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Fight for Aleppo Intensifies, Worries Grow About Possible Massacre Syrian activists say government forces are using helicopter gunships to blast rebel-held areas of Aleppo, the nations commercial capital. In amateur video that cant be independently v
In Zambia, Bush Joins Fight Against Cervical Cancer In Kabwe, Zambia's second largest city, former President George W. Bush and his wife Laura opened of a new health clinic that specializes in the early detection and treatment of cervical cancer in w
By Matt Steinglass Hanoi 06 December 2006 On a visit to strengthen efforts to provide HIV/AIDS treatment, former U.S. President Bill Clinton strolled the streets of the Vietnamese capital, met with young Vietnamese and discussed the work of the newl
By Greg Flakus Mexico City 02 December 2006 A few hours after taking the official oath as Mexico's new president, Felipe Calderon, delivered an inaugural address in which he promised to fight organized crime, to provide more employment for Mexicans
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 19 April 2006 The World Health Organization is urging countries to step up their fight against malaria by making an anti-malaria drug, Artemisinin, available to everyone who nee
By Scott Stearns White House 17 October 2006 President Bush is seen after signing the Military Commissions Act of 2006, Oct. 17, 2006 U.S. President George Bush has signed into a law a series of new rules for interrogating suspected terrorists and b
The U.S. economic gloom deepened Friday with word that the jobless rate soared to 8.1 percent last month, the highest level in 25 years. Crowds wait to apply for jobs outside the New York Department of Labor in the Bronx in New York, 06 Mar 2009 The
By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 23 May 2007 Police in Senegal say they have intercepted a ship and its passengers who are believed to be Senegalese migrants trying to reach Europe. Naomi Schwarz reports from Dakar police say they are investigating what they s
By Sean Maroney Washington 28 June 2007 In New York Wednesday, Amnesty International and other human rights groups sponsored a vigil calling for the immediate release of detained Iranian-Americans by Tehran. In May, the government of Iran arrested fo
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 28 September 2007 The Nigerian military says it is leading a manhunt for gunmen who seized two foreign oil workers in the latest attack on the country's troubled oil industry. Gilbert da Costa in Abuja reports that the kidna
Humanities Fight to Survive in Hi-Tech World Tim Clark is a senior at Amherst College, a small liberal arts school in western Massachusetts, where hes studied Latin, Greek and archeology. Thanks to those classes, he says, hes not the same person he w
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says a Security Council resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza Strip must be respected. On the eve of a diplomatic sweep through the region, Mr. Ban said he is deeply anguished over the situation
US Troops to Hand Over Lead Fighting Role to Afghans Obama said American troops in Afghanistan will move to a supporting role several months earlier than expected. Our troops will have a different mission, training, advising, assisting Afghan forces.
Supreme Court Justice Continues Equality Fight Only the second woman in U.S. history to serve on the nations highest court, Ruth Bader Ginsburg knew she wanted to be a lawyer by her third year in college. Early inspiration It was during the red scare
MillionsOfStatelessPeopleDeniedBasicRights The UN High Commissioner for Refugees has launched a global campaign to raise awareness of the plight of millions of stateless people around the world. The UNHCR says an estimated 12 million people live in a
UN Human Rights Council Condemns Syria The U.N. Human Rights Council has overwhelmingly adopted a resolution condemning Syria for grave and systematic human-rights violations. The resolution also calls for an international investigation into possible
US Rally Highlights Worldwide Rights Struggle They began at the embassy of the Dominican Republic, calling for answers to the 2009 disappearance of rights activist Juan Almonte. Witnesses say police kidnapped him. Authorities call him a fugitive. Bar
Indian Farmers on Frontline of 'Hidden Hunger' Fight Pokharkar, a fourth-generation farmer, is just getting ready to harvest this years pearl millet crop. The grain a staple in India and in parts of Africa helps feed his family and livestock at a tim
NRA Leaders Step Up Calls to Fight Restrictions on Gun Ownership NRA members came from all over the country to rally for the right to bear arms guaranteed by the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which is under threat, according to NRA Execu
Bill walked to the front door of his apartment. Someone had slipped a piece of paper under the door. It was a notice from the manager. They were going to spray his apartment for bugs. He didn't have any bugs. They would spray Friday morning. Friday m