By Doug Levine Washington 06 January 2006 Renowned rhythm and blues vocalist Lou Rawls died of lung and brain cancer January 6 at a hospital in Los Angeles, California. He was 72 years old. Known for
By Brian Wagner Miami 26 May 2006 Desmond Dekker album cover Jamaican singer Desmond Dekker, who helped bring reggae to an international stage in the 1960s, died at his home in Britain on Thursday. His manager said the 64-year-old suffered a heart a
By Crystal Park Washington, DC 20 January 2006 watch Baby Boomer report The eldest members of the baby boom generation turn 60 this year, but that doesn't mean they're slowing down. Today's middle-age
By Larry London Washington, D.C. 18 December 2006 watch report on Leigh Nash When Leigh Nash was 16, she found herself on stage in front of thousands of adoring fans performing a number one hit. That song, Kiss Me, topped the charts internationally.
By Larry London Washington, DC 13 November 2006 watch John Legend report How do you follow up a debut album that earned three Grammys in 2004? Songwriter, singer and pianist John Legend has just released his sophomore album, Once Again. It is the fo
By Kane Farabaugh New York City 16 June 2006 watch Flag Auction report Original flag For more than 225 years, a series of four flags hung on the walls of a family home in southern England. As they passed through generations, so did the story of what
By Lisa Bryant Paris 07 March 2006 These are dark days for poultry eaters in France, land of foie gras, coq au vin, and other gastronomic delights. Sales of chickens and other fowl began tumbling well
By Nico Colombant Abidjan 23 February 2006 A Paris gang leader suspected of taking part in the brutal killing of a French Jewish man faces quick repatriation to France, after being caught in Ivory Coa
By Lisa Bryant Paris 21 February 2006 Two French police officers have been dispatched to Ivory Coast to hunt down a man suspected of participating in the torture and killing of a Jewish man in France.
By Lisa Bryant Paris 01 February 2006 A French newspaper has published Danish cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed that have stirred outrage in the Muslim world. France-Soir newspaper says it is simply de
By Lisa Bryant Aulnay-sous-Bois, France 11 January 2006 Two months after the worst riots in nearly 40 years swept across France, life is back to normal. There are few traces of the rioting and arson a
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 08 March 2006 India remained on high alert Wednesday to prevent sectarian violence in the aftermath of bomb attacks that killed 20 people and wounded more than 50 in a hol
By Sonja Pace Yarmouk, Damascus 13 February 2006 A few weeks after the militant group Hamas won a surprise victory in Palestinian legislative elections, there is still much uncertainty about what it m
By Paula Wolfson White House 09 February 2006 Wolfson report - Download 349k Listen to Wolfson report President Bush says international cooperation is vital to winning the war on terrorism. In a Washi
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 05 February 2006 Lockheed Martin executive, second right, explains the working of surveillance aircraft Hawkeye 2000 to Indian Defense Minister Pranab Mukherjee, right, du
By Zulima Palacio Toronto, Canada 21 August 2006 watch Conference report One of the main attractions at this week's International AIDS Conference in Toronto, Canada is the Global Village. It is more than 7,000 square meters of shops, activist booths
By Kane Farabaugh New York City 06 October 2006 watch Doctor Without Border Makeshift refugee camp in Brooklyn, NY Doctors Without Borders, also known as Medicines Sans Frontieres, or MSF, is taking its work on the road - in the United States. The n
By Amy Katz Washington, D.C. 30 January 2006 watch Border report Mexico drops plans to distribute maps to guide immigrants safely across the U.S.-Mexico border... another tunnel on that border is disc
By Michael Drudge London 07 March 2006 The population of Europe is aging faster than that of any other continent. In the coming decades, there will be only two workers or fewer for every retiree, putt
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 18 May 2006 U.S. officials say implementing the Darfur peace agreement requires sustained international attention to Sudan in coming months. A congressional hearing examin
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