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By Teresa Sullivan Washington 30 May 2008 The U.S. national baseball team will be seeking its second gold medal - and redemption - at the Beijing Olympics in August. The United States won the gold medal in 2000, but failed to qualify for the 2004 Ath
Asian giants want Western countries to take lead in reversing global warming, but are reluctant to accept legally binding cap on their emissions of greenhouse gases Anjana Pasricha | New Delhi 27 November 2009 Traditional Kashmiri boats make a forma
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The 2017 Global Space Exploration Conference (GLEX) opens in Beijing on June 6, 2017. [Photo: cnr.cn] China has announced some of its future space exploration programs at the ongoing 2017 Global Space Exploration Conference (GLEX). The GLEX 2017 open
By Melinda Smith Washington 29 October 2007 The World Health Organization says two and a half billion people in developing countries do not have access to simple latrines, and for at least one billion of them, finding safe drinking water is a daily s
By Gilbert Da Costa Abuja 17 July 2006 Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes, the country's leading anti-graft agency, says highly classified documents relating to what is described as a very sensitive matter were stolen over the weekend. --------
By Kane Farabaugh New York, NY 25 September 2006 watch Clinton Global Initiative For the second year, former President Bill Clinton is seizing an opportunity in New York. Inviting world leaders in town for the General Assembly to join business execu
By Zulima Palacio Washington 11 January 2008 A new study says that environmental and social issues are shaping a new sustainable, global economy. The private environmental group, Worldwatch Institute in Washington, conducted the study. Producer Zulim
By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 22 March 2007 The theme of the 14th annual World Day for Water is water scarcity, a problem that hinders development in many poor countries. In Mali, a near-desert nation where almost 70 percent of the population lives in rura
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 23 March 2006 Administrative lapses, violence and deep-seated suspicions continue to plague Nigeria's census efforts. The organizers are under a lot of pressure to deliver, w
Sri Lanka's government and the international community have been pouring tens of millions of dollars into the country's Eastern Province. The area was liberated by the army from rebel Tamil separatists a year ago during the country's on-going civil
Scientists say they have discovered a new gene among bacteria that are highly resistant to even the most powerful antibiotics. Experts say the superbug, originally found in India and other parts of South Asia, is showing up in patients in Europe and
World Bank President Robert Zoellick says the outlook for the global economy remains uncertain, but China might help to foster global economic recovery. Robert Zoellick (File photo) World Bank President Zoellick spoke Tuesday to a global private equ
Struggling Detroit Seeks Economic Boost Detroit, the heart of America's car industry, was once one of the richest cities in the United States. But car manufacturers have downsized their work force, and, in recent decades, more than half of Detroit's
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 05 October 2007 Some 200 representatives of the world's religions will meet later this month in the southern Italian city of Naples to discuss a range of issues focusing on violence in the world. The meeting is being organ
By Scott Bobb Caia, Central Mozambique 14 March 2007 For weeks, relief officials have been trying to cope with a human disaster caused by flooding in central Mozambique's Zambezi River basin. The floods have destroyed the homes and crops of more tha
By Steve Schy Washington 17 January 2006 Kim Hyo-Jung Kim Hyo-Jung, 17, left her native South Korea and family two years ago to get a fresh start in speedskating, after what she describes as bad exper
By Phuong Tran Ingkaka, Niger 10 April 2008 In countries bordering the Saharan desert, ethnic nomad Tuareg have turned their desert expertise into a money maker through tourism and smuggling. Phuong Tran recently traveled with an Algerian gasoline sm
By Anya Ardayeva Moscow 09 July 2007 The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists says 13 journalists have been murdered because of their reporting since Russian President Vladimir Putin assumed power in the year 2000. The list, issued in Apri
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 20 October 2009 The Vatican coat of arms Pope Benedict XVI has approved a document that will make it easier for Anglicans to join the Roman Catholic Church. The move comes after years of discontent in the Anglican communi