By Chris Simkins Washington 21 May 2008 Gun violence is on the rise in Washington. Since the first of the year, dozens of people have been murdered and wounded in a rash of shootings. With a population of over half a million people, the nation's cap...
By Derek Kilner Nairobi 07 April 2008 France has mobilized members of an elite military police force in response to the hijacking of a French yacht last week by Somali pirates. As Derek Kilner reports from Nairobi, the troops have been sent to Djibo...
By Challiss McDonough Cairo, Egypt 06 November 2007 An Egyptian court sentenced two police officers Monday to three years in prison for torturing a detainee. The police had videotaped the attack in order to further humiliate the victim, but that reco...
By David Gollust Sydney 16 March 2006 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has thanked Australia for its role in Iraq and predicted that democracy-building there will succeed. In Sydney, she encountere...