This week Monday, a coalition of advocacy groups filed a lawsuit in Washington to block a pending law in the Western U.S. state of Arizona. Arizona is on the U.S. border with Mexico, and the controversial law is a response to illegal immigration to t...
U.S. stock prices edged higher Friday after the U.S. Senate passed the biggest overhaul of the nation's financial system since the 1930s. The Senate measure must be reconciled with a version passed earlier in the House of Representatives, but it stil...
Some estimates say pirates collected more than $100 million in ransoms in last two years alone Cathy Majtenyi | Nairobi 21 May 2010 An upscale house in Nairobi Real estate prices in Kenya's capital have doubled, even tripled, in the past few years, a...
Thailand's Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij speaks during a press conference in Tokyo, Japan, 21 May 2010 Thailand could hold elections this year, Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij has told foreign correspondents in Tokyo. The minister is in Japan...
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (l), talks with Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama during a meeting at Hatoyama's official residence in Tokyo, May 21, 2010 U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the evidence that a North Kore...
Thai Government Hardens Stance, Refuses Negotiations Until Protesters Disperse Thai Govt Rejects Negotiations with Protesters, UN Mediation Role Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has called for national reconciliation as the country begins counti...
A handout picture released by the US Embassy in Israel shows US Middle East envoy George Mitchell (L) listening to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting in Jerusalem, 20 May 2010 A second round of indirect talks has ended in Midd...
In southern Yemens port city of Aden, many locals complain that the northern government ignores the south, supplying jobs and government services only to the northern provinces About a year ago, in the weeks after I moved to Yemen, my new local frien...
The International Crisis Group warns Ivory Coast's long-delayed presidential poll could lead to violent chaos if more is not done to ensure the security of the electoral process and resolve issues of nationality and voter eligibility. In a report rel...
French police officers are seen near the house where anti-terrorist agents arrested four suspected members of the Basque separatist group ETA in Bayonne, southwestern France, 20 May 2010 French and Spanish authorities have arrested six alleged member...
Kenyan soapstone carver Elkana Ong'esa has earned an international reputation for his carvings. His sculptures adorn the entrances of the United Nations building in New York and UNESCO's headquarters in Paris. Now a new work will be unveiled soon at...
A trader watches a screen at Madrid's Stock Exchange. European stocks have steadied despite a plunge in Asian markets. Investors worry that Greece's debt crisis could spread, 6 May 2010. A triple-dose of economic worries sent global financial markets...
Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. applaud as Mexican president Felipe Calderon waves after addressing a joint meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday, May 20, 2010 Mexico's president is appealing dir...
Environmentalists protest the Gulf of Mexico oil spill in front of the White House The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is turning into a major ecological disaster. But the political fallout from the spill and impact on the future of offshore drilling...
You can learn about them at agriculture's very own hall of fame Ted Landphair | Washington, DC 20 May 2010 You name it. If it's a piece of farm machinery, it's probably in the Ag Hall of Fame's museum, or outside. Just about every sport has a hall of...
