UNICEF shifts focus onto poorest of the poor

Tue, 7 Sep 2010 08:15:56 GMT

The U.N. children's agency says it has failed to reach millions of the world's neediest boys and girls and is shifting to a strategy of getting critical health care to the poorest of the poor.

Tropical storm sloshes ashore in Mexico

Tue, 7 Sep 2010 04:56:47 GMT

Tropical Storm Hermine slams into Mexico's northern Gulf Coast near the U.S. border, lashing Mexico and southern Texas with heavy rains that authorities warned could cause flash flooding.

U.S. Afghanistan commanders condemn Quran-burning plan

Tue, 7 Sep 2010 03:16:26 GMT

U.S. military commanders in Afghanistan warn that a small Florida church's plan to burn copies of the Quran on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks could endanger the lives of U.S. troops.

Pirates, insurers profit from high-seas raids

Tue, 7 Sep 2010 10:07:11 GMT

Australian Labor Party wins enough support to rule

Tue, 7 Sep 2010 09:01:49 GMT

Prime Minister Julia Gillard will lead Australia's first minority government in 67 years after two independent lawmakers threw their support behind her center-left Labor Party on Tuesday, ending two weeks of uncertainty left by national elections that ended on a knife-edge.

Lawyer: Iran woman could be stoned to death soon

Mon, 6 Sep 2010 21:44:41 GMT

The lawyer for an Iranian woman sentenced to be stoned on an adultery conviction said Monday that he and her children are worried the delayed execution could be carried out soon.

Death toll 44 in Guatemala mudslides

Mon, 6 Sep 2010 20:17:24 GMT

Searchers on Monday pulled more bodies from a mud-covered highway where back-to-back landslides buried bus passengers and people trying to save them.

Pakistanis suspect landowners of diverting floods

Mon, 6 Sep 2010 21:07:06 GMT

As the disastrous floods recede in Pakistan, some believe that powerful officials and landowners used their influence to divert water away from their property to inundate the villages and fields of poor Pakistanis.

Report: China finds airline pilots faked resumes

Mon, 6 Sep 2010 10:47:18 GMT

Chinese officials have found that 200 pilots falsified their flying histories, with more than half of them working for the parent company of an airline involved in China's worst plane crash in several years, a report said Monday, citing the head of the civil aviation administration.

Police: Drunk driver kills 15 at Ecuador bus stop

Mon, 6 Sep 2010 17:07:12 GMT

Police in Ecuador say 15 people were killed and at least seven injured when a drunken man drove an SUV into a crowded bus stop in the coastal city of Guayaquil.

NATO asks for more troops for Afghanistan

Mon, 6 Sep 2010 18:29:13 GMT

The top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan is asking for 2,000 more soldiers to join the 140,000-strong international force here, NATO officials said Monday. It was unclear how many would be Americans.

Soldiers fire on family's car in Mexico, killing 2

Tue, 7 Sep 2010 03:12:35 GMT

Soldiers opened fire on a family's car at a military checkpoint in northern Mexico, killing a 15-year-old boy and his father, authorities and relatives said Monday.

Lax safety makes Congo river travel dangerous

Mon, 6 Sep 2010 20:09:56 GMT

In a country with few paved roads, boarding an overcrowded boat on a treacherous river is a way of life. This weekend, journeys on the dangerous waterways stole the lives of up to 270 people.

Indonesian volcano erupts again

Mon, 6 Sep 2010 20:41:18 GMT

An Indonesian volcano shot black ash three miles (5,000 meters) into the air early Tuesday — its most powerful eruption since springing back to life after four centuries of dormancy.