25 th. Anniversary of the launching of the Mac Bride Principles by the Capitol Hill -based Irish National Caucus.

Necoate Infant Formaul recall; brand make for babies with food allergies and dairy intolerance issues.

KHAYELITSHA, South Africa-Seniors here at Kwamfundo high school sang freedom songs and protested outside the staff room last year because their accounting teacher chronically failed to show up for class.

Sudanese soldiers have been fighting with rebels in the Darfur region in recent days, the army has confirmed.

Row after row of taxis are lined up along the street, their drivers milling about as tourists stream off the latest cruise ship to have docked in Nassau, capital of the Bahamas.

YANGON, Myanmar - Police in Myanmar seized more than 100 blocks of heroin and nearly 3 million methamphetamine tablets near the border with Thailand in one of the military-ruled country's largest drug seizures, a state-run newspaper said Wednesday.

The Afghan Women Empowerment Act will protect women and girls against sexual and physical abuse, abduction, trafficking and exploitation, and give them a chance for a better life through literacy education, vocational training and health care services.

The global food crisis may be out of the headlines for the moment, but for poor children and families, the emergency remains urgent and real. Please co-sponsor the The Roadmap to End Global Hunger and Promote Food Security Act of 2009 (H.R. 2817).

A mother from the Houston-area of the US convicted of mutilating her infant by cutting off his genitals 2yrs ago has been sentenced to 99 years in prison. But minutes after the jury's sentence was read, she yelled out that she did not hurt her son.

The World Water Week in Stockholm is the annual meeting place for the planet's most urgent water-related issues