Judith Latham 05 February 2010 Since 2001, Islamic radicalism has been largely associated with the Arab world and South Asia. But in the past few years, some analysts have raised concerns about radical and militant groups in the five Central Asian st...
David Gollust | The State Department 05 February 2010 U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday it is time to move toward new sanctions against Iran, given the lack of a clear response from Tehran to a proposal to ease concern about its nuc...
Zimbabwe's civil servants said Friday they are going on strike for better wages. This strike is a serious blow to the year-old unity government which says it has no money to increase their wages. Peta Thornycroft | Harare 05 February 2010 Zimbabwean...
Body scanners are viewed by many as an invasive technology, which amounts to a virtual strip search. They reveal graphic images of passengers' bodies, including medical details like evidence of mastectomy and colostomy bags. Britons call it a breach...
We see people selling bushmeat everywhere...and, its more or less putting a shame on our dignity and our commitment to fight illegal poaching. From Cameroons hinterlands to the urban centers, vendors openly display smoked monkeys, gorillas, snakes, a...
A mother feeds her son who suffers from malnutrition, at a hospital in Japala, Guatemala (File) The United Nations Children's Fund is appealing for $1.2 billion to provide life saving emergency assistance to millions of children and women in dire nee...
A Japan Airlines jet taxies past another JAL plane at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan, 19 Jan 2010 Travel and tourism, vital elements in the Asia-Pacific region's economy, have been staging a recovery since late 2009, with growth strongest within the...
Students heading for Bunce Island, Sierra Leone Some former slave ports in Africa are now tourist destinations, but not Bunce Island in Sierra Leone. It's abandoned and its slave castle is in ruins. The British established Bunce Island as a slave por...
Arthur Ammann discovered that mothers could transmit HIV or AIDS to their babies through the placenta or breast-feeding Jan Sluizer | San Francisco 04 February 2010 California immunologist Arthur Ammann pioneered research that drastically cut the HIV...
Raw anti-drug campaign awakens state Ted Landphair | Missoula, Montana 04 February 2010 Photo: Montana Meth Project Adults across Montana were frightened by what they were seeing. Some hardly recognized their meth-addled teenagers. Related Links Mont...
Zulima Palacio | Washington, DC 04 February 2010 C.T. Wilson, prosecutor and champion for children C.T. Wilson is a successful prosecuting attorney for the eastern U.S. state of Maryland. But he recalls his childhood - spent in foster care where he e...
How will alleged perpetrators of terrorism be prosecuted, in federal court or by military tribunals? The prospect of trying the alleged mastermind of the September 11 attacks in US federal court, and the criminal charges filed in Detroit against Chri...
Photo: ASSOCIATED PRESS Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Pierre Gar?on (85) celebrates after the Colts' 30-17 win over the New York Jets in the AFC Championship NFL football game in Indianapolis, 24 Jan 2010 The Super Bowl is American football's bigg...
As international aid continues to flow into Haiti, residents of the Port-au-Prince slum of Cite Soleil say they are still waiting for tents and other essentials more than three weeks after a devastating earthquake. Cleanup has begun in parts of Port-...
Elizabeth Lee 04 February 2010 Laura Silsby, head of New Life Children's Refuge charity Haitian authorities have charged 10 American missionaries with child kidnapping and criminal association for allegedly trying to take 33 Haitian children out of t...
