By Selah Hennessy Dakar 27 September 2007 Army troops in Mali have retaken an area in the northeast of the country that was controlled by rebel Tuareg fighters. The largely nomadic, Berber Tuareg have carried out a series of raids in the isolated des...
By Peta Thornycroft Southern Africa 16 July 2007 Price control measures introduced by the Zimbabwe government this month are already having widespread negative repercussions, with many locally owned enterprises already considering closure. But as Pet...
This is Day to Day from NPR news, I am Medlin Bran. Have you ever wondered just who runs the Internet? Well a non-profit organization here in the US is responsible for technical oversight, but lately there's been some loud protests from other countri...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 23 April 2007 A young boy waits his turn to be tested for malaria, in Manhica, Mozambique (File photo) The World Health Organization says its Roll Back Malaria program is making progress in cutting the number of deaths from thi...
By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 14 November 2006 A group of prominent arms control experts has sent letters to U.S. senators urging them not to approve legislation relating to the Bush administration's nuclear deal with India unless significant changes...
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 08 November 2006 The Democratic Party took control of the U.S. House of Representatives in Tuesday's elections. Key senate races in Virginia and Montana remained uncertain and it was unclear, early Wednesday, which par...
By Richard Green Washington, DC 05 October 2006 watch report School Shootings A man walks past a flag flying at half-mast in Bart, Pa., Thursday morning, Oct. 5, 2006 as the area prepares for four funerals Parents and communities across the United S...
By Al Pessin Pentagon 15 May 2006 In a speech on immigration policy Monday evening, President Bush is expected to announce an expansion in the use of National Guard troops along the U.S.-Mexico border...
By Al Pessin Pentagon 24 March 2006 The U.S. general in charge of training Iraqi forces says they will take control of all of the country's borders by July, as part of his focus on transitioning to mo...
By Ben Gilbert Baghdad 08 February 2006 The U.S. military says 100 Iraqi army battalions, totaling about 104,000 Iraqi soldiers, are now fighting alongside U.S. troops in Iraq. The U.S. military says...