Celebrated since 1954, it is a day of worldwide fraternity and understanding between children The Day was to be observed also as a day of activity devoted to promoting the ideals and objectives of the Charter and the welfare of the world's children

JAPANESE whalers have set out for waters off the Australian Antarctic Territory - the third season since the Rudd Government came to power hoping to end Southern Ocean whaling.

Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) says his "Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act" will protect veterans' gun rights. But the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence calls it a "dangerous" proposal that could allow "over 100,000 mentally incapacitated or incompet

Is a business presence at Copenhagen crucial or corrosive? Either way, in a few weeks Denmark is going to be up to its eyes in corporate lobbyists

Thailand's capital, dubbed the 'City of Angels' and the 'Venice of the East', is threatened by long-term flood inundation as rising sea waters triggered by global weather change and monsoonal rains combine.

The Catalina Island Conservancy has been rounding up the herd so females can get a reversible contraceptive vaccine. The goal: Control the size of the herd to keep it and the environment healthier.

David Sheldrick Foundation makes room for all the elephants that come its way. Scores of animals are orphaned by drought, poaching and shrinking habitat

When Palin touts her book in Indiana, pro-lifers will be there--because they don't believe she's one of them

Federal agents from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service raided Gibson Guitar's factory Tuesday afternoon, due to concerns that the company had been using illegally harvested wood from Madagascar, reports the Nashville Post

The finding that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is liable for much of the New Orleans flooding could change how levees are designed nationwide.