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By Jane M Friedman Washington, DC 11 April 2006 watch DNA Skin Cream report In the United States, where skin cancer is common, a team at the University of Alabama Birmingham is trying out a cream that
By Sean Maroney Washington 01 December 2006 watch Carter Interview on Iraq Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter says convening an international conference on the world's commitment to help Iraq overcome the effects of war would reassure the Iraqi peop
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 03 July 2006 Writer Amanda Roraback says Americans want to know more about places in the news, such as Muslim countries. Her book series called Nutshell Notes helps readers learn about those regions. --------- Amanda R
By Parke Brewer Hamburg 09 June 2006 Football's World Cup, held in a different country every four years, is set to begin Friday in Germany. Thirty-two teams are set to vie for football's most prestigious trophy in the month-long tournament that will
By Franz Wild Abidjan 16 March 2006 UN peackeepers patrol in western Ivory Coast Ivory Coast is one the first countries to benefit from a new United Nations emergency fund. The $1 million allocated to
By Kane Farabaugh New York, NY 10 August 2006 watch September 11 Legacy It was the deadliest terrorist attack on U.S. soil. That soil in New York City -- seven hectares of it -- is at the center of a debate five years after the tragedy that transfor
By Noel King El Fasher, Sudan 05 June 2006 Sudanese children collect water from a well in the village of Brikatouly in South Darfur, Sudan The international community is pressing the parties in Sudan'
By Michael Bowman Lima, Peru 10 April 2006 Partial election results in Peru are showing a tight three-way presidential contest that all but assures a second round of balloting to determine a final win
By Michael Drudge London 04 May 2006 Relatives of the British victims of the September 11, 2001, attacks in New York are welcoming the life sentence handed down to confessed al-Qaida terrorist Zacaria
By Rowan Reid Johannesburg 03 May 2006 A study by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has revealed that almost one-third of children in southern and eastern Africa are undernourished and that
By Greg Flakus Mexico City 07 July 2006 The official final vote count in Mexico's presidential election showed ruling party candidate Felipe Calderon winning by only 236,000 votes. His main rival is threatening to challenge the outcome, and, even if
By Franz Wild Monrovia 05 May 2006 Rose Ville, a supporter of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf from the Unity Party, listens to election results on the radio Earlier this week Liberia was sited as an example of
By Alisha Ryu Naivasha, Kenya 15 November 2006 Environmentalists and scientists attending a major U.N. climate change conference in Nairobi, Kenya are warning that Africa is significantly more vulnerable to the effects of climate change than any oth
By Scott Stearns White House 06 September 2006 President Bush has for the first time acknowledged the existence of secret CIA prisons holding top terror suspects and is asking Congress to approve the creation of military commissions to put them on t
By Craig Fitzpatrick Washington, DC 10 July 2006 watch Macy Gray report Macy Gray exploded onto the music scene at the turn of the millennium with her song I Try and she has never looked back. Her raspy voice gives each genre of music an extra dimen
By Deepak Dobhal and Amy Katz New York City 09 March 2006 watch Manhole Art report This manhole cover houses a water valve in a U.S. street The utilitarian manhole cover is getting a lot of attention
By Noelle Esquire New York 16 February 2006 George Washington is celebrated February as the first president of the United States, and a leader of the U.S. Revolutionary War. The Morris-Jumel Mansion i
By Paula Wolfson Washington 06 July 2006 President George W. Bush America's post-World War II baby boom generation hits a milestone this year. The oldest boomers, as they are commonly called, are turning sixty. President Bush is joining their ranks
By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 17 November 2006 South Africa's national police commissioner has become embroiled in a major organized crime investigation following the arrest of a friend of his on charges of murder and conspiracy to murder. The dev
By Margaret Besheer Baghdad 15 December 2006 On Saturday, Iraqi political figures, parties and other groups will gather in Baghdad to try to find a way to stop the sectarian violence that in recent months has been killing on average nearly 100 Iraqi