By Lisa Schlein Geneva 28 September 2007 The U.N. refugee agency says the death toll continues to mount among Somalis and Ethiopians who put their lives in the hands of smugglers ferrying them to Yemen across the Gulf of Aden. The UNHCR reports at le...
By Jim Randle Irbil, Iraq 04 September 2007 An appeals court in Iraq has upheld the death sentences of several former top officials of Saddam Hussein's government. The best known is Chemical Ali who got his grim nickname for using poison gas against...
By Deborah Block Memphis, Tennessee 13 August 2007 For many people it is hard to believe that it has been 30 years [August 16 th ] since the death of rock-and-roll legend Elvis Presley. Every year, 600,000 people from around the world visit his home,...
By Kurt Achin Seoul 26 July 2007 South Korea says kidnappers who killed a South Korean hostage in Afghanistan will be held accountable for their actions. As family and friends of the victim mourn, South Korean negotiators are trying to save the lives...
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 17 July 2007 The death sentence of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor accused of infecting hundreds of Libyan children with the AIDS virus, HIV, has been commuted to life in prison. Sabina Castelfranco reports...
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 11 July 2007 The Libyan Supreme Court has upheld the death sentences for six foreign medical workers imprisoned on disputed charges that they infected Libyan children with HIV. But there is still a chance they could be spa...
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 12 April 2007 Algeria's interior minister says the death toll from Wednesday's double car bombing in Algiers has risen to at least 33, with more than 220 people wounded. The attack has awakened fears that the country could...
By Margaret Besheer Irbil 26 December 2006 Ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein listens to the prosecution during the 'Anfal' genocide trial in Baghdad on Wednesday 20 Dec. 2006 Iraq's highest appeals court has upheld the death sentence for Saddam...
By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 22 December 2006 In South Africa where AIDS each year kills 350,000, mostly poor people, many South Africans remain uninformed about the disease and how it might affect their lives. But this year the AIDS death of her...
By Michael Bowman Washington 11 December 2006 A woman hits a Pinochet opponent of with her purse as he is taken away by police officers near area where thousands of supporters gathered to pay tribute in Santiago, 11 Dec 2006 Reaction to the death Su...