By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 11 February 2007 Multiple gold medalist and track legend, Michael Johnson, runs with children in Nakulabye, a suburbs in Ugandan capital Kampala (File) A global program to promote development through sports has been launched...
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 11 February 2007 In Kenya, a United States-led coalition of governments, conservation groups, industries and scientists Saturday launched a global initiative to fight the $1 billion illegal trade in wildlife. Cathy Majtenyi...
By Chad Bouchard 2-337522 21 January 2007 A farmer carries buckets of water collected from a drying pond in Rembang, Central Java, Indonesia As Indonesia copes with one of its driest rainy seasons on record, a climate change study indicates global wa...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 21 November 2006 UNAIDS Executive Director Peter Piot presents the annual AIDS epidemic update report in Geneva, Nov. 21, 2006 The global AIDS epidemic continues to grow leaving about 39.5 million people worldwide infected wit...
By Heda Bayron Hong Kong 19 November 2006 Finance ministers and central bankers from 20 powerful economies meeting in Australia have urged an early resumption of stalled global trade talks and greater cooperation against illegal financing. ---- The...
By Luis Ramirez Beijing 08 November 2006 Leaders of 21 economies making up the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation group will meet in Hanoi, Vietnam, later this month to talk about liberalizing trade in the region. Organizers also hope to move along g...
By Amanda Cassandra New York 17 September 2006 On the eve of the annual meeting of the U.N. General Assembly, First Lady Laura Bush will be in New York Monday to host an international conference on global literacy initiatives. Education officials fr...
By Ernest Leong Washington, D.C. 21 August 2006 watch Population report The Population Reference Bureau (P.R.B.) released its annual data sheet on global population growth. The report had some interesting findings. Experts in world population growth...
By Zulima Palacio Toronto, Canada 21 August 2006 watch Conference report One of the main attractions at this week's International AIDS Conference in Toronto, Canada is the Global Village. It is more than 7,000 square meters of shops, activist booths...
By Paul Sisco Washington, D.C. 15 August 2006 watch Solutions report Global warming -- you may accept or reject those who say it is a dangerous phenomenon. But if the planet is warming, and humanity is contributing to it, shouldn't someone be thinki...