Human rights groups are calling for the release of Angolan human rights activists who were sentenced to prison Tuesday for alleged involvement in the deadly attack on Togo's national football team. Amnesty International made the appeal after a court...
Relatives and friends of Lieutenant-Colonel Dov Harari react during his funeral at the military cemetery in the coastal city of Netanya, Israel, 4 Aug 2010. A clash between Lebanese troops and Israeli soldiers Tuesday left Harari dead and was the mos...
Venezuela sits on huge oil reserves, and oil wealth is powering President Hugo Chavez' drive to eradicate poverty and transform the country into a socialist haven. But critics accuse the government of mismanaging the state-owned petroleum industry. V...
If the January referendum does take place, it will have little impact on the conflict in Darfur, in western Sudan, which has been in a lull. In Africa, a new state could be created in 2011. The tentative date for a referendum in Sudan on whether Sout...
Naomi Campbell at the U.N.-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone in Leidschendam, Netherlands, 05 Aug 2010 Supermodel Naomi Campbell has testified in the war crimes trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor. She told the court she received di...
The Qadisha Valley in northern Lebanon is an area of early Christian monastic settlement where Maronite Christians have been coming to live and pray since the late 7th century. The deep gorge carved by the Qadisha River was deemed a World Heritage Si...
Invited African youth leaders shared ideas for change at the final event of their high-profile stay in Washington, 5 Aug 2010 More than 100 youth leaders from across Africa have wrapped up three days of high-profile, high-level meetings in Washington...
Kashmiris buy vegetables from a mobile vendor in a boat at Dal Lake during a curfew in Srinagar, India, 5 Aug 2010 In Indian Kashmir, authorities are struggling to control spiraling street protests, which have led to the death of more than 45 people...
Dignitaries leave the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park after the 65th anniversary observance of the world's first atomic bombing in Hiroshima. US ambassador to Japan John Roos was among the officials attending along with diplomats from Britain and Franc...
This mining school, complete with sled dogs, was set up in Seattle as a training site for potential Klondike prospectors. Lots of Americans have heard of the Klondike because of a popular ice-cream bar named after the place. It's in Canada, so we cou...
The arrival of oil-tainted waste to federally approved landfills across the Gulf coast is raising concerns are raised about the potential impact on the environment and public health An estimated 700 million liters of oil have spilled into the Gulf of...
Almost all cells need iron to grow. Now, researchers have identified a link between the body's system for regulating iron and breast cancer. The discovery could help doctors predict the course of breast cancer disease and even help them decide the mo...
Life as a blues musician is often a balancing act between touring, recording or working odd jobs just to make ends meet. One such musician's days of driving trucks and selling firewood are far behind him. It's been years since singer, songwriter and...
Different combinations of sniffing in and out can be used to control a wheelchair. Reasearchers in Israel have developed an electronic controller that allows severely disabled people to control their wheelchairs or computers with a simple sniff of th...
Airborne particles produced by automobile exhaust, industry and coal or oil fired power plants can cause blood pressure to rise to dangerous levels Medical researchers are finding out more about the health risks of air pollution. They say the world's...
