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By Akiko Fujita Tokyo 01 October 2009 Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama pledges Thursday, 01 Oct. 2009 to do his utmost to bring the Olympics to Tokyo in 2016 as he prepared to go to Copenhagen for the big vote The International Olympic Committ
By Sean Maroney Islamabad 02 October 2009 Air Force MQ-9 Reaper takes off from Kandahar Air Base, Afghanistan, 13 March 2009 Pakistani authorities say a suspected U.S. drone attack along the Afghan border is believed to have killed an Uzbek militant
By Sean Maroney Islamabad 03 October 2009 26 Nov 2008 photo taken in Orakzai tribal region of Pakistan shows Hakimullah Mehsud, the leader of Pakistani Taliban faction U.S. intelligence agencies say they believe Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah M
By Anne Look Nouakchott 02 October 2009 In Mauritania, women often bear the brunt of the country's crushing poverty, but a local nonprofit organization is trying to change that by turning wives and mothers into entrepreneurs. Ticket to success? Than
By Daniel Schearf Bangkok 02 October 2009 Related video report by Elizabeth Lee Download (WM) Indonesian youth clean up rubbles in their home destroyed by earthquake in Pariaman, coastal town about 40 miles northwest of Padang, West Sumatra Authorit
By Kane Farabaugh Chicago 02 October 2009 Farabaugh TV Report Download (WM) Chicagoans show disappointment at city's loss of bid for 2016 Olympics, 2 Oct 2009 For more than two years, the city of the Chicago has led an unprecedented effort to bring
By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 30 September 2009 Work continues at Soccer City Stadium on edge of Soweto, south of Johannesburg, 30 Sep 2009 Fifty experts from FIFA and the Organizing Committee in South Africa have completed an inspection of the st
By Luis Ramirez Dalton, Israel 30 September 2009 During the Israeli war of independence, thousands of Palestinians fled or were expelled from their villages in what is today the state of Israel. In the shadows of the ruins of the Arab villages, Jewi
By Carolyn Presutti Washington 14 October 2009 An animatronic dinosaur part of the 'Walking with Dinosaurs' show Dinosaurs, those extinct enormous animals, have been the subject of many books, movies, and scientific hypotheses. For the past two year
By Ron Corben Bangkok 14 October 2009 Thailand's perception as a haven for foreign investment has been shaken after environmental activists and residents succeeded in a court order halting dozens of industrial projects worth almost $10 billion. The
By Anne Look Dakar 17 October 2009 President Laurent Gbagbo Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo declared his candidacy in the country's long-delayed presidential elections, now scheduled for November. Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo's remarks were met
By Brent Latham Cairo 17 October 2009 Ghana has claimed its first ever FIFA Under-20 World Cup, defeating Brazil in a heart-stopping series of penalty kicks in Cairo, Egypt late Friday after a scoreless tie through 120 minutes of regulation play and
By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 19 October 2009 Several hundred insurgent fighters in Somalia have reportedly defected to the government in the past week, following fierce fighting that began early this month between militant Islamist factions in the southern
By Brian Padden Jakarta 20 October 2009 Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, left, receive a kiss from his wife Kristiani, after his inauguration at the Parliament building, Jakarta, 20 Oct. 2009 Under tight security Indonesian President S
By Jennifer Glasse London 20 October 2009 In 1988, an American airliner flying from London to New York exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 270 people. A Libyan man was the only person convicted of involvement, and he was released in late Augu
The International Organization for Migration says about 1,000 Moroccan migrants who came to Italy with the promise of seasonal work, are living in squalid conditions on abandoned farms. IOM says the migrants were lured to Italy with false promises o
Mauritania's former military ruler has taken the oath of office as the nation's new civilian president. His political opponents are still challenging the outcome of last month's election. Gen. Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, left, speaks to the press short
The United Nations World Food Program has to drastically cut the number of hungry North Koreans it feeds because of a lack of international funding and new restrictions imposed by Pyongyang. The World Food Program originally planned this year to rea
By Daniel Schearf Bangkok 09 October 2009 Burma's detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been allowed a rare meeting with Western diplomats to discuss sanctions against Burma. Burmese authorities allowed Aung San Suu Kyi Friday to meet with
By Vidushi Sinha Washington. 08 October 2009 Anders Fogh Rasmussen (file photo) NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen is urging European member states to contribute more to the Afghan mission. His appeal in Brussels Wednesday comes as the Obama administr