"We have a moral sense of suicide, homicide, and genocide, but no moral sense of biocide or geocide, the killing of the life systems themselves and even the killing of the Earth."

As the stroke of midnight on Dec. 31, temple priest ring the "joya-no-kane,"(the New Years Eve bell) a total of 108 times. The number symbolizes the 108 "bonno"(Buddhist sins such as greed and anger), and the sound of bell is believed to get rid of them.

Southampton - The culmination of the Shinnecock Tribe's 31 years of struggle is at hand, as the tribe has received preliminary confirmation for becoming a federally recognized Native American Tribe.

CNN) -- The chief justice of the Brazilian Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in favor of an American father in an international custody battle.The ruling by Chief Justice Gilmar Mendes will reunite a 9-year-old boy with his father, David Goldman.

A veteran detective who pulled his gun during a mass snowball fight in Washington DC has been slammed by his boss for behaving in a "totally inappropriate" way.

The sptrit of Shinto shrines -- a deeply integrated institution in local Japanese communities -- have attracted the attention of foreigners trying to gain an understanding of the Japanese. The Moroccan Ambassador to Japan joines the discussion.

In the nation's poorest communities -- Indian reservations of the American West -- bitter winters force many families to spend up to 70% of their total income to heat their homes. Trees, Water & People is working to improve conditions for Native Americans.

KURIHARA, Miyagi (AP) - Four years ago, suicides in this northern city were running at nearly double the national rate, and as the global financial meltdown hit Japan, they might have been expected to go even higher. But Kurihara has fought back, with

On the eve of a presidential gathering with tribes from around the country, the Obama administration has detailed its support for congressional action to reverse a Supreme Court ruling that denied the Narragansett Indians a special status for land they...

Washington (CNN) -- Use of capital punishment by states continues its steady decline, with fewer death sentences handed down in 2009 than any year since the death penalty was reinstated by the Supreme Court in 1976.