muslim holy month of Ramadan, 3 Aug 2010 According to Islam's lunar-based calendar, the holy month of Ramadan is set...
Over the last decade, oil production has slipped in Venezuela, even as estimates of the country's petroleum reserves have grown. Venezuela's reserves are now thought to be the world's largest, giving the country an enormous revenue potential for deca...
French President Nicolas Sarkozy, center, delivers a speech next to French Justice Minister Michele Alliot Marie, left, and French Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux, right, in Grenoble, French Alps, 30 Jul 2010 (file photo) French President Nicolas S...
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and British Prime Minister David Cameron, 6 Aug 2010. British Prime Minister David Cameron and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari have pledged to work together closely to fight terrorism following talks in Londo...
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, right, listens as Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari speaks to the media following talks at Chequers, the prime minister's official country residence, 6 Aug 2010 Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has been...
