Kent Klein | Washington 14 December 2009 President Barack Obama visiting a U.S. factory As his first year in office nears an end, U.S. President Barack Obama is gearing up for his second. The nation's economy, the war in Afghanistan and November's co...
Ted Landphair | Washington, DC 14 December 2009 This ornament depicting three kings, or wise men said to have journeyed to behold the newborn Jesus would be banned as too religious in some places Officials who planned the Climate Summit in Copenhagen...
Israelis, Palestinians Look For New Approaches to Peace Luis Ramirez | Jerusalem 14 December 2009 2009 will end with no resumption of the peace process between Israelis and Palestinians 2009 saw no resumption of the peace process between Israelis and...
With negotiators trying to hammer out a deal on climate change in Copenhagen, a sculptor in London is creating a piece of art to mirror the melting ice in the Arctic. His ice sculpture of a polar bear is designed to melt by the end of the Copenhagen...
Russia's Lukoil and Norway's Statoil won a joint contract to develop a major untapped oil field in southern Iraq, Saturday, on the second and final day of a two-day auction aimed at boosting Iraq's oil output. Representatives from dozens of foreign o...
Detainees at Australia's controversial offshore immigration center on Christmas Island are now being housed in tents after a flood of new arrivals overwhelmed the facility's capacity. More than 50 boatloads of suspected asylum seekers have now been i...
Training a competent, well-equipped Afghan security force is key to the U.S.-led war effort in Afghanistan, even with President Obama's decision to commit thousands of more Americans to the fighting. But U.S. military officers in Afghanistan say lang...
Interviewed on British television just weeks before he faces intense questioning before a high-powered inquiry into why Britain went to war in Iraq, former Prime Minister Tony Blair says it was right to oust Saddam Hussein regardless of whether there...
Goal to Eliminate HIV/AIDS by 2015 Carolyn Presutti | Washington, DC 11 December 2009 Beldina Atieno is a survivor. Nine years ago, the Kenyan woman tested HIV positive At the World Bank in Washington, D.C., leading experts highlighted the achievemen...
First official draft for a deal at the UN climate conference in Copenhagen says the world should at least halve world greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The blueprint was released as European leaders pledged over $10 billion to help poor countries cop...
Humanitarian organization pushes for gender equality at the Copenhagen conference on climate change Frances Alonzo 11 December 2009 Women in a flood-prone community in Gaibandha, Bangladesh, gather once a week to share ideas about how to adapt to wor...
As climate negotiators meet in Copenhagen, Denmark, many scientists say that farmers around the world will have to adjust to more extreme temperatures, droughts and floods as a result of global warming. But in the United States, the nation's largest...
Findings convince them children throughout the state should be screened Carol Pearson | Washington, DC 11 December 2009 Some doctors in Texas believe that all children, athletes or not, should be screened before playing sports In the U.S. there is a...
The 'Yes We Can: Middle East Peace' group hosts performance events to bring diverse cultures together. The goal is to build a grassroots campaign for Middle East Peace modeled on the success of Barack Obama's presidential campaign. Jeff Swicord | Was...
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says Iraqi Arab and Kurdish leaders have made progress in recent weeks toward resolving their differences over power sharing and the status of the city of Kirkuk. Gates met Friday with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al...
