By Paige Kollock New York 28 October 2009 New York City New York is a city notoriously short on space, but also one whose residents are big on innovation. In the Big Apple, the latest trend is rooftop farming. Individuals and restaurants are beginni

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By Scott Bobb Maputo 27 October 2009 Supporters attend ruling Frelimo party election rally in Nampula city, Mozambique, 25 Oct 2009 Election officials in Mozambique say they are ready for Wednesday's national elections. Voters are to elect a preside

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By Scott Bobb Harare 23 October 2009 Zimbabwe farm Almost 10 years ago, Zimbabwe embarked on a controversial land reform program that the government said was aimed at distributing fertile farmland owned by a few thousand white farmers to thousands o

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By Meredith Buel Washington 26 October 2009 Senator John Kerry (file photo) John Kerry, the chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, says a proposal to send as many as 40,000 more American troops to Afghanistan goes too far and too f

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By Stefan Bos Budapest 25 October 2009 A stand-off is expected Monday between former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic and the U.N. court in The Netherlands as the war crimes suspect says he will boycott the start of the long-awaited trial. Serbi

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By Elizabeth Arrott Cairo 28 October 2009 Yemen's government has confirmed reports its coast guard has seized an Iranian ship with arms it says were destined for Yemeni rebels. Iranian media counters the Yemeni government is using al-Qaida in its wa

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By Peta Thornycroft Southern Africa 28 October 2009 Zimbabwe's main professional associations, including the law society and Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, will not attend a conference organized by the ZANU-PF-controlled justice ministry. The wi

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By David Gollust Washington 22 October 2009 The first aerial view of the coastal strip, a former war zone where the Tamil rebels made their last stand, videotaped by VOA The United States is calling on the Sri Lankan government to thoroughly investi

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By Brent Latham Abuja 22 October 2009 The FIFA Under-17 World Cup is set to begin in Nigeria on Saturday, after months of speculation over whether the country would be ready in time to host the biennial youth football (soccer) tournament. The second

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By Bernard Shusman Rye, New York 20 October 2009 Bob Woodruff in Iraq In 2006, ABC News correspondent and television anchorman Bob Woodruff was wounded while covering the war in Iraq. He suffered a traumatic brain injury and was not expected to surv

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By Alan Boswell Nairobi 22 October 2009 The rise in piracy off the Somali coast has resulted in more global piracy cases in 2009 than in all of 2008, according to a maritime watchdog group. Despite the rise in attacks, the number of successful hijac

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By Sonja Pace Southern Lebanon 30 September 2009 Two states side by side, two homelands for two peoples - those are the broadly accepted tenets for an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and a cornerstone for peace in the Middle East. Many hurdl

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By Roger Hsu El Paso to Juarez 09 October 2009 A river - and an international border - separate the city of Juarez in Mexico and El Paso in the United States. Even though they are in many respects worlds apart - Juarez is poor and crime-ridden and E

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By Peta Thornycroft Southern Africa 02 October 2009 Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe addresses the 64th session of the General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters, in New York, 25 Sep 2009 Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has said his fa

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By Sean Maroney Islamabad 16 October 2009 The Pakistani government is defending the $7.5 billion U.S. aid package, saying Washington has addressed Islamabad's concerns over some of the controversial clauses. Late Thursday, U.S. President Barack Obam

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By Al Pessin The Pentagon 16 October 2009 General Richard Myers talks about US strategy in Afghanistan, 16 Oct. 2009 The man who was the top U.S. military officer at the beginning of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars says the United States needs to reco

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By Elizabeth Lee Washington 16 October 2009 Man is transported to hospital room The U.S. Senate Finance Committee has approved a sweeping health care reform bill aimed at lowering insurance costs and expanding coverage to more Americans. In the comm

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By Cathy Majtenyi Central Somalia 17 October 2009 Somali children in the drought area Like the rest of eastern Africa, central Somalia is in the grips of a debilitating drought. As a result, more than half of the population is in need of emergency f

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By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 19 October 2009 Ian Khama (June 2009 file photo) Botswana's President Ian Khama is to be inaugurated for a five-year term following his party's victory in Friday's elections. Election officials say President Ian Khama will

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By Scott Stearns Dakar 08 October 2009 Cameroon President Paul Biya (file photo) Authorities in Cameroon have closed a private FM radio station that has been broadcasting illegally from the capital for several months. The station was highly critical

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