The players were reported missing following a regional football tournament on Kenyan soil. Alan Boswell | Nairobi 18 December 2009 Twelve players from Eritrea's national football team have sought asylum in Kenya through the United Nations refugee age...
Luke Hunt | Kota Kinabalu 18 December 2009 Photo: AP Khieu Samphan, looks on during hearing at U.N.-backed genocide tribunal in Phnom Penh (file photo) Cambodia's U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal has charged the Khmer Rouge's former head of state with...
Niger's opposition coalition has agreed to hold mediated talks after months of refusing to participate. The group had previously said it would accept nothing less than a return to the political order before the August referendum that granted Presiden...
Alison Klayman 17 December 2009 Over the last few months garlic prices have risen 40 times in some parts of China, the world's main garlic supplier. A smaller garlic crop and frenzied speculation gave consumers nationwide a reason to complain at the...
The global economy is expected to show a 1.1 percent drop in output for 2009, following a five percent expansion in 2007 and three percent growth in 2008 Michael Bowman | Washington 17 December 2009 Photo: AP Emirati man talks on his mobile phone at...
Doctors warn intentional infection not a good idea Alex Villarreal | Washington, DC 17 December 2009 CDC says the best step to protection is vaccination Many Americans are doing all they can to avoid the H1N1 virus. But talk in the news and on the In...
Psychologists have known for decades that unpleasant childhood experiences can affect a person's mental health for a lifetime. But new research suggests childhood traumas might also have long term effects on physical health. Dunedin study began in th...
Deborah Block | Washington 17 December 2009 Zach Bonner More than one million children are homeless in the United States. To highlight the problem, 12-year-old Zach Bonner walked hundreds of kilometers from his home city of Tampa, Florida to the U.S....
A report from an organization of retired military leaders finds most young American adults cannot be considered for the military. They do not qualify because they are either obese, dropped out of high school or have a criminal record. Elizabeth Lee |...
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the United States is prepared to work with other countries to fund $100 billion a year by 2020 to address climate change needs of developing countries. African Union Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agri...
Some U.S. lawmakers and terrorism experts say although American ideals about civil liberties can be a hurdle in preventing radicalization of Americans, they are optimistic that homegrown terrorism can be tackled on the community level. Ravi Khanna |...
The Senate Banking Committee has voted to approve the nomination of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke for a second term as head of the U.S. central bank. The move paves the way for a vote by the full Senate in January. Cindy Saine | Capitol Hill...
The State Department on Thursday expressed serious concern about delays by the Pakistani government in the issuance of visas for officials and contractors assigned to U.S. diplomatic posts in Pakistan. David Gollust | State Department 17 December 200...
As the political climate in Guatemala slowly swings towards acceptance of the legacy of a long and violent civil war, exhumations have provided some closure to families of thousands of disappeared persons. Brent Latham | Guatemala City 17 December 20...
Alan Boswell | Nairobi 17 December 2009 Photo: AP A woman from Misseriya tribe is building a thatched shelter in Goli, Sudan, during the annual migration to the Abyei area, 19 Jan 2009 We're in the end game of the CPA now, which is why we are getting...
