By Lisa Schlein Geneva 03 November 2009 The International Labor Organization reports global growth in real wages slowed dramatically in 2008 as a result of the economic crisis and wages are expected to drop even further this year, despite signs of a...
By Carol Pearson Washington 03 November 2009 A CDC Image of H1N1 influenza virus The World Health Organization says that since April nearly 5,000 people around the world have died from the H1N1 virus, mostly in the Western Hemisphere. Doctors initia...
By Mark Snowiss Washington 03 November 2009 The 20th anniversary of the 1989 East European revolutions has re-opened contentious debate over who won the Cold War and what caused Soviet communism to disintegrate so rapidly in its final years. The fal...
By Peter Fedynsky Budapest 03 November 2009 In this June 27, 1989 file picture, then Hungarian Foreign Minister Gyula Horn, right, with Austrian counterpart Alois Mock cut through barbed wire of former Iron Curtain marking border between East, West...
By Sonja Pace Berlin 03 November 2009 People standing on Berlin Wall preparing to destroy it For nearly three decades the Berlin Wall was the symbol of the Cold War; it divided a city and in effect the entire country. And then on November 9, 1989 it...
By Lisa Ferdinando Washington 03 November 2009 German Chancellor Angela Merkel addresses a joint session of the U.S. Congress in Washington D.C., 03 Nov 2009 German Chancellor Angela Merkel was afforded a rare honor Tuesday as she addressed a joint...
By Ravi Khanna Washington 03 November 2009 President Barack Obama met last October 30 with his top military commanders to discuss U.S. strategy in Afghanistan as he considers whether to send thousands of more troops to the war torn country. Some ana...
By Paula Wolfson White House 03 November 2009 President Barack Obama hosts a climate summit at the White House, 03 Nov 2009 The United States and the European Union are launching a renewed push for an international climate deal. Prospects for such a...
By Elizabeth Arrott Cairo 03 November 2009 U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is winding up her Middle East trip with a last minute stop in Cairo. While she is expected to seek help in ending the impasse between Israel and the Palestinians, Egy...
By Scott Stearns Marrakech, Morocco 03 November 2009 US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivers her speech at the opening of the World Policy Conference in Marrakech, Morocco, 03 Nov 2009 U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Washington i...
