The scandal also angered Russian officials and prompted the Kremlin to freeze further U.S. adoptions of Russian children. Elizabeth Lee | Washington 24 April 2010 Russian boy Artyom Savelyev, 7, who was sent back to Moscow by his adoptive American mo...
President Obama records his Weekly Address for 24 Apr 2010 And that is how, after two very difficult years, we will not only revive the economy, but help to rebuild it stronger than ever before, said President Barack Obama. U.S. President Barack Obam...
A boy passes in front of a sign illustrating the reasons behind the creation of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission for Liberia, outside the commission headquarters in the capital, Monrovia, 30 May 2007 An official with the Sierra Leone Truth and R...
The Himalayan nation of Bhutan prepares for the 16th summit-level meeting of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) in Thimphu, 24 Apr 2010 The Himalayan nation of Bhutan is gearing up to host the two-day South Asian Association...
Australian Customs officers lower their life boat with Sri Lankan refugees on board as the refugees are transported from Oceanic Viking, an Australian Customs Service patrol ship, to an Australian-funded detention center in Tanjung Pinang, off the co...
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Humberto Rios Labrada meets with local farmers at seed diversity fairs across Cuba. Related Links Goldman Prize Every April, during the week-long observances surrounding Earth Day, grassroots environmental activists from six regions of the world are...
Founder, CEO Heidi Kuhn inspires with her passion of hope and change Eric Bersh | San Rafael, CA 23 April 2010 Heidi Kuhn, founder, CEO of Roots of Peace Grapevines are now flourishing where landmines once poisoned the soil of war-torn countries. Tha...
Journalist Hugh Pope takes readers beyond customary impressions of Arabs, Islam Mohamed Elshinnawi | Washington, DC 23 April 2010 Titling his book Dining with Al-Qaeda was no publishing gimmick for Hugh Pope. The author actually did dine with a membe...
They call it Radio Free Fahad, the vigil held by friends and supporters of Syed Fahad Hashmi every two weeks outside the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan. The 29-year-old Hashmi, a Pakistan-born U.S. citizen who grew up in New York, has...
Standing in front of members of law enforcement Gov. Jan Brewer, the Republican Arizona governor, talks about signing immigration bill SB1070 into law Friday, April 23, 2010, in Phoenix A tough new immigration law has been enacted in the Southwestern...
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C) during a group photo at a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Tallinn, Estonia, 22 Apr 2010 NATO officials say Afghanistan will likely face security threats for years to come, but say alliance forces are m...
Labour's Prime Minister Gordon Brown (right) and Liberal Democrat Party leader Nick Clegg (center) listen to Conservative leader David Cameron (left) during Britain's second televised election debate being braodcast from Bristol, 22 Apr 2010 Britain'...
Sean Maroney | Islamabad 23 April 2010 Officials with Pakistan's national airline, PIA, say they are working to overcome a backlog of thousands of passengers delayed since a cloud of volcanic ash closed much of the airspace across Europe. Manzoor Hus...
Three babies with severe malaria receive a blood transfusion in the Siaya hospital in Western Kenya, 30 Oct 2009 Humanitarian groups have joined with African football players and major corporations to launch a new initiative aimed at combating malari...
