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By Katherine Cole Washington 18 September 2009 Peter Yarrow, Mary Travers and Paul Stookey in 1965 Mary Travers, the glamorous blond who sang into the middle microphone with folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, died September 16 at 72 after a long battle
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 18 September 2009 The World Food Program says it will start distributing food next week to 40,000 internally displaced people returning to their homes from camps around the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 25 September 2009 Somalia The UN refugee agency says conflict and drought are forcing thousands of Somalis to flee to Kenya. The UNHCR reports about 6,400 refugees are arriving in Kenya every month, creating further pressure o
By Brian Padden Jakarta 21 September 2009 Authorities say the death of Noordin Top, the leader of a group responsible for the July 17 bombings of two hotels in Jakarta, is a significant victory in Indonesia's war on terror. But they also say that po
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 24 September 2009 The past three years have seen an upsurge in violence perpetrated by armed groups in Nigeria's volatile Niger Delta. And while attacks targeting the oil industry have been halted for now, kidnapping is on
By Scott Stearns Dakar 27 September 2009 Gabon's constitutional court has ordered that all presidential ballots be recounted, following complaints from opposition candidates that the results are fraudulent. The son of Gabon's long-time ruler Omar Bo
By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 28 September 2009 A power struggle between Islamist insurgent groups in Somalia's strategic southern port town of Kismayo is threatening to turn violent and tear the alliance apart. The rift between al-Shabab and Hisbul Islam I
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 26 September 2009 The United Nations refugee agency says security continues to deteriorate in Somalia. At the same time, it says poverty is increasing as prolonged drought is destroying ways to make a living in the country. In
By Stefan Bos Budapest 26 September 2009 Pope Benedict XVI and Czech cardinal Miloslav Vlk greet well-wishers as Pope visits 'Church of Our Lady Victorious' in Prague, 26 Sep 2009 Pope Benedict XVI began a three day visit to the Czech Republic with
By Alan Silverman Hollywood 26 September 2009 Abbie Cornish as Fanny Brawne and Ben Whishaw as John Keats in Jane Campion's Bright Star The passionate romance of poet John Keats and Fanny Brawne - one of English literature's greatest (and perhaps le
By Carolyn Weaver New York 25 September 2009 Demonstrators protesting President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's speech to UN Demonstrators from around the world have gathered in New York City this week to protest against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad'
By Scott Stearns Dakar 29 September 2009 Gabon begins recounting presidential votes following an electoral challenge by opposition leaders, who say the results are fraudulent. Constitutional Court President Marie Madeleine Mboramsou'o ordered the re
By Jessica Desvarieux Cairo 28 September 2009 A CDC Image of H1N1 influenza virus With the global concern over the H1N1 swine flu virus rising, some tourists are finding themselves inside a quarantine cell as their first sightseeing experience. Egyp
By Paula Wolfson White House 16 September 2009 President Obama (r) and Chicago Mayor Richard Daley on the South Lawn of the White House, 16 Sep 2009 U.S. President Barack Obama is emphasizing his support for the Olympic movement at a crucial time fo
Zimbabwe Finance Minister Tendai Biti says the hundreds of millions of dollars pledged by the International Monetary Fund earlier this month will be used to rebuild the country's infrastructure. Earlier this month, Central Bank Governor Gideon Gono
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 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 Heda Bayron Hong Kong 17 September 2009 Man walks past electronic board showing stock index at securities company in Chengdu, China's Sichuan province, 17 Nov 2008 Signs of an economic recovery in Asia come as leaders of the G20 leading industria
By Brian Padden Jakarta 17 September 2009 Indonesian police officers carry ammunition as they walk from the site of police raid on a suspected terrorist hideout in Solo, Central Java, Indonesia, 17 Sep 2009 Indonesian police say that Noordin Mohamma
By Alan Boswell Nairobi 17 September 2009 A Somali woman is rushed into a local hospital after several mortar rounds killed several people in Mogadishu, 17 Sep 2009 Two suicide bombings have rocked the headquarters of the African Union peacekeeping