A British court has determined that former Bosnian leader Ejup Ganic will remain in a London jail until at least next Thursday when his bail hearing will be reconvened. Ganic was arrested by British police Monday on suspicion of war crimes after the...
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says it was right to go to war in Iraq in 2003, but laments the loss of life and mistakes made. Mr. Brown testified for over four hours before a public inquiry panel about Britain's role in the conflict and its aft...
When she came to barter with rural folk the trouble started. One of our neighbors requested [sugar] on credit and she refused. Before the end of the day she was bleeding from the nose, mouth and ears. In Zimbabwe, witchcraft is still common in rural...
Florence Wanjiku lived that life for 10 years with her husband, an alcoholic. She describes one drunken night. He went to the kitchen, grabbed the wooden spoon, came with it, started beating me up the way you beat a little child, using a stick or som...
Chile's president says it will take several years to rebuild the country after Saturday's powerful earthquake and devastating tsunami that killed at least 800 people. Even as Chile's government struggles to deliver emergency supplies to an estimated...
For the first time in more than a century, whiskey is being distilled in England, at a new company in Norfolk in the southeast of the country. In the British countryside of Norfolk, they're cooking up something they haven't made here for more than 10...
This spring marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Frederic Chopin, who was born and raised in a village just outside Warsaw. His musical legacy forms an integral part of modern Poland's cultural identity. For any visitor to Warsaw, it does not...
Fair trade has become an increasingly important campaign in today's global market place. Its focus is the rights of millions of workers in developing countries who earn low wages and face harsh working conditions to produce low cost products many of...
Investigations are continuing into the alleged theft of more than $1 million from a government program that funds Kenya's Free Primary Education initiative. As a result of the scandal surrounding the case, both the British and American governments ha...
These kids are at higher risk for the development of plaque in their arteries as time goes by. - Donald LaVan, MD A new study has found that teenagers who are exposed to second-hand tobacco smoke are more likely to have changes to their blood vessels...
One hundred years ago, a Delaware chemical tycoon, William duPont, ordered a train depot built at Montpelier, which was once the Virginia estate of America's fourth president, James Madison. DuPont owned Montpelier at the time. The station was needed...
The U.S. Transportation Department is looking into complaints from some Toyota owners who say they are still experiencing problems with unintended acceleration even after repairs to their recalled vehicles. The complaints raise concerns that safety i...
The US announced on Wednesday that it will support a ban on the international trade of Atlantic bluefin tuna. The announcement comes prior to this month's meeting in Qatar of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wildlife Fau...
Three weeks after U.S. Marines and Afghan Army soldiers launched the largest military offensive in Afghanistan since 2001, a top American commander said Thursday that most of the insurgents have been cleared from the Taliban enclave of Marja. On Febr...
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told Latin American leaders Thursday it is time to move forward on restoring relations with Honduras after last year's coup. She holds a key meeting with Central American leaders on Honduras and other issues Friday...
