Fid Thompson | Dakar 29 December 2009 Authorities in Niger say three suspects were detained shortly after an attack Monday that killed three Saudi tourists and wounded three others. Officials said the attack happened near the western town of Djambala...
More infants are being immunized than ever before, according to a joint report by UN agencies and the World Bank. But experts say much more needs to be done to protect the world's poorest children from needless suffering. Vidushi Sinha | Washington 2...
Alleged bomber was denied entry into Britain; but his name apparently did not come up on computer screens Tom Rivers | London 28 December 2009 The British government has confirmed that the young Nigerian man accused of trying to blow up a trans-Atlan...
A controversial Israeli settlement plan is throwing another wrench into the stalled Middle East peace process. Robert Berger | Jerusalem 28 December 2009 Photo: ASSOCIATED PRESS Construction workers are seen on a new housing development in the Jewish...
Photo: ASSOCIATED PRESS Cars drive to Murtala Mohammed in Lagos, Nigeria 26 Dec. 2009 The Nigerian government has enhanced security checks at its airports after a young Nigerian man tried to blow up a U.S. airliner. Nigerian Information Minister Dora...
Photo: AP Presidential candidate Ivo Josipovic of Left-leaning opposition Social Democrat, casts his ballot at a polling station in Zagreb, 27 Dec 2009 Official results show Social Democrat Ivo Josipovic has won the most votes in the first round of C...
Israel also alarmed by Iran's recent test firing of its longest-range missile, previous threats by Iran's president Robert Berger | Jerusalem 28 December 2009 Photo: AP ISNA photo claims to show launch of Sejil 2 missile, 16 Dec 2009 Israel's Defense...
This photo, taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran shows an Iranian protestor holding a green cloth, the symbolic color of Iranian opposition, as he flashes the victory sign, during anti-govern...
Supreme Court upholds criminal libel act, says law poses no immediate danger to journalists Fid Thompson | Freetown 28 December 2009 Sierra Leone's Supreme Court recently threw out a case aiming to repeal the country's criminal libel law, under which...
One big hurdle remains before the needed legislation can be signed into law. Paula Wolfson | Washington 27 December 2009 The White House says the American people are on the verge of health-care reform. One big hurdle remains before the needed legisla...
Authorities have charged the suspect with attempting to detonate explosives aboard an airliner Michael Bowman | Washington 27 December 2009 Photo: ASSOCIATED PRESS Holiday travelers wait in a long line at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport. The U.S. go...
As the criminal investigation gets underway, there are many more questions than answers regarding the attempt to bring down an Amsterdam to Detroit airliner on Christmas Day. Tom Rivers | London 27 December 2009 Photo: AP Luggage transport passes par...
The incident occurred amid intensifying efforts for a prisoner exchange. Robert Berger | Jerusalem 27 December 2009 Photo: AP Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seen during the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, 27 Dec 2009 Israel is prai...
Acehnese run to higher ground during a tsunami drill held as part of the commemoration of the fifth anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami in Lhoong, Aceh province, Indonesia, 26 Dec 2009 Five years after the devastating tsunami struck the Asia Paci...
Jeff Seldin | Washington 26 December 2009 Photo: AP Helicopter circling near control tower of Schiphol airport in Amsterdam, Netherlands, 26 Dec 2009 The White House is calling a small explosion aboard an international flight bound for the U.S. city...
