Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Deputy Secretary of State Jacob Lew address the media at the Combined Press Information Center in Baghdad, Iraq, 27 Jul 2010 Two senior U.S. officials called on Iraqi leaders Tuesday t...
Some German pilots that are part of NATO operations in Afghanistan are in Israel for training on special reconnaissance drones. The Jewish state's expertise is helping to train the Germans to protect ground troops and convoys in Afghanistan. At Israe...
Ethnic Karen minority children play soccer on a muddy field at their refugee camp along the Thai-Burma border near Mae Sot, Thailand, 29 Jun 2010 Burma's ethnic Karen communities and rights groups are reporting stepped up attacks by Burma's military...
The head of the U.N.-AU Mission in Darfur, known as UNAMID, said Tuesday that there has been steady progress in talks between the Sudanese government and a major opposition group, but that the security situation in Darfur has deteriorated. UNAMID chi...
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad waves to the media as he arrives for a press conference in Tehran, Iran, 28 Jun 2010 (file photo) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and other top officials used tough language against new EU sanctions adopted...
Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan, left, walks with Tanzania President Jakaya Kikwete, at the ongoing African Union summit in Kampala, Uganda, 26 Jul 2010 An African Union summit in Uganda's capital city Kampala is drawing to a close with a number...
Somaliland's incoming President Ahmed Mohamed 'Silyano' Mohamoud, center, and Vice President Abdirahman Abdallahi Ismai, right, after President Mohamoud was sworn in as Somaliland's fourth president, 27 Jul 2010 Ahmed Mohamed Silaanyo was sworn in Mo...
Angelina Jolie stars as Evelyn Salt in Columbia Pictures' contemporary action thriller 'Salt.' Phillip Noyce's highly anticipated spy thriller, Salt, offers double the entertainment: adrenaline-pumping scenes and uber-celebrity Angelina Jolie. The sy...
Angelina Jolie stars in a new fast-paced espionage thriller about a top CIA operative accused of being a 'mole' - a Russian agent planted in America's intelligence network. Here's a look at the action-drama Salt. Do you think everyone is who they say...
Public health officials in San Francisco, and leaders from its large Asian community, are mounting an aggressive campaign to eradicate hepatitis B from the city. They say demographics are largely responsible for San Francisco having the highest conce...
Lawyer Howard Spiegler helps clients reclaim stolen works of art Nancy Greenleese | Rome, Italy 26 July 2010 Photo: Courtesy Howard Spiegler Howard Spiegler's New York law firm has helped clients and countries recover stolen hundreds of artworks and...
California has an official animal, the grizzly bear, and a state bird, the California quail. It has an official grass, purple needle grass, and a state reptile, the desert tortoise. It even has an official song, a century-old tune called I Love You,...
The aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) departs Busan, Republic of Korea, 25 July 2010 The largest joint military exercise by the United States and South Korea in years is underway in the Sea of Japan. These war games were called in respo...
Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, right, and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Md., attend an event on Capitol Hill in Washington 26 Jul 2010 to celebrate the Americans with Disabilities Act The Americans with Disabilities Act, also called ADA, is a civil...
A nuclear bomb explosion is an unthinkable disaster and the deaths and casualties would be enormous. But if it happens, the U.S. military wants to be ready to provide medical help. U.S. Army medical personnel recently practiced the techniques they wo...
