By Nathan Morley Nicosia 11 November 2009 Britain has offered to give up half of the land occupied by its sovereign military bases in Cyprus if the divided island's leaders can seal a reunification deal. In an attempt to show they are serious about
By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 11 November 2009 Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has warned Ukraine he will cut off the country's gas supplies if it siphons fuel from export lines. Mr. Putin made the statement i
By Susan Logue Cherokee, North Carolina 11 November 2009 Museum of the Cherokee Indian, in Cherokee, North Carolina In 1838, the Cherokee were forced to give up their land in the east and migrate to what is now Oklahoma. More than 4,000 died on the
By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 12 November 2009 Russian President Dmitri Medvedev (file photo) Russian President Dmitri Medvedev is calling for sweeping economic, social, political, and military modernization of his country. In his second annual State of
By Kent Klein White House 12 November 2009 President Barack Obama delivers a statement on the economy at the White House, 12 Nov 2009 U.S. President Barack Obama says he will hold a wide-ranging jobs summit in December, to discuss ways to put more p
By Laurel Bowman Washington 12 November 2009 Nidal Malik Hasan (2007 file) (picture provided by the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences) As the alleged Fort Hood shooter recovers, questions are surfacing, including what made Major N
By David Gollust Manila 12 November 2009 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton talks to reporters during Manila press conference, 12 Nov 2009 U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says she or President Barack Obama might meet Burmese leaders in the c
By Ricci Shryock Dakar 12 November 2009 Red Cross officials say an outbreak of dengue fever in Cape Verde is the worst ever in West Africa. Hospitals in Cape Verde are running out of room for their patients this week, says the Red Cross' West and Ce
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 12 November 2009 Doctors estimate that more than 10,000 babies are born with a heart defect each year in Kenya. For most poor children and their families, life-saving operations are too expensive or unavailable. In this edi
By Steve Herman New Delhi 12 November 2009 Government officials in Colombo confirm the chief of Sri Lanka's armed forces has quit his post, but are not commenting on speculation he is poised to challenge the island nation's president in an upcoming
By Margaret Besheer United Nations 12 November 2009 Shirin Ebadi (file photo) Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi urged the international community Wednesday to throw its support behind a U.N. General Assembly resolution condemning the lack of human rights
By Dorian Jones Istanbul 12 November 2009 Relations between Turkey and Iran appear to be getting closer and those ties are raising concerns among some of Turkey's Western allies. This past weekend, Turkish President Abdullah Gul said at a meeting in
By Edward Yeranian Cairo 12 November 2009 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (file photo) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad says Iran and the West have entered a period of cooperation concerning its nuclear program. The Iranian president did
By Mil Arcega Washington 13 November 2009 U.S. President Barack Obama welcomed a Labor Department report Thursday that suggests the pace of job losses is slowing. But with the nation's unemployment rate at 10.2 percent, the president is asking busin
By David Gollust Manila 13 November 2009 US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (File) U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday elections planned in Burma next year will not be seen as legitimate unless the military government engag
By Kent Klein Washington 13 November 2009 President Obama speaks to US troops on way to Asia, 12 Nov 2009 President Barack Obama has told U.S. troops he will not send them into conflict without adequate support. The president spoke to a military aud
By Paula Wolfson Tokyo 13 November 2009 President Barack Obama during joint news conference with Japanese PM Yukio Hatoyama, not pictured, in Tokyo, 13 Nov 2009 U.S. President Barack Obama says a decision on a revised Afghanistan strategy will come
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 13 November 2009 Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, left, shakes hands with his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh before a meeting in New Delhi, 12 Nov 2009 Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has called for more inv
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 13 November 2009 Palestinian elections, originally set for early next year, will not take place on schedule. The elections were postponed because of divisions between rival Palestinian factions: the Fatah movement that con
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 13 November 2009 Saudi soldiers patrol Jizan province near Yemeni border with Yemen after clearing mountain straddling Yemen border of Shiite rebels, 08 Nov 2009 United Nations and International aid agencies say the plight of
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