Christian Pakistani Accused of Blasphemy Out on Bail Supporters of 14-year-old Rimsha Masih, believed to be mentally impaired, gathered outside the courtroom to wait for the news. Masih has spent three weeks in jail. Her release, lawyer Raja Akram Am

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US Unions See Wages Fall Tom Lee is a former president of the American Federation of Musicians, the largest musicians' union in the world. He began his career with the U.S. Marine Corps Band and played many performances at the White House. Although u

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US Unemployed Become Jobless, Homeless, Hopeful Jobless Robbyne Sudduth became a statistic - unemployed, homeless. Laid off from Xerox in 2007, she left Michigan and came to New York looking for work. I was putting out resumes and doing what people d

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Fighting Uphill Battle Against AIDS Africa is the birthplace of HIV/AIDS. No other region of the world has more people living with the disease or has had more people die from it. Yet despite being the epicenter of the epidemic, it took years to raise

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Turning the Tide against AIDS Next month, the United States will host the worlds largest AIDS conference for the first time in more than 20 years. More than 20-thousand people are expected to gather in Washington, D.C. for AIDS 2012. The top U.S. off

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Ecological Footprint Africas ecological footprint is getting bigger. The continents growing population is placing greater demand on its natural resources. A new report calls on African nations to adopt a more sustainable approach to development to en

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Integrated Landscapes Theres a new campaign to address the growing and often competing demands for natural resources. Its called the Landscapes for People, Food and Nature Initiative. The initiative warns that rising human demand for food, water, lan

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Drones Revolutionize US Warfare It is estimated that there are 10,000 unmanned aerial vehicles in the U.S. military's arsenal, in addition to an undisclosed number operated by the CIA - including one that recently killed Abu Yahya al-Libi, al-Qaida's

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Bikers Rally to Remember the Fallen The din of hundreds of gleaming Harley Davidson motorcycles and country music give this Long Island gathering of the U.S. Veterans Motorcycle Club a festive feel. The rally is in preparation for the Rolling Thunder

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Former Libyan Rebel Sues Britain Over Torture Claim Abdul Hakim Belhadj was part of the dissident Libyan Islamic Fighting Group before the uprising last year. The U.S. State Department considered the group a terrorist organization. Belhadj claims he

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80,000 Syrians Take Refuge in Jordan Early morning at this makeshift camp near Karama in the Jordan River Valley. Some of the 80,000 Syrians who have taken refuge in Jordan have come to this farming area hoping to find work. Sixteen-year-old Khaled a

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Service Dogs to Walk in Inaugural Parade Caroline Elgin in The Plains, Virginia, got her service dog Sajen when she was almost 10 years old. Elgin has cerebral palsy, which has affected her speech and motor skills, but not her intelligence. Now 19, s

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Each year, scientists work to develop a unique influenza vaccine to protect people against the strain expected in the coming flu season. Mutations in the virus mean that last year's vaccine probably won't protect against this year's flu variety. Now,

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Throughout the Middle East and North Africa - or MENA - wasta is a currency more powerful than dirhams or dinars. Wasta is the clout you get from whom you know and it can make every aspect of your life easier - from getting a new phone line installed

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Honeybees, which are very important to agriculture, continue to disappear at alarming rates in the United States. And the cause of this disappearance is still elusive. While at least one recent study seems to point to pesticides as the problem, the U

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Vilakazi Street will be the scene of much celebration as the 2010 football World Cup in South Africa unfolds Schoolboys, their disheveled uniforms streaked with dust and faces dripping with sweat, boot a football across the road. Young children saunt

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Pam Riehl Szakal and Sue Segel trek through the sand dunes during the Stark Raving Mad adventure race. Related Links United States Adventure Racing Association If you're looking for an endurance race to compete in, there are plenty of choices out the

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A brown pelican is mired in heavy oil on the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast, 03 Jun 2010 She was so distressed when she saw images of oil soaked birds in the Gulf of Mexico that 11-year-old Olivia Bouler wanted to do somet

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Palestinians sit next to bags of food aid, distributed by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), in the West Bank village of Sanour near Jenin, 17 Jun 2010 U.S. President Barack Obama has pledged to move forward with $400 million in aid

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Researchers get same yields with fewer fertilizers, pesticides Steve Baragona | Washington, DC 18 May 2010 Fossil energy use was compared among different crop rotation systems in a field experiment conducted between 2003 and 2008 in Boone Co., Iowa R

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