Five bodyguards were killed. Earlier in the day, a suicide bomber killed at least 16 people in southwestern Afghanistan, while two roadside bombs killed 4 others in eastern Afghanistan. Sean Maroney | Kabul 20 November 2009 Photo: AFP Afghan policem...
US Senate is scheduled to take crucial vote on Saturday on legislation crafted by majority Democrats to reform US health care system. Democrats, facing expected unanimous opposition from Senate Republicans, need to ensure all 60 of their members vot...
Despite higher rate, US Army says campaign to get soldiers help is showing progress at some bases Melinda Smith | Washington, DC 20 November 2009 Thomas John Sweet (TJ) had been in Iraq two months. He killed himself on Thanksgiving Day, November 27t...
Fire Dept. shoulders costs in neighborhoods lacking doctors and medical clinics Chris Simkins | Washington, DC 20 November 2009 In large cities like Washington, to ensure the fastest response to medical calls, fire departments dispatch trucks carryi...
David Gollust | State Department 20 November 2009 Photo: AFP Iran's Wom nuclear facility Major World Powers Dislike Nuclear Response From Iran This is something the Iranians agreed to in principle. If you remember back in the Geneva meeting they agr...
Relations between Egypt and Algeria have been taking a serious turn for the worse in the aftermath of Algeria's World Cup playoff qualifying victory over Egypt's national football (soccer) team in Khartoum on Wednesday Edward Yeranian | Cairo 20 Nov...
A proposed breeding program for the critically endangered Siamese crocodile received a significant boost this month with the news that 35 crocodiles at a wildlife rescue center in Cambodia are purebred Siamese. Robert Carmichael | Phnom Penh 20 Nove...
Small city of St. Joseph, Missouri, makes preparations for 150th anniversary next year of first mail service to American West Ted Landphair | St. Joseph, MO 20 November 2009 The small city of St. Joseph, Missouri, lies smack in the middle of the con...
Hundreds of influential thinkers from around the world have gathered in Dubai to participate in the World Economic Forum's Summit on the Global Agenda. Participants of the three-day event will look at ways that international institutions like the G2...
Ford, Subaru, Volkswagen receive most awards in annual insurance industry tests for car safety Mil Arcega | Washington, DC 20 November 2009 The private U.S. Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has released its list for what it considers the safes...
Nations are staging special events to mark the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which came into force on November 20, 1989. Lisa Schlein | Geneva 20 November 2009 Photo: AP Palestinian girls release balloons with messag...
Belgian prime minister is a low-key politician with a reputation for conciliation, some are deeply disappointed that European leaders failed to choose a more forceful and high profile personality to represent the regional bloc on the world stage. Li...
The head of Amnesty International, Irene Khan, says the Australian government should close its immigration detention center on Christmas Island. Phil Mercer | Sydney 20 November 2009 There seems to be a sense of panic when what is really needed here...
By Jessica Berman Washington 19 November 2009 A new study has found that oceans are struggling to help regulate climate as more carbon dioxide, a leading greenhouse gas, is pumped into the atmosphere. The ocean absorbs more than one-quarter of all o...
By Vidushi Sinha Washington 19 November 2009 It is an incredibly cruel act of violence -- acid thrown into the face of a woman, sometimes a child. Its perpetrators often are driven by revenge, jealousy and hate; their intent, to disfigure rather tha...
