The Super Bowl is traditionally one of the biggest television events of the year, and as a result, it is the top showcase for advertisers trying to reach the National Football League championship game's huge audience. But, the worldwide economic slow...
Reports of chaotic food handouts, Monday, highlight the difficult conditions survivors face as many continue their search for the dead, mourn those they have lost and struggle to meet their basic needs of food and water. William Ide | Washington 26 J...
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa at his official residence in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 27 Jan 2010 (photograph released by the Sri Lankan President's office) Sri Lanka has declared President Mahinda Rajapaksa the victor over his former top general,...
International focus has again shifted to Yemen after Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab tried to blow up an American airliner on Christmas Day. Sonja Pace | London 27 January 2010 Britain is hosting a one-day meeting on Yemen with ministers and senior officia...
Guitarist Mike Stern has been nominated six times for a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album, but he's never won the coveted trophy. Perhaps Mike will break the spell once and for all with his album Big Neighborhood, featuring the track 6th...
Related Links The White House Award-winning journalist Helen Thomas has been covering Washington politics for more than 60 years. In 1961, she became the first woman to cover the White House during President John F. Kennedy's administration and has r...
Former top al-Qaida propagandist al-Bahlul sentenced to life in prison in 2008 for conspiracy, solicitation for murder, material support for terrorism Michael Bowman | Washington 26 January 2010 A panel of U.S. military judges has heard the first dir...
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says some members of the international press 'misconstrued' her country's military and civilian response to provide aid to Haitians who desperately need it Barry Newhouse | Port-au-Prince, Haiti 26 January 2010...
Readers and listeners turn to community newspapers and radio for a crucial link to loved ones Adam Phillips | New York 26 January 2010 Related Links Radio Soleil d'Hait Haiti Observateur (newspaper) Radio Panou Haitian Times Voice of America Creole S...
Britain hosts a one-day international conference on Afghanistan this week to try to forge a common strategy to improve security, good governance and development in the war-torn south Asian nation. There is growing concern about deteriorating conditio...
Negotiators at the climate summit in Copenhagen last month failed to agree on a new climate change treaty to replace the current Kyoto Protocol before it expires in 2012. Jonathan Lash is president of World Resources Institute, an environmental polic...
Young people in Africa are among the groups hurt most by the current economic downturn. Global financial problems usually have the greatest effect on the most vulnerable sectors of society and, given their limited access to resources, youth are among...
Africans in the Diaspora send less money to families at home Jackson Mvunganyi 25 January 2010 The global economic downturn is hurting Africans in the Diaspora. Its harder for them to send money home, and that leads to problems for those who depend o...
In the early stages of the global recession, many African bankers and analysts dismissed the decline as a western issue. Their assumptions were based on the fact that most African financial institutions, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, were not par...
The global financial crisis is said to be the worst since the Great Depression. It has contributed to the failure of key businesses and declines in consumer wealth in Africa and other parts of the developing world. In sub-Saharan Africa, there has be...
