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- Open Homicide, Rape Cases Contain Forensic Evidence Not Sent to Crime Labs
- USAID Relief Supplies Heading to Flood Victims in El Salvador
- NATO’s operations discussed at Slovenia seminar on new Strategic Concept
- Top UN Nuclear Official Optimistic About North Korea, Iran
- Celebrities Promote Humanitarian Causes, Raise Money, Awareness
- India Launches High-Tech Imaging Satellite
- IAEA Prepares for More Nuclear Power Plants, Worldwide
- UN Holds Anti-Racism Conference Amid Controversy, Boycotts
- Iran Orders 'Quick and Fair' Appeal for Jailed US Journalist
- Southeast Asia Struggles With Democracy
- Philippine Muslim Separatist Commander Surrenders
- Washington Moves Closer to Regulating Greenhouse Gases
- US Begins Piracy Strategy Review
- South Africa's ANC Anticipates Comfortable Election Victory
- Zimbabweans Hopeful as Country Celebrates Independence Day
- Mumbai Terror Attack Trial Begins
- Dominican President Lauds 'Profound' Shift in US Policy
- US Nuclear Experts Leave North Korea
- Afghan Cabinet Minister Survives Suicide Bombing
- Venezuela Calls for US Policy Change on Cuba
- US Envoy Meets With Palestinian President in West Bank
- Small US Newspapers Look for Ways to Survive
- Foreign Donors Pledge $5.2 Billion in Aid for Pakistan
- Thaksin Wants Thai King to Intervene in Political Crisis
- Diabetics Warned About Hypoglycemia, Dementia
- US Envoy Launches Mideast Peace Mission
- Thailand's Anti-Government Protests End, but Questions Linger
- US Housing Starts Down; Long-term Jobless Claims Up
- Rescued American Ship Captain Arrives in Kenya
- Chinese Exporters See Flickering Signs of Recovery
Celebrities Promote Humanitarian Causes, Raise Money, Awareness
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, 18 Jun 2008 Movie stars, models and musicians can often command the media's attention when they promote charitable or environmental causes....
South Africa's ANC Anticipates Comfortable Election Victory
A woman passes posters at ruling African National Party's headquarters in Johannesburg, 17 April 2009, ahead of country's election South Africans go to the polls April 22 in general and provincial...
Zimbabweans Hopeful as Country Celebrates Independence Day
Robert Mugabe raises fist as he arrives at ZANU-PF party headquatersin Harare Zimbabwe celebrates Independence Day on Saturday and the former opposition, the Movement for Democratic Change, now in...
Mumbai Terror Attack Trial Begins
An armed Indian paramilitary soldier patrols outside special bomb-proof court at Arthur Road jail in Mumbai 16 April 2009 In India, the trial of the lone suspected gunman captured in last year's Mumbai...
Rescued American Ship Captain Arrives in Kenya
The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Bainbridge (file photo) The American ship captain held hostage by pirates for days off the coast of Somalia arrived safely in the Kenyan port of...
India Launches High-Tech Imaging Satellite
Rocket takes off from Satish Dhawan space center at Sriharikota, 20 Apr 2009 (Indian Space Research Org handout) India has launched a sophisticated Israeli-built all-weather imaging satellite. The technology...
Southeast Asia Struggles With Democracy
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo at World Economic Summit (file photo) The political turmoil in Thailand renews questions about democracy's future in Southeast Asia - a region historically ruled...
Philippine Muslim Separatist Commander Surrenders
The Philippine military says a senior Muslim rebel leader has surrendered in the southern Philippines. The military said Monday that Mabaning Andamun Lucsadato is the most senior member of the Moro Islamic...
US Nuclear Experts Leave North Korea
Two US nuclear experts (R) are escorted by a Chinese police officer at Beijing airport, 17 Apr 2009 Four U.S. nuclear experts left North Korea Friday, after Pyongyang ordered the expulsion of inspectors...
Afghan Cabinet Minister Survives Suicide Bombing
Nimroz Province, Afghanistan An Afghan Cabinet minister has survived an apparent suicide bombing attack in southern Afghanistan's Nimroz province that killed three civilians. Nimroz Governor Ghulam...
Aborigines open Canberra session
Australia's parliament has opened with an Aboriginal welcome, ahead of an apology for past wrongs inflicted on the country's indigenous community. In a special ceremony, an Aboriginal elder handed...
Metropolis strives to meet its thirst
The Australian of the year 2007, environmentalist Tim Flannery, once predicted that Perth in Western Australia. He could become the world's first ghost metropolis...
Australia making Asian friends
Australia's diplomatic march into Asia is continuing, with its latest achievement being a historic security pact with Japan. The agreement is seen ...
Long-term tensions behind Sydney riots
A week to the day after two surf life savers had been assaulted in what was believed to be an unprovoked attack. Suspicions lie with a...
Australian blokes face up to change
In Australia right now, it is tough to be a bloke. "I turned on my television expecting to see the Haka,". Was a recent night in Melbourne when...
NATO’s operations discussed at Slovenia seminar on new Strategic Concept
On 13 November, the Group of Experts on NATO’s new Strategic Concept held their second key seminar with leading civilian and military experts in Brdo, Slovenia, to discuss NATO’s operations...
Top UN Nuclear Official Optimistic About North Korea, Iran
IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei in Beijing,20 Apr 2009 The head of the United Nation's nuclear watchdog agency says he believes the international community's nuclear disagreements with North Korea and...
IAEA Prepares for More Nuclear Power Plants, Worldwide
International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Mohamed ElBaradei addresses an IAEA conference in Beijing, China, 20 Apr 2009 The Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency says it is gearing...
UN Holds Anti-Racism Conference Amid Controversy, Boycotts
General view of the assembly hall at the opening of a five day UN review conference on racism at the UN Offices in Geneva, 20 Apr 2009 The U.N. conference on racism, discrimination and intolerance opened...
Russia Ends Counterterrorism Operation in Chechnya
Picture taken in Feb 1996 shows Russiansoldiers leaving the Chechen village of Shatoy Russia has ended its decade-long counterterrorism operation in Chechnya, an undertaking that led to broad restrictions...
Open Homicide, Rape Cases Contain Forensic Evidence Not Sent to Crime Labs
Nationwide, 14 percent of open homicide cases and 18 percent of open rape cases contain forensic evidence that has not been sent to a crime lab for analysis, according to a new study conducted by RTI International...
USAID Relief Supplies Heading to Flood Victims in El Salvador
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has airlifted relief supplies to El Salvador and provided an initial $100,000 for the local purchase of additional relief items...
Iran Orders 'Quick and Fair' Appeal for Jailed US Journalist
Undated file picture shows chief of the Iranian judiciary, Ayatollah Mahmud Hashemi-Shahrudi The head of Iran's judiciary has ordered a "quick" and "fair" appeal for jailed Iranian-American journalist...
Washington Moves Closer to Regulating Greenhouse Gases
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is taking a step closer to regulating carbon dioxide and other gasses that many scientists blame for global warming. EPA officials said Friday that they have concluded...
US Begins Piracy Strategy Review
Sec. of Defense Robert Gates delivers an speech at the US Naval War College in Newport, RI, 17 Apr 2009 U.S. officials began an inter-agency process Friday to try to find new ways to fight the piracy...
Dominican President Lauds 'Profound' Shift in US Policy
US Sec.of State Clinton (L) and Dominican republic's Pres. Fernandez at the end of apress conference, Santo Domingo, 17 Apr 2009 The Dominican Republic's president is hailing what he said is a "profound"...
Venezuela Calls for US Policy Change on Cuba
Venezuela's Pres. Hugo Chavez is seen on a video screen delivering a speech at the ALBA meeting in Venezuela 16 Apr 2009 Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Venezuela and its allies will vote against...
Clinton Urges More International Aid for Haiti
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clintonurges donors to provide desperately needed money to Haiti at an Inter-American Development Bank conference in Washington, 14 April 2009 U.S. Secretary of State...
Russia-Venezuela talks bring energy, military agreements
Dmitry Medvedev and Hugo Chavez CARACAS, November 27 (RIA Novosti) - Talks in Caracas between Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez have yielded a host of...
Latin American ministers gather at UN to tackle social impact of financial, food crises
26 November 2008 – The current financial crisis, coupled with volatile food and fuel prices, threatens to undo years of hard-earned growth, stability and human development in Latin America and cast...
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