A top official of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) says the regional bloc is concerned about the security situation in Guinea-Bissau after mutinous soldiers briefly arrested the prime minister Thursday. Peter Clottey 01 April 20...
Firefighters, paramedics train with special equipment that accommodates heavier patients Priscilla Huff | Washington, DC 31 March 2010 This stretcher, ramp and winch system can load a patient weighing up to 680 kilograms into an ambulance. A call for...
Vidushi Sinha | Washington 31 March 2010 Dr. Mutahar Fauzia (L) uses an ultrasound machine to check on the development of Laiqa Ahmed's unborn child Newly released data by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show an alarming incre...
'Horseheads' dip into the earth to make their owners a few bucks Ted Landphair | Washington, DC 31 March 2010 If you wonder why pumpjacks are sometimes called horseheads, stick a couple of ears and paint an eye on each side of this one, and you'll se...
For three days in April 2003 looters rampaged in the store rooms and galleries of Iraq's National Museum, making off with some 15,000 priceless objects. Art historians call it the desecration of civilization. Seven years ago, in the chaos that follow...
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said it is a matter of honor for law enforcement agencies to dredge the militants out of sewer and to bring them into God's daylight. Peter Fedynsky | Moscow 31 March 2010 Cars damaged in an explosion are seen in...