President Ali Ben Bongo says he wants his government to be more responsive to the needs of its people and is backing changes to the justice system to improve public confidence and the quality of prosecution. Scott Stearns | Dakar 10 January 2010 Gabo...
Months after Iranian opposition leaders denounced acts of torture and rape at the infamous Kahrizak detention center, the country's parliament has released a report detailing incidents of mistreatment and suspicious deaths. Notorious former Tehran pr...
Hundreds of African immigrants have been evacuated from the Calabrian town of Rosarno following violent clashes with the local population. The violence highlights existing tension and resentment towards illegal immigrants in Italy. Busloads of Africa...
U.S. biathlete Tim Burke made sports history last month when he became the first American to take the lead in the Biathlon World Cup standings. Burke is due to compete in his second Olympic Winter Games this February in Vancouver, Canada. Burke's ach...
The video shows Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi sitting next to the current commander of the Pakistani Taliban Hakimullah Mehsud. In the tape, Balawi says he intends to avenge the killing of former Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud. Ayaz Gul...
The ruling to exclude Sunni politician Salah al-Mutlak from the election, issued by parliament's Accountability and Justice Committee, could derail weeks of patient effort to insure the partication of all parties in the polling. Edward Yeranian | Cai...
Humanitarian groups and wold renowned musicians are calling on the British government and world leaders to prevent Sudan from slipping back into what has been Africa's longest running civil war. Natasha Saini | London 09 January 2010 Protesters calli...
Anti-depressants are widely used to help relieve suffering. But after reviewing previous studies, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania may have hit on something that could change the way anti-depressants are prescribed. The researchers looke...
MUSIC: Our World theme This week on Our World: A new role for coral reefs as cradles of evolution ... a White House initiative on science education ... and solving a lead-poisoning mystery among immigrant children. HESTING: We were hunting around for...
The website has become a resource for lawyers around the world to dig into forensic issues ... trying to overturn wrongful convictions. Matt Kelley Time again for our Website of the Week, when we showcase interesting and innovative online destination...
My name is Salmon, like the fish first name, Susie. I was 14 years old when I was murdered on December 6, 1973. Susie Salmon seems like a typical teenager on the brink of a life filled with so many experiences like the blush of first love. But fate h...
Elvis Presley would have been 75 on Friday. Years after his death, the singer's popularity only seems to grow stronger. Friday, fans boarded a special train in Sydney heading to the Elvis festival in the New South Wales farming town of Parkes. They s...
Mexico Drug Cartel Chief Killed On December 16, Mexican marines stormed a luxury apartment in Cuernavaca, near Mexico City, and killed Arturo Beltran Leyva, head of one of the country's largest drug trafficking organizations. A couple of weeks later,...
A Transportation Security Administration officer views a full-body scan during a demonstration of passenger screening technology, 30 Dec 2009, at the TSA Systems Integration Facility in Arlington, Virginia. Experts from some so-called terror-prone na...
vehicle enters the garage at Federal Courthouse in Detroit before a hearing for Nigerian bombing suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 08 Jan 2010 Terror suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab has pleaded not guilty in a Detroit Federal courtroom to charges...
