By Daniel Schearf Singapore 08 November 2009 The venue of the APEC summit, in Singapore, 08 Nov 2009 The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum has started annual meetings of leaders in Singapore. The APEC forum will bring together leaders from 21
By Edward Yeranian Cairo 09 November 2009 Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri (file photo) Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri announced the formation of a new Lebanese government late Monday following weeks of bickering and a five month
By Ricci Shryock Dakar 09 November 2009 Legislation recently passed in Togo gives the government power to seize equipment, suspend and even organize hearings against media professionals that make what it deems serious errors. Media rights activists
By Sean Maroney Kabul 09 November 2009 As U.S. President Barack Obama debates with his advisers on whether to increase the number of American troops in Afghanistan, Afghans have their own opinions. This year has been the deadliest for foreign troops
By David Gollust Berlin 09 November 2009 A US armored personal carrier drives past a defaced election poster of Afghan Pres. Hamid Karzai in Kabul (File) The United States and Germany say the new Afghan government being formed by President Hamid Kar
By Dorian Jones Istanbul 09 November 2009 Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir has canceled a planned visit to Turkey to attend a summit of the Islamic conference in Istanbul. Turkey has faced mounting criticism from the international community
By Elizabeth Arrott Cairo 09 November 2009 Election officials in Iraq say the next general election will take place January 21. The announcement one day after a last-minute deal on the nation's electoral law, means the vote will be held within the t
By David Gollust Berlin 09 November 2009 U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives a Tegel airport in Berlin, Germany to take part in the commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall Secretary of State Hillary Clinton o
By Scott Stearns Dakar 09 November 2009 The international law enforcement agency Interpol is cracking down on the sale of stolen luxury cars in Central Africa. Interpol says thousands of luxury cars stolen in Belgium, France, and Japan enter Cameroo
By Steve Herman New Delhi 09 November 2009 Sri Lanka Minister of Public Administration Home Affairs, Sarath Amunugama, at World Economic Forum's India summit, 09 Nov 2009 Sri Lanka plans to pour development money into Tamil-dominated provinces that
By Dan Robinson 08 November 2009 President Barack Obama stands with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi after caucus meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, 07 Nov 2009 The House of Representatives has approved a more than $1 trillion plan by majority Dem
By Akiko Fujita Tokyo 11 November 2009 US Marine Corps helicopters, transport planes sit on tarmac of Futenma Marine Corps Air Station next to Okinawa residential quarters (file photo) The relocation of a U.S. Marine base on Okinawa is expected to b
By Scott Stearns Dakar 10 November 2009 Prosecutors at the U.N. Special Court for Sierra Leone have begun their cross-examination of former Liberian President Charles Taylor who is facing charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Former Lib
By Jessica Golloher Moscow 05 November 2009 St. Petersburg skyline In Russia, there is an official list of jobs that are considered too dangerous and physically demanding for women. One young woman, Anna Klevets, recently tried to challenge the list
By Cathy Majtenyi Kenya 07 November 2009 The scourge of so-called flying toilets - where human waste is put into a plastic bag and tossed into the air, landing on roads or in gutters - has plagued the slums of Kenya's capital Nairobi for decades. Bu
By Elizabeth Lee Washington 06 November 2009 Patriarch Bartholomew Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual leader of close to 300 million Orthodox Christian around the world, recently visited Washington, D.C. to speak about environmental issues. The Pa
By Carla Babb Washington 09 November 2009 President Barack Obama It has been one year since Barack Obama's presidential election victory. The newest U.S. president has faced political and economic challenges at home and has yet to decide how the Uni
By Carolyn Presutti Washington 06 November 2009 The United States is looking to reform the way it detains illegal immigrants. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano plans to immediately implement some reforms, and is expected to ask Congress t
By Scott Stearns Marrakech, Morocco 03 November 2009 U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is trying to quiet Arab complaints about her praise for an Israeli offer to limit Jewish settlements on the West Bank. Palestinian leaders say the Israeli o
By Luis Ramirez Berqin, West Bank 03 November 2009 As Israel's army removes more checkpoints in the occupied West Bank, many Palestinians are experiencing an economic boom. Some of that growth has come from the production of olives, a staple in the
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