Anti-gay demonstration in Uganda U.S. President Barack Obama has sharply criticized an anti-gay bill in Uganda that would impose the death penalty in some cases. Other western governments and gay rights activists also have criticized the legislation....
The commander of coalition and U.S. forces in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, says the deterioration of the security situation in the country, which he cited four months ago, has stopped. The general says with the revised strategy President...
Security forces are on high alert in Nigeria's southeastern state, Anambra, before Saturday's governorship election. Previous elections in Nigeria have been marred by violence and fraud. The statewide election has taken on national importance, as the...
A man browses at pictures of Japanese porn star Maria Ozawa posted on a local Web site at a public Internet service in Jakarta (Sep 2009 file photo) The recent arrest of six people in Indonesia over a nightclub show is raising concerns among minority...
A recent report by Thomson Reuters, the parent company of Britain's Reuters news agency, indicates Russia is losing influence in science and science-based industries. Russia is also suffering a brain drain that is exacerbating the problem. The report...
The influx of farming aid and experts is expected to be a significant part of the Obama administration's civilian surge accompanying the additional U.S. and allied military forces now flowing into Afghanistan. Tom Vilsack, U.S. agriculture secretary,...
We put it up there as something sort of fun, a good idea for our families, but didn't anticipate it would be so popular. - Kurt Dommermuth Two-year-old Lilianna Robinson is pursuing one of her favorite pastimes, playing on the computer while sitting...
A senior U.S. official says American and Russian negotiators meeting in Geneva are closing in on a deal for a key nuclear disarmament treaty, and the United States Senate would likely ratify it. U.S. Under Secretary for Arms Control and International...
The competition for Hollywood's highest honors has begun with the announcement Tuesday in Los Angeles of this year's nominations for the 82nd Academy Awards. As expected, James Cameron's $500 million blockbuster Avatar received a Best Picture nominat...
Americans commemorate the heritage of African-Americans every February in what is known as African American History Month, yet little is known about the association that started the tradition and what it is doing now. James Stewart is the current pre...
Very shortly, the decennial - meaning every-10th-year - census of the nation's population, which is mandated by the U.S. Constitution, will get underway. And there's a lot more to it than just trying to count the number of Americans. The population k...
The greater threat is that al-Qaida is adapting their methods in ways that often times make it difficult to detect. - CIA Director Leon Panetta America's top intelligence officials have delivered a sobering assessment to Congress, saying that the al-...
U.S. officials say they are encouraged that Yemen can be a full partner in the fight against al-Qaida, despite uneven counter-terrorism cooperation in the past. The top State Department official for Near Eastern affairs, Jeffrey Feltman, said Yemen's...
Women were putting water in the fields. They were saying, 'I want to save our food.' That is encouraging, to see how [the farmers] stand up again after this tragedy. In Jacmel, an area south of Haiti's capital city, Port-au-Prince, crops of sugar can...
Three American soldiers were among eight people killed when a roadside bomb struck their convoy in northwestern Pakistan. Taliban militants are said to have claimed responsibility for the attack. Authorities say a security convoy carrying five Americ...
