By Steve Herman Tokyo 29 May 2006 The World Bank is questioning the value of large-scale power-generation projects of the type it has funded in Africa and other parts of the developing world. Paul Wolfowitz World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz is pre...
By Nico Colombant Chad 29 May 2006 watch Chad Refugees report Sudan's war in the Darfur region has been devastating, marked by attacks in which pro-government militias have burned villages, killed people in front of their relatives, and raped young...
By George Dwyer Washington, DC 29 May 2006 watch Gold Prices report Last week the price of gold on the New York Mercantile Exchange declined by 7 and a half percent, the most since 1990. By Wednesday of this week it was down again: 13 percent off fr...
By Carol Pearson Washington, DC 29 May 2006 watch Autism Gene report Researchers at the University of Texas Southwestern have been able to genetically change mice so their behavior is similar to some people with autism. The researchers hope their di...
By Joseph Mok Washington, DC 29 May 2006 watch Wildlife Rehabilitation For the past 20 years, the New Mexico Wildlife Rehabilitation Center has taken in numerous injured animals, cared for them, and released them back into the wild after recovery. V...
By Douglas Bakshian Manila 29 May 2006 The U.S. Navy Hospital ship Mercy is sending personnel and equipment to victims of the earthquake in Indonesia. The ship, which has a history of helping out in disasters, is now in the Philippines at the start...
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Dili 29 May 2006 Leaders of East Timor's fractured leadership agreed to continue talks Tuesday on stopping a wave of violence between rival gangs and factions of the armed forces. The violence appears to be easing, as interna...
By Sabina Castelfranco Oswiecim, Poland 28 May 2006 Calling himself a son of Germany, Pope Benedict XVI prayed at the former Nazi death camp in Auschwitz. The visit was the most poignant moment in the pope's four-day visit to Poland. ---------------...
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 28 May 2006 The government of Burundi and the country's remaining rebel group are to meet Monday for peace talks in Tanzania. The National Liberation Forces rebel group is the last holdout against efforts to end Burundi's c...
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 28 May 2006 Pope Benedict XVI, right, offers the Holy Communion to a young girl, at Krakow's Blonia park, Poland, during the Holy Mass, Sunday, May 28, 2006 In Poland, hundreds of thousands of people attended a mass Sunda...
By Kate Woodsome Hong Kong 28 May 2006 Doctor checks an injured earthquake survivor at a hospital in Bantul, Yogyakarta, May 28, 2006 International relief efforts are under way to help Indonesia's central Java residents after Saturday's earthquake k...
By Alan Silverman Hollywood 27 May 2006 Kurt Russell, Josh Lucas and Richard Dreyfuss in Poseidon Kurt Russell and Josh Lucas lead a ragtag group of survivors on a desperate quest to escape an overturned ocean liner in a remake of the film that laun...
By Michael Bowman Washington 27 May 2006 President Bush says, just as the United States persevered and ultimately won the Cold War against communism, America will emerge victorious in the war on terror. Mr. Bush addressed graduates at the U.S. Milit...
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Dili 27 May 2006 The East Timorese capital, Dili, has descended into chaos, with gangs of youths armed with guns and knives torching houses and burning cars while international peacekeepers from Australia, New Zealand, and Ma...
By Lisa Schlein 27 May 2006 Avian influenza and efforts to combat HIV/AIDS were at the top of the agenda of the annual World Health Assembly, which ended Saturday. During their weeklong meeting, the 192 members of the assembly agreed to speed up imp...
