By Melinda Smith Washington 14 November 2009 The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that at least 180 million people have diabetes. Roughly 90 percent have what's called Type Two diabetes, caused by the body's ineffective use of insulin. Rese...
By Sabina Castelfranco Venice 14 November 2009 Native Venetians stage a mock funeral procession in Venice, Italy, 14 Nov 2009 The city of Venice, Italy, with its famous waterways and beautiful buildings is losing official residents at a rapid rate c...
By Edward Yeranian Cairo 14 November 2009 An Iranian youth browses a political blog at an internet cafe in the city of Hamadan (May 2009 file photo) A top Iranian police official says that a new police unit has been set up to combat what he calls In...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 14 November 2009 An ultra-orthodox Jewish man is seen next to Intel's Jerusalem office building, 14 Nov 2009 Alleged violations of the Jewish Sabbath by a top international company prompted religious protests in Jerusalem...
By Scott Stearns Dakar 14 November 2009 Ghana is set to begin oil and gas production at a new off-shore field. Officials expect the increase in output to bring the country as much as $1 billion a year. Lawmakers want to ensure that those profits are...
By Paula Wolfson Tokyo 14 November 2009 U.S. President Barack Obama smiles as he arrives at a hall to deliver a speech in Tokyo, Japan U.S. President Barack Obama is calling for a new era in trans-Pacific relations. In a speech in Tokyo, the preside...
By Kurt Achin Seoul 14 November 2009 President Obama arrives in South Korea next week (November 18-19) as he wraps up his tour of Asia. Opening markets and dealing with North Korea's nuclear weapons are high on the agenda. President Barack Obama wav...
By Steve Herman New Delhi 13 November 2009 General Sarath Fonseka (file photo) Sri Lanka's president Friday gave the country's top military figure permission to leave his post immediately, a day after the army general submitted retirement papers to...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 14 November 2009 Niger's opposition coalition has rejected direct talks with the government unless President Mamadou Tandja reverts to constitutional order. The group met in Abuja with former Nigerian military ruler Abdulsa...
By Kane Farabaugh Dayton, Ohio 13 November 2009 Like slaves on an auction block waiting to be selected, victims of human trafficking have to perform as they are told or risk being beaten (2005 File) The U.S. State Department estimates that 800,000 h...