By Greg Flakus Houston 17 September 2009 Theodore Roosevelt In an age when green, as in environmentally friendly, is all the rage, one of the most prominent U.S. historians has written a book about a man who provided the foundation for much of the c
By Andr de Nesnera Washington 17 September 2009 Russian President Dmitri Medvedev (L) shares a laugh with US President Barack Obama at Group of Eight (G8) summit in L'Aquila, Italy, 10 Jul 2009 U.S. President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart
By Anya Ardayeva Moscow 17 September 2009 As the world marks the 70th anniversary this month of the start of World War II, there is a debate underway in Russia over the role the Soviet Union played in the events leading up to the outbreak of the war
By Scott Stearns Dakar 17 September 2009 A U.S. oil company has found what could be commercially viable reserves of oil off the coast of Sierra Leone. The first ever deep-water test well in the Sierra Leone-Liberia basin struck a deposit of hydrocar
By Meredith Buel Washington 17 September 2009 Defense Sec. Robert Gates (L) and Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen arrive for a news conference at the Pentagon, 03 Sep 2009 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday that the decision t
By Elizabeth Arrott Cairo, Egypt 18 September 2009 Mural of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi will make his debut at the United Nations General Assembly later this month, after many years in the diplomatic wilderness. Mr. G
By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 18 September 2009 Russian President Dmitri Medvedev (f) and Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (b) Two recent high-profile articles are making news in Russia this month; one is a frank and widely distributed assessment t
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 18 September 2009 The U.N.'s Human Rights Chief is calling for an investigation into Yemeni air strikes that killed dozens of civilians. U.N. aid agencies say the humanitarian situation of the civilian population caught in the
By Dan Robinson Washington 18 September 2009 Ayad Allawi (file photo) Iraqi officials testifying before a committee of Congress have urged the United States to be cautious in how it withdraws military forces from their country. Iraqi Prime Minister
By Ayaz Gul Islamabad 18 September 2009 Pakistani local residents gather at the wreckage of a market and vehicles after a suicide car bomb blast near the garrison city of Kohat, 18 Sep 2009 Authorities in northwestern Pakistan say that a suicide car
By Daniel Schearf Bangkok 18 September 2009 Prisoners listen to briefing as they are released from notorious Insein prison in Rangoon, 18 Sep 2009 Burma's military government has set free several political prisoners as part of an amnesty for more th
By Brian Wagner Miami, Florida 18 September 2009 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (l) and Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez (r) Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez is leading a new diplomatic effort to strengthen ties with a set of distant partne
By Jessica Desvarieux Cairo 18 September 2009 Iranian opposition supporters attend protest in Tehran, 18 Sep 2009 Thousands of Iranian opposition supporters marched through the streets of the capital Friday, ignoring government warnings not to turni
By Scott Stearns Dakar 18 September 2009 Opponents of Gabon's President-elect Ali Ben Bongo want the country's constitutional court to annul the results of last month's vote. They are alleging massive fraud. Andre Mba Obame Former Interior Minister
By Anne Look Dakar 18 September 2009 Burkinabe President Blaise Compaore speaks to Ivory Coast National assembly, 17 Sep 2009 Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaor visited Ivory Coast this week. Mr. Compaor is leading regional efforts to organize th
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 18 September 2009 Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi during a press conference in Rome, 19 Sep 2009 The killing of six Italian soldiers in Afghanistan has re-ignited the debate over whether troops should be withdraw
By Alan Boswell Nairobi 18 September 2009 Black smoke rises from inside AMISOM base in Mogadishu after two powerful explosions rip through AU peacekeepers force commander building in Somalia, 17 Sep 2009 A day after a brazen suicide attack in the Af
By Zulima Palacio Washington 17 September 2009 World population is growing - highest in underdeveloped countries A new report indicates that, in less than two years, global population will reach seven billion people, a number that imposes new challe
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 18 September 2009 A boy stands in a Menik Farm displaced persons camp in Vavuniya, Sri Lanka (May 2009 file photo) Sri Lanka has pledged to send home nearly 300,000 ethnic Tamils being held in refugee camps. The assuranc
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 18 September 2009 Israeli women receive food aid for Jewish new year holiday in Jerusalem, 17 Sep 2009 The High Holy Days have begun in Israel. Israel is marking Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, beginning 10 days of rep
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