International aid paid for a water pump and aid workers trained the farmers in fertilizing and irrigation Solana Pyne | Hart Chaou, Morocco 09 December 2009 Moroccan community farm could be a model for other drought-prone regions The edge of the Saha...
Planners seek solutions, protections for city-based populations that far outnumber rural refugee groups Howard Lesser | Washington 09 December 2009 Sudanese refugees seek health services in Chad. In the 21st century, images of refugees living in forl...
In cities across Indonesia thousands of demonstrators held rallies and marches to mark International Anti-Corruption Day. One rally turned violent with protesters throwing rocks and the police using tear gas. Brian Padden | Jakarta 09 December 2009 A...
The World Health Organization reports a treatment program called DOTS has cured 36 million people with tuberculosis and saved up to eight-million lives during the past 15 years Lisa Schlein | Geneva 08 December 2009 New data show the World Health Org...
Zimbabwe asylum seekers in South Africa encounter border violence, rape, crime, communicable diseases, and fears of deportation Howard Lesser | Washington 08 December 2009 According to a new study, healthcare professionals are jeopardizing South Afri...
More than 1,200 intensive care units in 75 countries examined Carol Pearson | Washington, DC 08 December 2009 Researchers found that more than half of the 14,000 patients in the study on that one day, developed infections in intensive care units Stay...
Julie Taboh | Washington 08 December 2009 Watch: Taboh report Windows Media | MP4 Cosmobot has made speech therapy fun for Kevin Fitzgerald, 6. He has developmental dyspraxia, a condition which makes it difficult for him to move his mouth and tongue....
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon tells reporters Copenhagen conference must be the turning point in global efforts to prevent runaway global warming and usher in a new era of environmentally sustainable growth. Margaret Besheer | The United Nations 0...
The international climate conference in Copenhagen, Denmark enters its second day amid reminders global warming is already underway and calls to come up with a solid, workable deal in the days to come. Sonja Pace | Copenhagen 08 December 2009 Michel...
Sakihito Ozawa urges other developed nations to join Japan's efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by 2050 Akiko Fujita | Tokyo 08 December 2009 Japan's Environment Minister Sakihito Ozawa speaks during a press conference at Foreig...
Less than a year after he took office, U.S. President Barack Obama is preparing to go to Norway to accept the Nobel Peace Prize. He says he is humbled by the award and not sure he has done enough to warrant such a high honor. A new public opinion pol...
During a news conference in Kabul with U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Mr. Karzai repeated his hope that Afghan forces will be able to take the lead for security in five years. Al Pessin | Kabul 08 December 2009 U.S. Secretary of Defense Robe...
Senior British officials questioned in wide-ranging inquiry on Britain's role in Iraq war Jennifer Glasse | London 08 December 2009 UK inquiry includes not only the decision to invade, but the country's actions while there, and its withdrawal Witness...
Artists from various countries have arrived in the Queensland state capital, Brisbane, for the Sixth Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art. Phil Mercer | Sydney 08 December 2009 Australia has refused to issue visas to artists from North Korea fo...
Residents of West Bank Jewish settlements are ready to resume building Luis Ramirez | West Bank settlement of Tekoa 08 December 2009 In a message of defiance, concrete continues to pour to prepare a foundation for construction Israeli settlers in the...
