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 The Australian
Refugees flee disaster zone
| DESPERATE survivors of Cyclone Nargis poured out of Burma's Irrawaddy Delta yesterday in search of food, water and medicine as aid workers warned that up to 1.5 million faced death if emergency supp... (photo: U.S. Department of State / )
Aid Burma Disasters Photos Refugee Slideshow |
 BBC News
Gaza blackouts as fuel runs low
| There have been widespread electricity blackouts in the Gaza Strip after the territory's only power plant shut down. | It ran out of fuel because Israel has not allowed any fuel deliveries for the p... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)
Aid Gaza Israel Mideast Photos Slideshow |
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 San Diego
Solar-cooker project could cut air pollution
Veerabhadran Ramanathan tours the globe to conduct experiments and advise world leaders about climate change. | K.C. ALFRED / Union-Tribune Climate researcher Veerabhadra... (photo: WN / smita)
Climate Nature Photos Pollution World |
 International Herald Tribune
Zimbabwe opposition seeks peacekeepers for run-off
| : Zimbabwe's main opposition group has stepped up efforts to secure regional peacekeepers for a run-off presidential election against Robert Mugabe after weeks of viole... (photo: AP / Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
Elections Photos Politics Society Zimbabwe |
 The Miami Herald
600 Tibetan protesters detained in Nepal
KATMANDU, Nepal -- Police detained more than 600 female Tibetan protesters, including many Buddhist nuns, on Sunday after breaking up several demonstrations in Nepal's ca... (photo: AP / Binod Joshi)
Nepal Photos Police Protest Slideshow Tibet |
 IRINnews
ISRAEL: Dozens of refugee children outside school system
web | Photo: Tamar Dressler/IRIN TEL AVIV, - Hope may be on the horizon for dozens of children of refugees and asylum-seekers who fell through the cracks and have been le... (photo: AP / Khalil Hamra)
Children Israel Photos Refugee School |
 Khaleej Times
African Development Bank warns about food price increases
| MAPUTO - The African Development Bank warned Sunday that the near doubling of prices of some staple food crops in recent months had serious implications for Africa, par... (photo: WN / aruna1)
Africa Bank Food Photos Poverty |
 Toledo Blade
Ethanol opponents making hay with increases in world food prices
WASHINGTON - The global rise in food prices is giving political ammunition to opponents of the country's ethanol policy and stirring uncertainty for the burgeoning and he... (photo: AP Photo / Dave Weaver)
Biofuel Crop Food Photos Washington |
 The Providence Journal
In wireless world, talk is not cheap
| MIAMI - A few weeks ago, University of Florida football coach Urban Meyer said his team's chemistry was suffering. The reason: cell phones and iPods. | Meyer said his p... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal)
Florida Phone Photos Technology World |
 Examiner
Ecuador wary of World Bank arbitration in Occidental case
QUITO, Ecuador (Map, News) - President Rafael Correa said Saturday he has "no confidence" in the World Bank arbitration branch that is hearing U.S. oil company Occidental... (photo: AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
Bank Ecuador Oil Photos US |
 Florida Times Union
How letters botched the facts in sensitive Palestinian issue
| Misinformation, acrimony and a personal attack that could inspire fear for one's safety, marked a recent exchange of letters to the editor. It was typical fodder for th... (photo: AP / Ken Cedeno)
Israel Mideast Palestinian Photos Washington |
 The Guardian
Is this the worst place on earth to be a woman?
It is early morning in Al-Hudaydah, a small city in the northwest of Yemen, and Aminah, my translator, is going about the awkward business of eating breakfast. We have co... (photo: AP / Hatem Moussa)
Arab World Photos Saudi Arabia Woman Yemen |
