By Scott Stearns Dakar 13 October 2009 Ali Bongo (Aug 2009 file photo) Gabon's constitutional court has upheld Ali Ben Bongo's win in the August presidential election. Nine opposition candidates challenged those results alleging massive vote fraud.
By Jessica Golloher Moscow 13 October 2009 Russia's Pres. Dmitry Medvedev and FM Sergei Lavrov meet with US Sec. of State Hillary Clinton at Barvikha, outside Moscow, 13 Oct 2009 U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her Russian counterpart he
By Tom Rivers London 12 October 2009 Two Americans, Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson, share this year's Nobel Prize in Economics. A computer screen showing the pictures of Elinor Ostrom, left, and Oliver E. Williamson, at the Royal Academy of Sci
By Brent Latham Cairo 12 October 2009 The FIFA Under-20 World Cup in Egypt has reached its final week, with a champion to be crowned on Friday in Cairo. With the football competition drawing near a close, Egyptians are offering advice for South Afri
By Kate Pound Dawson Bangkok 09 October 2009 President Barack Obama at the White House The surprise announcement that President Barack Obama had won the Nobel Peace Prize brought muted and mixed reaction in Asia. The Norwegian Nobel Committee gave t
By Steve Herman Bangargh, India 09 October 2009 India, with its rich and long history, is full of mysteries. Perhaps none is as puzzling as what happened hundreds of years ago at a royal city in Rajasthan, now under excavation. Where is everyone? Bh
By Laurel Bowman Washington 08 October 2009 A wind power farm in China For many, the words China and environmentalism don't go hand in hand. Instead, visions of China might include smog-filled skylines and factories belching out clouds of smoke. But
By Jim Stevenson Washington 08 October 2009 The U.S. men's national soccer team will have a chance to secure a place in the 2010 World Cup with a win against host Honduras, in San Pedro Sula on Saturday. The U.S. team will also have one last chance
By Akiko Fujita Nagasaki, Japan 08 October 2009 Brick-colored Urakami Cathedral (center), with twin towers, stands 08 Aug 2005 in area of hypocenter of atomic bombing in Nagasaki Students at Japan's University of Nagasaki are attempting to recreate
By Tom Rivers London 08 October 2009 To a hushed throng of reporters, Peter Englund, the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy made the announcement. Romanian-born German writer, author Herta Mueller has won the 2009 Nobel Prize in literature (
By Mil Arcega Washington 08 October 2009 Gold coins and bars (file photo) The gold rush continues as the price for the precious metal climbed to new heights this week. Inflation fears and worries about the weak U.S. dollar sent the price of gold soa
By Stuart Cohen Sydney 08 October 2009 Southern Brown Tree Frog sits on a log in swampy lands near Melbourne, Australia (Sept 2009 file photo) Australia's frogs are having trouble finding love. Traffic noise and other sounds of city life, such as ai
By Sarah Williams 08 October 2009 Interview with Mike Parker Pearson, University of Sheffield, UK Download (MP3) Stonehenge British archeologists have found evidence of an ancient site related to the world-famous Stonehenge in southwest England. The
By Carol Pearson Washington, D.C. 08 October 2009 A premature infant getting specialized hospital assistance after birth A new study shows that more than a million babies die each year because they are born too soon, and that the highest rates of pr
By Carolyn Weaver New York 08 October 2009 Some of the semifinalists in the Young Scientists Competition Middle-school students from around the United States visited New York City recently for the final competition in the 11th annual Discovery Educa
By Michael Bowman Washington 08 October 2009 The U.S. economy is showing modest but welcome signs of life in employment and retail sales, adding to expectations of recovery from the longest and deepest recession of the post-World War II era. The num
By Fid Thompson Dakar 08 October 2009 Mobile banking has already taken off in Southern and Eastern Africa. Sierra Leone is now one of the few West African countries with a service providing mobile phone transactions. Across West Africa, the yellow a
By Selah Hennessy London 08 October 2009 The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization says major investment needs to be made in developing world agriculture. The FAO says that with rapid population growth and changing diets, agricultural pro
By Edward Yeranian Cairo 08 October 2009 Iran's Revolutionary Court has sentenced an opposition activist to death, in the first such verdict since trials of opposition supporters began in August. Monarchist Mohammad Reza Ali Zamani is to be hanged f
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 08 October 2009 Child rights advocates have kicked off more than a month of global activities leading up to the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The Convention, which was adopted by the U.N. Gener
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