Inmates at Tangerang prison in Jakarta leave their cells to participate in conflict resolution training After learning that a new terrorist group had sprung up in the Indonesian prison system earlier this year, officials put in place a new program ai...
What is really scary is the WHO says that 70% of the new cancers that will be seen in the future are going to be affecting individuals in the developing nations -- the so-called poorer segments of the world. I am sure Nigeria is one of them. The Worl...
Supporters of Cameroons Indomitable Lions are demanding the ouster of their French trainer Paul Le Guen following the team's loss to Japan on Monday Divine Ntaryike | Durban, South Africa 16 June 2010 Cameroons coach Paul Marie Le Guen of France init...
Austerity is on everyone's mind as European governments -- one after another -- introduce spending cuts to get deficits under control and shore up the beleaguered Euro. Most experts agree belt-tightening is needed, but it's not always popular and com...
Afghan National Army soldiers march during training exercise in Kabul [file photo] NATO has discovered it is not well equipped to train a new national police force for Afghanistan and has turned to the European Union and private contractors for guida...
US President Barack Obama, left, shake hands with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev, right, after signing the newly completed New START treaty reducing long-range nuclear weapons at the Prague Castle in Prague, Czech Republic, 8 Apr 2010 Top Pe...
US Central Commander Gen. David Petraeus testifies on Capitol Hill before the Senate Armed Services Committee, 16 Jun 2010 The head of U.S. Central Command said Wednesday that the withdrawal date for U.S. military forces in Afghanistan is the beginni...
One small village in the northeast U.S. state of New York is making a big change in selecting its leaders after being charged with voting discrimination in 2006. The new cumulative voting system is intended to bring minorities into the government. Th...
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden meet with BP executives in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, 16 Jun 2010, to discuss the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico In a meeting on Wednesday with President Barack Obama, BP executives...
As human rights activists prepare to mark the 9th World Refugee Day, June 20, one focus this year is on the stateless. Those are the refugees who, for a variety of reasons, have no nationality. A bill recently introduced in the U.S. Congress would al...
Many of the items in one of Gaza's market come from Egypt through smuggling tunnels sanctioned by Hamas This month marks three years since the militant Islamic group Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip. The event led Israel to impose a blockade on...
This year the Boy Scouts of America celebrates its 100th anniversary. In the hometown of the founder, William Dickson Boyce, hundreds of Scouts from around the country gathered recently to honor his memory, and to celebrate the values of Scouting in...
Football fans and those who play the sport are watching their favorite teams and players compete in the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. The month-long tournament has come to define the sport in many countries around the world. But the popularity...
Commercial fishing ban doesn't stop New Orleans from throwing oyster festival David Weinberg | New Orleans, Louisiana 15 June 2010 Oyster fisherman Tracy Collins shucks an oyster on Caminada Bay in Louisiana. It is a nearly cloudless early June morni...
President Barack Obama and Florida Gov. Charlie Crist walk along Casino Beach on Pensacola Beach, Florida, 15 Jun 2010 President Barack Obama will address the American people from the Oval Office at 0000 GMT. The president's speech will focus mostly...
